The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-03-12
Petition for Charter.

GEORGIA, TERRELL COUNTY.--To the Su-
peror Court OF said County:
The petition of j. G. Dean. b. NJ Wilson. w.
w. Collier, all OF said county and state, respect
fully showeth
associates successors, and assigns, to be consti-
tuted body corp Orate under the name and style
of The Georgia Alabama Telephone Co. for the
term of twenty years, with the privilege OF
renewal at the eX piration OF said time.
End They desire for said corporation the right
to buy and sell, to lease and hold any and ali
kinds of real and personal properly, which may
be necessary or advantageous for the purposes
of SAID corporation.
3rd. They ask for the right to make and create
all such debts and incur such liabilities by AS the
said officers OF said corporation may be deemed
necessary in the furtherance of the business OF
said cor poraton and to secure said contracts of
Indebtedness by note. mortgage or otherwise nc
issue bonds whenever it shall be deemed eXpe'
dent and advisable by the officers of said corpor-
alton.
4th They desire the right to sue and be sued
to have and to use common seal to make by
laws for its government. to elect officers, to pre-
scribe their duties, together with all other rights
and privileges and powers incident. usual and
necessary to like corporations under the laws OF
said state.
9Th. The object of the said corporation is pc.
cuniary gain to It's stockholders.
9th. The particular business to be carried on
by said corporation. is the establishment of and
operation of telephone exchanges for the use and
benefit of the public in transmitting verbal mes
sages over and along electric wires erected for
that purpose. wherever said exchanges may be
located or wherever the wires of said corporatiOn
may extend. and over such other wires with
which said corporation may secure connection,
charging for such service just and reasonable
fees.
9TH. The capital stock of said corporation
shall be Eight Thousand Dollars. divided into
shares Of one hundred dollars each. but petition
! ers ask for privilege Of increasing said capital
stock from time To time not to exceed the sum of
fifty thousand dollars.
9Th Petitioners show that the whole of said
capital stock has been fully paid in.
9th The principal place of business of said
corporation shall be in the city Of Dawson. said
state and county. but petitioners desire that said
corporation shall have the right TO establish
Telephone Exchanges. locate agencies and Offices
and run it's wires and carry on its business at any
place or places within the state of Georgia or in
any'other state or territory within the United
States of America.
Wherefore petitioners pray that after this petit
ton has been filed and published in terms Of the
law. an order be passed declaring them body
corporate under the name and style aforesaid
and granting to said corporation all rights pow
ers and privileges prayed for in said petition. or
which may be incident. usual and necessary
under the laws OF said state for the purposes of
their incorporation. And petitioners will ever
pray. MARLIN " IRWIN.
Attorneys for Petitioners
GEORGIA Terrell County Office Clerk Superior
Court. hereby certify that the foregoing is "A
true copy of the application Sled in my office for
charter of Georgia. Alabama Telephone Co
Witness my official signature This Bird day of
March 1902. ". :. UOIIER Clerk