The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-04
Petition for Charter.

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The petition of L. G. Hill, j. E.
Morris, s. r. Cannon, J. o. Russell,
w. L. Pace, E. w. Hollingsworth, w.
A. Baldwin, j. R. Mercer, c. L. Ivey,
j. A. Horsley, w. T. Moore, D. G.
J. A. Laing, w. H. Miller, r. E. Bow
man, Carlton ]. Garner, j. M. Warner,
G. c. Wall, j. L. Hill and w. A Da-
wilson respectfully shows: That
they desire for themselves, their as
sOciates, successors and assigns to be
incorporated under the name and
style of the Coca-Cola Bottling
Works of Dubuque, Iowa, for a peri
cd of twenty years, with the right of
renewal at the end of that period.
2. The principal office of said
company will be in the city of Daw-
son, state of Georgia, said county
but petitioners desire to do business
in the states of Iowa, Illinois, Wis
cOnsin and any other parts of the
United States that they may con-
to establish offices at Dubuque, Iowa,
and other places in said territory
whenever the holders of the majority
of the stock, both in number and
amount, may so determine
3. The object of said corporation
is pecuniary gain to itself and it's
stock holders.
4. The business to be carried on
by said corporation is to buy and sell
coca-cOla in all it's forms, in syrups.
and soda water, selling coca-cola as
drink at soda founts, bottling and
selling coca-cola at any place where
petitioners deem to their best inter
est, owning and operating bottling
plants for the purpose of bottling
cOca-cOla, carrying on the business
both at wholesale and retail in such
manner as they may decide to be
best in the premises. Petitioners de-
sire to sell in bottles or in bulk all
other syrups and soft drinks which
are usually bottled and sold, such as
soda water, ginger ale and other
drinks of like character.
5. The capital stock of said cor
poration shall be ten thousand dol
lars ($10, 000.00), with the privilege
OF increasing same to the sum of one
hundred thousand dollars ($10O,-
OO0.00) by majority vote, amount
and number, of the stockholders;
said stock to be divided into shares
OF one hundred dollars ($10O.0O)
eoch. Ten per cent of the amount
of capital stock to be employed by
them has been actually paid in.
6. Petitioners desire the right to
sue and be sued, to plead and be i'm
pleaded, to have and use a common
seal, to make all necessary bylaws
and regulations, and to do all other
things that may be necessary for the
successful carrying on of said bust
ness, including the right to buy, hold
and sell real estate and personal
property suitable to the purposes of
the corporation, and to execute notes
and bonds as evidence of indebted
ness incurred, or which may be in
Cured, in the conduct of the affairs
OF the corporation, and to secure the
same by mortgage, security deed or
other form of lien under existing
laws.
Z. They desire for said corpora
ton the power and authority to apply
for and accept amendments to it's
charter of either form or substance
by a vote of a majority in number
and amount of it's stock outstanding
at the time. They also ask authority
for said incorporation to wind up it's
affairs, liquidate and discontinue it's
business at any time it may deter
mine to do so by vote of two-thirds
OF its stock outstanding at the time.
8. They desire for the said incor-
poration the right of renewal when
and as provided by the laws of Geor-
g1a, and that it have all such other
rights, powers, privileges and i'm
munlttes as are incident to like cor
| porattons or permissible under the
laws of Georgia.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid with the powers. priv
ileges and immunities herein set
forth, and as are now or may here
after be allowed corporation of
similar character under the laws of
Georgia. M. G. EDWARDS,
! Petitioners Attorney
Filed in Office this End day of Oc-
tober, 1911. w. S. DOZIER. Clerk.
|, W. S. Dozier, Clerk of the Supe-
rior Court of said county. do hereby
certify that the foregoing is truf
and correct copy of the application
for charter of the Coca-Cola Bott1ine
Works of Dubuque, Iowa. as the
same appears on file in this office
Witness my official signature and the
seal of said court this 2nd dav ot
october, 1911. w. s. DOZTER
Clerk Superior Court Terrell Co, Ga