Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-25
Application for Charter.
GEORGIA--suMrER COUNTY.


To the Superior Court of said county:
The petition of G. B. Duffey, Worcester,
Mass T. B. Clements, Fartbault, MINI, H.
O. Clement, Moultrie, Ca, Chas. e. Smith, E.
l.. Smith, DeSOto, Ga, j. A. AnsIey, Ameri-
Gus, Ca, respectfully shows:
Ist. That they desire for themselves and
their associates. successors and assigns, to
be Incorporated and made a body polite
under the name and style of ''DeSoto Fruit,
Agricultural and Manufacturing COMPANY -
End. Your petitioners ask to be inCOrpcrat-
ed for the term of twenty years, with the
privilege of renewal at the expiration of
that time.
alton is to be (S6o,000 Sixty Thousand Dol
lars, with the privilege of increasing the
same to One Hundred (SlO0,000) Dollars, said
stock to pc divided into shares of One Hun
dred (Sl00) Dollars each.
4th. That the whole of said capital stock of
Sixty Thousand 1863, OoO) Dollars has actually
been paid in.
5th. That the object of said corporation is
peculiarly gain and profit for its share
holders.
9Th. That the business petitioners propose
to carry on through said corporation is agri-
culture and manufacturing, raising cultIYat-
Ing, selling and conducting general agri-
cultural business; crops of every kind that
can be raised by petitioners, and everything
connected thereto. Also to carry on a gen
eral nursery and fruit and vegeta Die bust
ness; the raising, selling and lying fruits
and vegetables OF every kind; rnd the rails
ing, buying and selling fruit trees and every
thing necessary in connection Herewith.
d
ming factory TOR canning fruits and Vege-
table. Also to construct cotton seed oil mill,
own and operate a cotton factory for spin
ming, Carding and weaving cotton and max
ing the same into thread and cloth of every
kind. Also to construct or buy and own and
operate cotton and guano warehouse. Also
to run aud operate Commissary in ConneC-
ton with said business: the buying and sell
ing goods of every description that may be
needed for the enterprises OF said corpora
Ion or its employees.
7ih. Also to buy, sell and own real estate
stocks and bonds, and to issue stocks and
bonds on the property of said corporation
and secure the same by mortgage, deed or
otherwise, on any or all of the property of
said corporation, both real and personal,
conveying any or all OF the property OF said
corporation therefor.
Also to improve, lease or rent any of the
property of said corporation.
Also to buy, sell, own and operate maChin-
cry of any and all kinds. To appoint and
elect all officers and agents necessary to
carry on and transact any and all ofthe bust
ness and interest of said corporation, and to
have and enjoy all rights and privileges as
are by the laws of Georgia conferred upon
corporations of like character. The right to
sue and be sued, to use a common seal for
the corporation and to adopt all bylaws,
rules and regulations necessary and proper
for the conducts of its business
8th, That the prinCipa, office and place of
business of said proposed corporation shall
be in the city of Americas, said state and
county with the right to establish and mai IL
tain branch offices elsewhere.
Wherefore petitioners pray to be made a
aforesaid, entitled to the rights, privileges
and imm unities, and subject to the liabili-
ties fixed by law.
This 23rd day of July, 1901
j. A. ANSLEY,
Petitioners Attorney.
Filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Su-
perior court of Sumter county, Ga July 23d,
1901 c. A. CHAMBLISS, Clerk S. G.