Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-06-23
Application for Charter.


The petition of Lon Dickey, T. ].
Dickey and J. M. Boyd, all of Irwin
County and state of Georgia, respec-
fully shows:
First. That they desire themselves
their associates, successors and as
signs to be incorporated under the
name and style of Riverside Stock
Farm and Improvement Company"
for the term of Twenty years with
the privilege of renewal at the ex-
piration of the said term.
Second. The capital stock of said
corporation is Twenty Thousand
Dollars, divided into shares of One
Hundred Dollars each. Petitioners,
however, ask the privilege of in
creasing said capital stock from
time to time, not exceeding in the
aggregate the sum of One Hundred
Thousand Dollars.
Third. Ten per cent of said cap
ital stock of Twenty Thousand
Dollars has already been actually
paid in.
Fourth. The object of the pro-
posed corporation is pecuniary pro-
fit and gain to lis stockholders.
Petitioners propose to establish and
carry on general farming, stock
raising, BRICK making and saW-mill-
ing business; to operate a general
farm, and to raise livestock; to
operate brick mandatory, and to
own and operate saw-milla, planning
mills and other wood working mach
inery; to raise. buy and sell live
stock and products incident to gem
eral farming business; to buy and
sell lands, timber, cross-ties, lumber
and other building materials; to
establish, operate and maintain a
commissary and mercantile business,
buying and selling for cash or on
credit all such articles or things as
are usually embraced in a general
retail business, dry-goods, groceries,
etc., to make contracts, to act as
agents and to appoint agents; to ex-
ercise all Of the usual powers and do
all of the usual necessary and proper
acts which pertain to, or may be
connected with the business afore-
said.
Fifth. They desire to hold person
al and real estate by purchase, and
to convey same for the benefit of the
said corporation; to mortgage, sell
and pledge real and personal prop
erty, borrow and loan money, and to
secure the same by deed, mortgage,
hypothecaton of collaterals, bonds,
notes or chooses in action; and to
issue bonds or notes; and such other
privileges as will be necessary for
the proper carrying on of said bust
ness.
Sixth. They desire the rightto sue
and to be sued; to have and to use a
common zeal; to make bylaws and
rules and regulations needful for the
government Of said corporation; to
elect and appoint such officers as in
their corporate capacity they may be
determined upon, and to fix their
compensation, duties, obligations,
and liabilities; to change and remove
such officers as ofton as the interest
of said corporation may require, and
to exercise all other rights, privile-
ges and powers as may be beneficial
and necessary to advance the objects
and purposes Of said corporation
net inconsistent with the laws of this
state and of the United StateF.
Seventh. That the personal liabi-
Titles of each etock-holder shall cease
and determine when he shall have
paid his stock subscription in full, or
shall have paid out of his property
debts of said corporation equal to
the amount of his unpaid subscrip-
ton.
Eight. That the principal office
and place Of business of said corpor-
alton shall be in the City of Fitz-
gerald. irwin County, Georgia.
Petitioners desire, however, the
privilege of establishing branch Off
oes, factories and farms in any other
townsor counties in the state of
Georgia, and of any other state with
in the United States of America.
Wherefore, petitioners pray that
this petition be filed, recorded and
published as previously prescribed
by statute, and that an order be
passed Incorporating petitioners,
their associates, successors and
assigns under the name and style
aforesaid, and for the purposes, and