Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-06-01
PETITION FOR CHARTER.

The petition OF E. F. Chambless, |
]. C. Brewer, r. V. Bowen, w. r. |
Bowen L. o. Tisdel, W. l.. Stovall,
A. s. Dorminy. and E. w. Stetson of
said county, and R. G. Kirkland, j
s. Lott, j j. Dorminy, z. w. Kirk
Ian, w. Kirkland, ]. M. Ashley, T. s.
Price, John Mclean, Moses Grih
81. kirkland and Dennis Vickers If
Coffee County, Georgia respectfully
shows:
1. That they desire for themselves
their associates, SUCCESSORS and as
eigns, to be Incorporated as priv
ate corporation, under the name
and style of CONSOLIDATED GRO
Gerry COMPANY, for. a periodaof
twenty years, with privilege of re-
newal at the expiration of that time.
2. That the object of said corpora
ton is pecuniary gain an profit for
the stoca- holders therefore, and its
principal place of business shall be
in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Geor-
| gia. but petitioners desire that said
corporation may have the privilege
and power of establishing and oper-
ating the business of the corporation
at such other places as may be de-
sired.
8. That the capital stock of said
corporations shall be Fifty Thousand
$3.50, OO0.OO) Dollars, devided into
shares of the par valne of One Hun
Dollars each, and petitioners show
that, the;whole 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 buy and sell and handle on
commissioner any quanityxor quani-
ties, and generally to deal Ia. goods,
wares, merchandise and commercial
commodities of every kind; to pur-
chase, own, hold, improve, sell and
convey all kinds of property, wheth-
: er real personal or mixed, and also
to handle and dispose of ell such
property on commission; and to do
and preform every act and thing
which may be necessary or conven-
lent for the carrying on of the bust
ness of the corporations as herein
indicated.
5. That In addition to the powers
and privileges of doing the things
herein before recited, petitioner g
desire and pray that said corpora
! ton be clothed and invested with all
,, the powers and privileges usual and
incident to such corporations in
general, and especially the following
powers and privileges:
To sue and be sued: to have and
use corporate seal; to elect a pres
Iident, vice President, Secretary, and
such other officers, including Board
of Directors, as may be deemed ex-
pedient, and to prescribe their pow
ers and duties; to make and adopt
q constitution and bylaws for the
duct and business of the corporation
and the officers thereof: to buy, sell
or otherwise acquire or dispose of
patents, patent-rights or privileges,
improvements secret procession, or
any interest in any of the same; to
lend or borrow money, and to secure
the same In sucn manner as may be
deemed expedient; to make or issue
notes. bonds, debentures or other
negotiable instruments or securities,
and to secure the same by mortgage,
pledge, trust deed or otherwise, and
to provide for the payment thereof;
to increase the capital stock of said
coronation Sat any Stockholders
Meeting by a two-thirds majority
vote of the stockholders to any
amount not exceeding the sum of
Two Hundred Thousand (S200,0 600.
00) and in like manner to decrease
said capital stock to any amount not
less than the sum Fifty Thousand
| $780, 000.00) Dollars; to subscribe for,
purchase, sell or otherwise asquire
or dispose of the shares, bonds or
othe obligations, secured or unsecur-
ed of any corporation or corporations
organized under the laws of any
state, or the United States, or any
Foreign Country, and to hold the
anne with all the rights of owner
therein as is permitted to natural
persons; to lease or rent out any of
it's property, or the whole thereof,
whenever in the option of the Direc-
tors it is to the best interests of the
Company, and under like circum-
stances to let or hire it's fra chises,
or other property, for the purpose
of raising money; to remove at any
time by majority vote of the ock-
holders any of the officers of the said
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