Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-21
PETITNON FOR CHARTER.
.GEORGIA-Sumter County:


To the Superior Court of Said County:
The petition of B. c. Hodges, George
A. Mcneil and E. L. Bell, all of said
State and County, respectfully shows:
/. That they desire for themselves
and their associates, successors and
assigns, to be incorporated and be
made body polite, under the name
and style of HODGES LUMBER CON-
PANY."
| ?. The term for which your petitions
ers ask to be incorporated is 600
twenty years, with the privilege of re-
newal at the expiration of that time.
8. The capital stock of the corpora
ton is to be ($3OOO0O0) Thirty Thous-
and Dollars. divided into shares of
500 each, with the right and privilege
of increasing its capital stock 20
! ($50,0OOOO Fifty Thousand Dollars.
4. The whole amount of said capital
stock of Thirty Thousand Dollars has
been subscribed and actually paid in,
and is to be employed in carrying IN
said business
5. The object of the proposed COR
poration is pecuniary profit and gain
for its shareholders.
| G. The principal business to be car
ried on by said Hodges Lumber Com
; pany is the lumber, saw-mill and tur-
Ipentine and naval stores business, the
buying, selling and manufacture of
lumber of all kinds, operation of saw
mills and machinery of all kinds per
tanning to the saw-mill business; the
buying, selling and manufacturer Of
turpentine rosin and naval stores, the
operation of turpentine stills and ma
chinery of all kinds pertaining to the
turpentine business; the buying, sell
ling and operating of machinery of all
| kinds pertaining to its business, IN
Icluding tramways, boats, engines, etc,
the buying, selling, renting and leasing
timber, timber lands and real estate of
all kinds pertaining to its business;
) the buying and selling of merchandise
of all kinds and the operating of a
commissary in Connection with its
! business.
Z. Petitioners pray that they may
,, be incorporated and in said corporate
name may have the right to sue and BE-
= sued; to have and use a corporate seal;
to make bylaws binding upon its
i members, not inconsistent with The
laws of this State and of the United
States; to have perpetual succession;
g to have the right and power to pur-
: chase, hold and sell real and personal
property, stocks and bonds, notes and
e chooses in action; to subscribe to and
own stock in other corporations; &c
borrow money; to issue bonds and Sc
n cure the same by deed or mortgage
0 conveying any or all of its property for
s. that purpose; and to have, use and ell
JOY all property, real and personal or
o mixed that may be convenient or nee
y essary to the transaction Of its bust
ness; to appoint officers and agents for
! the management of its business; and
: generally to have and enjoy all ana
/ singular, the rights, powers, privilega IS
Y and immunities conferred by the law
| of this State upon corporations of like
character
s. The principal Office and place Of
business of the proposed corporation
shall be in the City of Americas, sale
State and County, with the right and
privilege to establish and maintain
branch Offices or business elsewhere.
WHEREFORE, Petitioners pray 70
be made body corporate under the
name and style aforesaid, entitled TO
! the rights, privileges and immunities,
and subject to the liabilities fixed by