The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-26

To the Superior court Of said county,
The petition of Lester Duryea. E. A, Silvera,
w. b. Robinson, Jr., and w. +. Anderson, all
OF said state and county respectfully shows,
That they desire. for themselves aud such
oil her persons as may hereafter be associated
with them, to be incorporated under the name
and style Of THE EMPIRE LUMBER AND
IN INVESTMENT COMPANY.
That the object Of said corporation is the
pecuniary gain OF its members; and its special
objects are to do lumber and general timber
business; to buy and sell articles of merchandise
and to buy, own, lease aud operate turpentlne
farms and to do a general naval stores busl-
ness; and to buy, hold, sell aud improve lands.
That the principal Office of said corporation
shall ue the city of Brunswick, in said county
of Glynn, with the right to establish branch
offices agencies in other counties OF SAD sCate
and in other states.
That the capital stock of said corporation
| shall be five thousand dollars, devded into
fifty snares Of the par valne OF one hundred
dollars each; that the capital stock may be
paid for in real or personal property, at y
valuation to be fixed by the Board OF Directors
| OF said corporation; that petitioners desire the
TiEht, by ma ority vote of the SHAREHOLDERS,
to increase The capital stock from time to tin g,
up to the sun of fifty thousand dollars.
V.
That, upon the granting of this application,
| your petitioners, or majority OF them, shall
have the right to open books of subscription
| for the capital stock OF said corporation, and,
| after said fifty shares of stock have been sub
i scrbed for. To call a meeting of such snare
holders for the purpose of. accepting char ter
and effecGIng Organization of the company,
with o right to begin business when ten per
! cent. of the capital stock has been paid IN.
VI
| That tbe.oflicers OF said company shall be a
| President, Vice President, Secretary an !
! Treasurer, and such other officers as the share
| holders or Board of Directors may deem neces-
| sary, who shall be elected by the Board of
| Directors; that tEe Board of Directors shall
consist of not less than four nor more, than seven
shareholders, who shall be elecled by thessnare-
holders.
| That the shareholders shall have the right to
fix and prescribe bylaws, rules and regulations
for the government of the corporation, or to
! delegate this authority to the Board OF Direct
Ors.
That under such corporate name and style,
your petitioners desire the right to contract
aud he contracted with to sue aud be sued; to
buy and sell property; to borrow money and
secure the same as the Board of Directors NAV
| desire; to have and use common seal, and to
| change the same at pleasure; and geueraIly TO
have all the rights. pr vleges and powers in
| cident to, gran led and given similar corpora
tions under the laws Of Georgia,
| IA.
That there shall be no individual liability
upon the part OF any shareholder of the cor
poration except such amount as may be due by
| such shareholder Us unpaid subscription for
| stock or shares IN said corporation.
X.
| That they desire to he incornorated under
| said name and style of THE EMP IRE LUMBER
AND INVESTMENT COMP ANY, with all the
rights, privileges and powers prayed for here
in for a period of twenty years, with privilege
! of renewal at the expiration of that time.
And petitioners will ever pray.
f. +. TWTTTY
Atty. AT Law For petitioner.
1 STATE OF GEORGIA.-County jfVIynn.
l hereby certify that the above and foregoing
application for Incorporation, by the petition
ers therein named, of THE EMPlRE'LlIM SER
| AND IN INVESTMENT COMPANY was filed in
] the office OF the clerk of the superior Court of
| said county on this the 18th day of October, A,
| u 1901.
Fl. F. DU BIGNON
clerk S. c., Glynn County, ga.