Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-11
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER
OF the Maddox CannerieS Company.

GEORGIA-SumterC County.
To the Superior Court OF Said County:
The undersigned petitioners, Walter
j. Ware and Howard P Williamson Of
Dayton, Ohio, hereby make application
to the said Court for a charter for d
corporation to be known as The Mad
doX Canneries Company, and your Pc
titiOners respectfully show:
First: That they for themselves,
their associates, successors and as
signs, desire to be constituted a body
corporate under the name and style of
The Maddox Canneries Company, for
the term of twenty 900 years, with
the privilege of renewal at the eXpira-
ton of said time.
Second The object of the proposed
corporation is pecuniary gain to its
stockholders.
Third: The petitioners desire that
said corporation and body corporate
possess the right, power and authority
to sue and be sued. to have and use a
common seal, to make bylaws for it's
government, to elect directors for the
management of its affairs, and confer
upon them the right to elect officers
and appoint agents and employees, to
buy, sell, hold and incumber and other
wise dispose of real and personal
property necessary and advantageou
to the purposes of said corporation, to-
gether with all other rights, powers
and privileges incident usual or nee
.essary to like corporations under the
said State of Georgia.
Fourth: The particular business pro-
posed to be conducted and carried on
by said corporation is to own, operate,
run and manage canning factory, for
the purpose of canning and preserving
fruit and vegetables, and to own and
hold by lease or otherwise farming
lands from which to produce and raise
such articles, vegetables and fruit; and
to furnish and supply farmers and
gardeners and such laborers and work
men with seed and seeds of such veg,
etables and fruit, with which to grow
land produce such vegetables, fruits
and produce to be sold, canned and
preserved, and to deal in canned goods
of its own product and to buy and sell
all such canned goods generally and 10
| sell and dispose of all by-prOductS
made and resulting in the operation OF
such canning factory and doing all
things necessary and proper in run
ming and operating such factory.
| Fifth: These petitioners would show
that the capital stock of the proposed
corporation shall be One Hundred
Thousand Dollars divided into Ter
thousand shares of Ten Dollars each
and they further show that Fifty-Ont
Thousand Dollars thereof, which is
more than ten per cent of the sale
proposed capital has been paid.
Sixth: Your petitioners would fur.
Their show that they desire that said
| corporation shall have the right to in
crease said capital stock to any amoun
not exceeding Four Hundred Thousand
Dollars, whenever the holders of 6
majority of the stock may so determ.
inc, and which increase shall be dis.
posed of as the stockholders may de-
termine
Seventh: The general Office ant
principal place Of business Of sale
proposed corporation shall be at The
city of Americas, in the County Of
Sumter, State of Georgia; but these
petitioners would further show thai
they desire that said corporation may
have the right to establish branch Of
flces or agencies at other places, both
within and without the said State OF
Georgia. as the holders of a majority
Of the stock may determine upon.
Wherefore these petitioners pray
that after the filing and publication of
this petition as required by law, that
an order be entered by this court de-
Iaring these petitioners a body corpor-
ate, under the name and style afore-
sad, and granting to said corporation
all the rights, powers and privileges as
set out aud prayed for herein, or
which may be incidental, usual and
necessary under the laws of the State
OF Georgia, for the purpose of their
incorporation.
WALTER ]. WARE,
HOWARD p. WILLIAMSON.
Petitioners.
Americus, Ga, June It'll. 1911
Filed in Office June 7th, 1911.
S. R. HEYS, Deputy Clerk S. c.
Clerks Office Sumter Superior Court,
Americas, Ga, June It'll. 1911
/, S. R. Heys, Deputy Clerk of the
Superior Court in and for the County
of Sumter, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing application for
charter Of the Maddox Canneries Com
pany is a true copy of the original fill
ed in office this day and now of file in
this Office
Witness my Official signature and
seal of said Court, this the day and
year above written 11-4t-pd
S. R. HEYS, Deputy Clerk S. C.