Fitzgerald enterprise., 1905-09-12
PETITION FOR CHARTER.

PETITION FOR CHARTER.
Georgia Irwin County.
To the Superior Court of said County:
The petition of g. J. Harper, o. l..
Harper, s. s. Harper and j. J. Harp
er, all Of said county, respectfully
shows:
1. That they desire for themselves,
their associates, successors and as
signs, to be Incorporated as a private
corporation under the name and
stylS of Osierfield Supply Company,
for a period of twenty years, with
privilege of renewal at the expiration
of that time.
2. That the object of said corpor-
alton is pecuniary gain and profit for
the stockholders thereof, and it's
principal place of business shall be at
Osierfeld in said County, but petit
tioners desire the privilege of estab-
fishing and operating branches of
said business at such other places as
may be deemed best.
8. That the Capital Stock of said
corporation shall be Four Thousand
($4OOO.O0) Dollars, divided into Forty
(4O) Shares of the par value of One
Hundred (S100.0O Dollars each, but
petitioners desire the right to in
crease said Capital Stock at any reg
ular ock-holder's meeting to any
amount not exceeding Twenty Thous-
and $3.50, ,OoO.OO) Dollars, and likewise
to decrease said Capital Stock to any
amount not less than Four Thousand
(S4OOO 00) Dollars. Petitioners show
that so per cent. of said Capital Stock
has been already paid in.
4. That the particular business
which they desire to carry on as such
corporation is as follows:
To establish, maintain and operate
q General Mercantile Business, and
to buy and sell at retail, or wholesale,
or both, all kinds of goods, wares and
merchandise; to purchase, improve,
own, hold and convey real estate, and
to do and perform every act and
thing which may be necessary or con-
venient for the carrying on of the
business of the corporation to the
best interest of the stockholders
thereof.
5. That in addition to the powers
and privileges of doing the things
hereinbefore recited, petitioners de-
sire and pray that said corporation
be clothed and invested with all the
powers and privileges usual and in.
cident to corporations in general,
and in addition thereto the following
powers and privileges:
To sue and be sued; to have and
use corporate seal; to elect presi-
dent, vice. president, secretary, treas
urer, board of directors, and such
other officers as may be deemed ex-
pedient, and to prescribe their pow
ers and duties; to make and adopt a
constitution and bylaws for the gov
ernment and direction of the busi-
ness of the corporation and the Off
GERS thereof; to lend or borrow mon.
ey, and to issue bonds, notes or other
negotiable evidences of debt and to
secure the same by mortgage, pledge,
trust deed or otherwise, and to pro
vide for the payment thereof; to sell,
goods, wares and merchandise on
credit and to take mortgages or 9TH
er conveyances or any kind of collat-
eral whatever to secure the payment
of the purchase price of the same; to
remove at any time by majority
vote of the stockholders any of the
officers of said corporation.
s. Petitioners desire and pray that
no share holder of said corporation
shall be liable individually to the
creditors of the corporation, except
to the extent of any unpaid balance
due on his stock subscription, nor
then, if he has paid debts of the COR
poration equal to- said balance.
7. Petitioners pray that they and
their associates, successors and as
signs may be incorporated under the
name and style aforesaid for the pur-
noses aforesaid and with all the
powers and privileges and immuni-
ties aforesaid.
l.. KENNEDY,
s-15.4 Attorney for petitioners.
Georgia, Irwin County.
II. Young, clerk of the super
ior court of said county, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the original ap-