Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-03-23
Petition for Charter

To t h Superior Court Of said
County:
The petition Of James 1. Nc
Carly and Guy c. tombstone, of Ben
Hill County, and P. D. McCarty, of
Dooley County, Georgia, respectfully
shows:
/. That they desire for them
selves, their associates and success
sors, to be incorporated and made
a body polite under the name and
style Of McCarty-Johns,one Com
pany for the period of twenty years
with the privilege of renewal at the
end of that time.
2. The principal office of said
company shall be in the city of
Fitzgerald, state and cou .ry afore-
said, but petitioners d-sire the
right to establish branch Offices
within this state or elsewhere, when
ever the holders of the majority of
the stock may so determine.
3. The object of said corporation
is pecuniary gain to itself and its
shareholders.
4. Petitioners propose to estab-
lish, operate and maintain a gen
erai mercantile business, buying land
selling for cash, or on credit. all
such articles OF merchandise as to
them NAV seem DrOpar. hut nett
TONERS propose especially to handle
dryg0ods, shoes, clotning, hats, no.
tons, exc. Petitioners propose to
make contracts. 10 act as agents.
70 appoint agents, and to exercise all
Of the usual powers and do ali Of the
usual necessary and proper acts
which pertain 70, Or may be con-
nected with the wholesale " retail
mercantile business. !
5. Tne capital stock Of said cor
poration Shall be Ten Thousand
Dollars, with the privilege Of in
creasi09 same 70 the sum Of
Twenty Five Thousand Dollars by
majority vote Of the stockholders,
said stock 10 be divided into shares
of One Hundred Dollars each.
Seventy-Five per cent Of the
amount Of capital to be employed
by them has been actually paid in.
g. Petitioners desire the right to
sue and be sued, to plead and be
implicated, TO have and use a COM
nlon seal, to make all necessary by
laws and regulations, and to do all
things that may be necessary for
the successful carrying on Of said
business, including the right to buy,
hold ard sell real estate and per-
s)nal property suitable 10 the pur-
poses Of the corporation, and to eX-
ecute notes and bonds as eVidence-e
OF Indebtedness incurred, or which,
may be incurred, in the conduct Of
the affairs Of the corporation and to
secure the same by MORTGAGE, Sc
curlty-1eed Or other form Of lien,
under existing laws. They desire
the power to elect or appoint such
officers as they, in their corporate
capacity, may determine upon, and
to provide for their term Of office,
immunities and liabilities.
+, They also ask authority sssI
said corporation TO wind I'D it's
affairs, liquidate and discontinue its
business at any time it may deter
mine by vote of tW0-thirds of its
stock outstanding at the time; and
they desire for said corporation the
power and authority to apply for
and accept amendments to its char
ter Of either form or substance by a
vote of majority of its stock out
standing at the time.
s. They desire all such other
rights, powers privileges as are in
cident TO like interpretations or
permissible under the laws of Geor-
9ia.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid: with the powers
privileges and :.immunities herein
set forth, and as are now, or may
hereafter be, allowed a corporation
of similar character under. the laws
of Georgia. XII.
!: Clayton Jay, Z
Attorney for Petitioners.
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