The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-24
PETITION FOR CHARTER.


Superior Court of Said County: The
petition of John R. Sharpe of Deca-
tur county, Georgia, and M. J. Yeo-
mans OF Terrell county, Georgia, re-
specially shows:
l. That they desire for them
selves, their associates and success
ors to be incorporated and made a
body polite under the name and
style of Pomona Orchard Company
for period of twenty years.
2. The principal office of said
company shall be in the city of Daw-
son, Terrell county, Georgia, but pc
titiOners desire the right to establish
other offices within the state or else
where whenever the holders of the
majority of the stock of said COM
pany or the board. of directors may
so determine.
3. The object of said corporation
is pecuniary gain to itself and to its
shareholders.
4. The business to be carried on
by said corporation is the growing
and selling of apples, peaches and
other fruit, the planting and caring
for orchards, either for itself or for
others. And petitioners desire the
right to buy and sell real estate
either for cash or on commission, to
lease to others its holdings on such
terms and for such purposes as may
| be fixed by the board of directors,
and to do any and all necessary and
proper things that may be profitably
done in connection with the orchard
business, or may reasonably apper-
tain thereto.
8. The capital stock Of said cor
poration shall be $70,0OO.00, with
the privilege of increasing the same
to $140,000.00 by majority vote of
the stockholders, or by a majority
vote of it's board of directors; said
stock to be divided into shares of
| $350.00 each. Ten per cent of the
amount Of the capital stock to be
employed by them has been actually
| paid in. Petitioners desire the right
to have the subscriptions to said cap
| ital stock paid in money or property
to be taken at a fair valuation, as
fixed by the directors.
6. Petitioners desire the right to
sue and to be sued, to plead and be
! implicated, to have and use a COM
| mon seal, to make all necessary by
laws and regulations, and to do all
other things that may be necessary
to the carrying on of said business,
including the right to buy, hold and
| sell real estate and personal property
suitable for he purpose of the cor
pOration and to execute notes and
| bonds as evidence of Indebtedness
| incurred, or which may be incurred
| in the conduct of the affairs of the
| corporation, as may be determined
| by the directors or stockholders, and
to secure the same by mortgage, Sc
| curity deed or other form of lien I'M
der existing laws.
Z. They desire for said corpora
! ton the power and authority to ap-
ply for and accept amendments to
| it's charter of either form or sub
stance by vote of a majority of it's
stock outstanding at the time. They
also ask authority for said corpora
| ton to wind up it's affairs and liuui-
date and discontinue it's business at
any time it may determine to do so
by vote of two-thirds of its stock
outstanding at the time.
8. They desire for said CORPORA
ton the right of renewal when and
as provided by the laws of Georgia,
and that it have such other rights,
powers, privileges and immunities as
are incident to like corporations. or
permissible under the laws of Geor-
gia.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to he
incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid, with the powers
privileges and immunities herein SET
forth, and as are now or NAV here
after be allowed a corporation Of
similar character under the laws Of
Georgia. -
M. J. YEOMANS, Atty for Petrs
Georgia, Terrell County, w G
Dozier, Clerk of the Superior Govt
of said county, do hereby certifv
that the above and foregoing is .
true and correct copy of the aDnIica1
ton for charter of Pomona Orcbord
Company as The same appears on Al, +,
: in this Office. 'ii iie
Witness my official signaturo ona
the seal of said court, this the 10Th
: day of April, 1911. -
W, s, DOzIER, C. S. G. n n