The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
PETITION FOR CHARTER.

Georgia, Terrell County.-To the
Superior Court of said County: The
petition of G. P. Proctor, Harrison
Marry, Ida Davis, z. L. Davis, Isaac
Henry Georgia Byrd, Warren Proc
tor, RhOdy Anderson, Mollie Proctor,
Oscar Lee and Matte Proctor for
themselves, associates and successors
show:
/. That they are all residents of
the state of Georgia, and that they
desire for themselves, associates and
successors to be incorporated and
made body polite under the name
of the CHILDHOOD SOCIETY,"" for
a period of twenty years.
2. The principal office of said COM
pany shall be Dawson, Ga, but they
desire to locate headquarters for
Randolph county at Shellman, Ca,
and the privilege of establishing
branches anywhere in the United
States.
3. Said Childhood Society is to be
benevolent institution for the pur-
pose of caring for children, old peo-
pie and its members, caring for the
sick and afflicted, furnishing to them
medical service and burial outfit.
1t seeks to cultivate feeling of
good will among the races, incul-
cate kind thoughts and generous ac-
tfons, aid in the suppression of law
lessness and in the maintenance of
the good repute of the colored
people; to aid them in cultivating
their minds, improving their financial
conditions, and uplifting them NOR
ally and religiously.
4. The capital stock is to be one
hundred dollars, with the right of
increasing it to one thousand; said
stock to be divided into one hundred
shares of the par value of one dol
lar each. Ten per cent. has been
paid in of the one hundred dollars.
o. Said corporation does not seek
personal gain, but it desires the right
to make such rules and regulations
and such bylaws as will allow it to
pay officers reasonable compensation,
and all others for services actually
rendered to said society. Petitioners
desire that said society have the right
to sue and be sued, to implead and
nave a common seal, to own such
real estate necessary for the proper
operation of this society, including
a farm for such purpose; to have
all of the rights and privileges of all
of similar character I'M
der the laws of Georgia, including
the right to accept amendments to
its charter in form or substance, and
to liquidate its liabilities and wind
up its business and surrender it's
charter upon vote of two-thirds of
the shares of it's stocks; that they
may have such officers as are neces-
5ary for the proper operation of said
and shall have such
control over its members and officers
as are necessary for it's proper main
tenance, with the right to punish
said members for refusal to obey its
rules and regulations, such punish
ment not to be of such character as
to be in violation of any law of Geor-
gia, and said corporation having the
right to eXpel any stockholder for
violation of it's rules and regulations,
after having repaid to said stock
holder for such stock as he owned
its value.
Wherefore petitioners pray to be
under the name and
style aforesaid, with the power,
and immunities herein set
forth, and as are now OF may here
after be allowed a corporation of
similar character under the laws of
Georgia. M. G. EDWARDS,
Petitioners Attorney.
Georgia, Terrell County-Filed in
office this 22nd day of May, 1909.
w. S. DOZIER, Clerk.
Georgia 'HnPrn1l
Dozfer, clerk of the superior court
of said county, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the application for charter
of Childhood Society as the same ap-
pears on file in this Office. Witness
my official signature and the seal of
said court this the 22nd day of May,
1909. w. S. DOZIER, Clerk.