The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-06
PETITION OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

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STATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM
County. The petition of John Rourke
James A. Rourke and John Rourka
Jr-' al OF said state and county, re.
spectfuly shows:
First. That they desire for them
selves, their associates, successors ana
assign to become Incorporated under
the name and style of SAVANNTAG
SHIP BUILDING DRY DOCK Ann
REPAIR COMPANY.
Second. The term for which nett
TONERS ask to be Incorporated is
twenty (20) years with the nril,ila.--
OF renewal at the end of that time.
Third. The capital stock of tbA
corporation is to be ten thousand
(Sl0,OOOOO) dollars, divided into shares
OF one hundred (S100.00) dollars each
Petitioners, however, ask the priviIaca
OF increasing said capital stock from
time to time not exceeding the agsra-
gate sum of five hundred thousand
SsooO,oo9,oVl dollars. said increase to
pc made at any time a majority OF
the stockholders may determine.
Fourth. The whole of said capitaI
stock OF ten thousand ($1O O0O.0O) dol
lars has been actually paid in.
Fifth. The object of the proposed
corporation is pecuniaFy profit and
gain to its stockholders. Petitioners
propose TO carry on the following kind
of business:
(a) Building, buying. selling ana
repairing iron, wood and steel steam-
poats, yachts, tugs, lighters, barges
launches and every other kind of wa
ter craft:
CD 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;
Co All kinds of diving and SUBJ
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, shin.
yacht, mechanical and electrical sup
plies:
(e) Owning. maintaining and oper-
ating a general foundry, machine
shop, blacksmith and boiler shop bus
mess;
(f) 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:
CD Buying, owning, building and
selling marine engines or boilers, and
all and every other kind of equip
ment for vessels and water craft;
CHI 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:
G) Receiving and holding personal
property in pledge, including stock in
other corporations as collateral Sc
curity for indebtedness:
ID 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;
(lx) To act as general or special
agents for other persons or companies
in 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 BUSH
ness above specified;
ID 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 body corporate under the
name and style aforesaid, entitled to
the rights, privileges and fmmunities,
and subject to the liabilities fixed by
law, OSBORNE & LAWRENCE.
JOHN ROURKE, JR.,
Petitioners Attorneys.
Original filed in office Nov. 81, 1904
JAMES MURPHY,
Dep. Clerk S. c. c. c.