Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-22
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.

GEORGIA, Sumter County.
To the Superior Court of Said
County:
The petition of w. S. Ivey, of Sum-
fer county, Ga; Dr.. Wade Stackhouse,
T. B. Stackhouse, II. w. Malloy, D. c.
Roper and L. A. Manning, of the State
of South Carolina, respectfully shows
tc the court:
That they desire for themselves,
their associates and successors, to be
Incorporated and made a body polite |
under the name and style of the
"Stackhouse Land Company" for the
period of twenty years, with the priv
ilege of renewal at the expiration OF
hat time, if desired.
H.
The principal office of said company
shall be at Flint Side, in the county
and state aforesaid; but petitioners de-
offices within this state or elsewhere
whenever the holders of majority OF
the stock may so determine.
III.
The object of said corporation is Pc
cuniary gain to itself and its share
holders.
The business to be carried on by said
corporation is a general farming ana
agricultural business principally, ana
thew desire the right to buy and sell
lands and all kinds of real estate for a
profit and on commission basis; to
handle live stock, fertilizers, farming
implements, and all other kinds of
8personal property used in connection
of the operation of farms; to establish
fertilizer factories, ginneries, cotton
seed oil mills; to buy and sell cotton
and cotton seed on a profit, or to han
die same on a commission.
V.
The Capital Stock of said corpora
ton shall be Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand $3.50, 100000 Dollars, with
the privilege of increasing the same TO
the sum of Five Hundred Thousand
100000 Dollars, by a majority
vote of the stockholders; said stock
TO be divided into shares Of One Hun
bred ($100.00) Dollars each. That
SO 1-3 per cent of the amount of Cap
ital Stock to be handled by them has
been actually paid in, and petitioners
desire the right to have the subscrip-
ton to said capital stock paid in money
or property to be taken at a fair val
uation, which privilege is to be deter
mined by vote of a majority of the
stock
Petitioners desire the right to sue
and be sued; to plead and be implead
ed; to have and use a common seal; 10
make all necessary bylaws and regu-
1 lations not to conflict with their char
{ Ter and the laws of the State of Geor-
gia, and to do all other things that may
be necessary for the successful carry
ing on of said business; including the
right to buy, hold and sell real estate, :
and personal property, suitable for the
purposes of the corporation, as before
stated; to execute notes, bonds, as evil {
dence of Indebtedness incurred, orr
which may be incurred in the conduct
of the affairs of the corporation, and {
4 ito secure the same by mortgage, Sc {
curity deed, or other form of lien I'M |
der existing laws, or other laws that t
might be enacted during the life of this {
corporation; to buy and sell any kind E
apf negotiable paper, and to use any {
kind of negotiable paper rendered them {
b a discount; to have the right to con- i
Duct a mercantile business, saw mill |
snd turpentine business, and to carry
b. any other kind of business not t
herein specifically stated, in as full
8nd complete a manner as if the same
as specifically stated, as are usually
Granted to other like corporations.
VII ,
They desire the right and privilege
bf holding stockholders meetings OF f
this company, or a meeting OF the !
Board of Directors of this company {
anywhere in the State of Georgia, or {
ANY other State, which said meeting f
nlay be called by the President of the !
company, or a majority of the stock {
holders. to be determined by their by :
3aWS; to form such rules and regula 7
fiOns. and the transaction of such bus {
Eness as may be necessary for the sue {
cessful operation and carrying on OF {
n he business of this corporation.
VIII.
They desire for said corporation the
bower and authority to apply for and
accept amendments to its charter OF
Either form of substance, by MAYO
ity of its stock outstanding at the time,
sAso ask authority for said corporation
10 wind up its affairs liquidate and
discontinue its business at any time It r
may determine to do so, as may be {
Mnrovided by its bylaws, as by statue
I'm such cases made and provided. /
Wherefore petitioners pray to be in :
Corporated under the name and style i
aforesaid, with the powers, privileges
and immunities herein set forth, and as
lre now. or may hereafter be allowed '
corporation of similar character,
under the laws of Georgia.
w. w. DYKES,
Petitioners Attorney.
Filed in office, this '29th day of
]. March. 1911. H. E. ALLEN, Clerk
\ GEORGIA-Sumter County.
I, H. f. Allen, Clerk Of the Superior
Court of said County, do hereby certify
1 l'bat the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the application for charter OF
the Stackhouse Land Company as the
same appears on file in this office
Witness my official signature ana
seal of said Court, this 18th day Oh
larch, 1911 3lst-b
H. E. ALLEN, elk S. C. S. c. Ga