The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
PETITION OF INCORPORATION.

STATE OF GEORGIA. CHATHAM
COUNTY.-To the Honorable Superior
Court of Said County
First. The petition of John
Schwarz, John F. Tietjen, Edward j.
Kennedy, George B. Whatley, Adam
Kessel, Charles S. O'Connell, Allan
Sweat, Charles Marks and Jefferson
A. Powell, of the county and state
aforesaid, shows that they desire for
themselves and such other persons as
may hereafter become associated with
them, and their successors, corporate
privileges, and to be incorporated un-
der the name and style of the EN-
PRE- INVESTMENT COMPANY, to
be made and constituted body cor
porate.
Second. The object of said company
or corporation is the pecuniary profit
and convenience of it's members, and
the business they propose to conduct is
that of d loan and investment COM
pany; the accumulation of a fund
which shall be paid in monthly install
mentS or otherwise by it's members,
lending the same on real estate, per-
sonal property or other security to the
members of said company, or other
persons, taking deeds, mortgages, exc
cutions or other liens thereto: to issue
certificates of stock and membership to
its members; to make, issue and sell
bonds or other obligations based on the
security Of the property held by the
company; to buy, sell, own and deal in
any real or personal property; to i'm
prove real estate by erecting dwellings,
buildings of any kind whatsoever, or
placing machinery or any other appli-
ance that will tend to increase the
value Of the same, to sell the same up
on such terms as will be to the inter-
est of the company, and to do such
other things as may be necessary and
lawful in the prosecution of said bust
ness.
Third. The principal office, place of
business and residence of said COM
pany shall be in Savannah, Chatham
county, Georgia, where a majority of
the board of directors shall reside; but
petitioners desire to establish branch
offices wherever they think proper, ap-
point local boards, agents, attorneys
and other representatives as occasion
and business may require to carry on
the business of said company, and to
confer authority upon them for that
purpose.
Fourth. The capital of said compa-
ny shall be one hundred thousand doll
lars (S100,00O, but petitioners desire
the privilege of commencing business
when three thousand dollars $4,000
shall have been subscribed. Petitioners
desire also the privilege of making
such bylaws, rules and regulations
for the government of said corporation
and enforce the same by such fines
forfeitures and penalties, not in con-
fiict with the laws of Georgia, and
which may be necessary and proper.
Fifth. Petitioners further desire to
be allowed to borrow money on real
estate, personal properly, or other Sc
curity, and to execute such
mortgages, deeds, and trans
fers thereof as may be neces-
sary; to have and use a common seal;
to sue and be sued; to plead and be
implicated; to contract and be con-
tracted with; and to have such other
powers and do such other acts and
things as are usual and proper in or
der to carry out the intention and pur-
pose of said company.
Wherefore, your petitioners pray that
they, their associates and successors.
may be incorporated under said name,
THE EMPIRE INVESTMENT COM
PANY for a term of twenty years,
with the privilege of renewal at the ex-
piration of said term. And your petit
TONERS will ever pray, etc
G. B. WHATLEY,
Attorney for Petitioners.
Petition for Incorporation filed in
office, this, Oct. 2S, 1903
JAMES L. MURPHY,
Deputy Clerk S. c. c. Ga.