The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-29
PETITION OF INCORPORATION

STATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM
County The petition of John Rourke,
James A. Rourke and John Rourke
Jr., all of said state and county. re-
specially shows:
First. That they desire for them
selves, their associates, successors and
assign to become incorporated under
the name and style of SAVANNAH
SHIP BUILDING DRY DOCK AND
REPAIR COMPANY.
Second. The term for which petit
TONERS ask to be incorporated is
twenty (2O) years with the privilege
or renewal at the end of that time.
Third. The capital stock of the
corporation is to be ten thousand
$l0,OOO.OO) dollars, divided into shares
OF one hundred ($100.00) dollars each.
Petltloners, however, ask the privilege
OF increasing said capital stock from
time to time not exceeding the aggre-
gate sum of five hundred thousand
($5OOOOO.OO) dollars, said increase to
be made at any time a majority of
the stockholders may determine
Fourth. The whole of said capital
stock of ten thousand ($10,00o.0O) dol
lars has been actually paid in.
Fifth The object of the proposed
corporation is pecuniary profit and
gain to its stockholders. Petitioners
propose to carry on the following kind
of business:
CAP Building, buying, selling and
repairing iron, wood and steel steam
boats, yachts, tugs, lighters, barges,
launches and every other kind of wa
ter craft:
OBJ Building, owning, renting, buy
ing, selling, operating and letting
marine railways, dry docks, floating
docks, and other appliances for build
ing, repairing, cleaning and docking
all kinds of water craft;
(c) All kinds of diving and sub
marine work, wrecking, and salvage
work, and in this connection owning.
leasing. hiring and letting all kinds
of water craft and machinery neces-
sary for the carrying on of said bust
ness:
(d) Buying and selling directly or
as agents for other parties, ship.
yacht, mechanical and electrical sup
plies:
(e) Owning, maintaining and oper-
ating a general foundry machine
shop, blacksmith and boiler shop bus
mess;
Q) Buying, owning, leasing, rent
ing and selling upon its own account
or as the agent for others, steamboats,,
yachts, tugboats and all other kind Of
water craft:
(g) Buying, owning, building and
selling marine engines or boilers, and
all and every other kind of equip
ment for vessels and water craft
(h) Doing a general marine con-
tracing business, that is to say build
ing by contract, wharves, docks, slips,
dredging, jetty work, piers, sub-ma-
rine excavations and foundations, and
doing any other kind of harbor or ma
rine work:
% Receiving and holding personal
property in pledge, including stock in
other corporations as collateral Sc
curity for. Indebtedness:
% To own, acquire, lease and hold
all real and personal property neces-
sary or incident to the proper and
successful carrying on of any of the
kinds of business above specified;
(1) To act as general or special
agents for other persons or companies
i'm selling or handling any articles or
class of articles appropriate to the
kinds of business above specified or
usually or conveniently connected
Herewith. and TO make contracts to
act as such agent and to exercise the
usual powers and to do all usual, nee
essary and proper acts which pertain
to or may be connected with the car
rying on of any of the kinds Of bust
ness above specified;
Cd To have and to exercise all the
general powers incident to corpora
lions under the laws Of the state of
Georgia.
sixth. The principal office and
place of business of the proposed cor
poration will be in the city Of Savan-
nah. said state and county.
Wherefore, petitioners pray TO be
made a body corporate under the
name and style aforesaid, entitled to
the rights. privileges and immunities.
and subject to the liabilities fixed by
law. OSBORNE G. LAWRENCE,
JOHN ROURKE. JR.,
Petitioners Attorneys.
Original filed I'm office Nov. q. 1904.
JAMES MURPHY,
Dep. Clerk S. G. G. c.