Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-01-20
Petition For Charter
Georgia, Ben Hill County. >

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To the Superior Court of said
County;
The petition of C. A. Newcomer,
August Demiel, James Fletcher, A.
B. C. Dorminy. Ebert Paulk, W. M.
ROGERS, J. NJ. Enniss, j. B. D. Paulk,
O. II. Elkins, w. r. Paulk, H. H,
James, J. P. Sweat. Eli W. Walker,
G. j. Dorminy, Newton Watkins, R.
R. Dorminy, Maggie Smith, H. M.
Warren, NJ. R. lowers, W. M Coop
er, r. L. Duckworth, P. F. Clark,
Flank Hager. and James B. Par
sons, all of said state and county,
respectfully shows the following
facts, to-Wit:
l. That they desire for them
selves, their associates, successors,
and assigns to be Incorporated I'M
der the name and style of the Farm
efs' i ehouee &, Fertilizer Com
paay.
2. The object of proposed corpo
p )ratlon IS pecuniary profit and
elin to its stockholders.
3. The term for which petition
ers ask to be Incorporated is the
period of twenty years, but they
desire the privilege Of renewal as
provided by law to take effect at
the expiration of that time,
4. The principal office and place
of business of the proposed corpora
ton will be in the city of Fitzgerald,
Ben Hill County, Georgia but pc
titioners respectfully ask that they
be allowed to establish branch of
fees and places of business in any
state in the United States, as they
may, by corporate action, deter
mine to be to the interest of the
stockholders.
5. The capital stock of the cor
poration is to be Is thousand dol
lors, divided into shares of one Hmm
dred dollars each, but petitioners
ask the privilege of increasing said
capital stock from time to time not
exceeding in the aggregate the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars.
6. Petitioners show that more than
ten per cent. of the said capital
stock has already actually been paid
in.
7. Petitioners propose to operate
a kind of business imported by the
name of said company They pro-
pose to weigh and store cotton, and
generally to operate a cotton ware
house and to do such things and
acts as are usually done by cotton
warehouses. They propose to ope-
rate warehouse for the purpose of
storing all kinds of personality
They propose also to manufacture
and sell at wholesale and by retail,
all kinds of commercial fertilizers
and to conduct also a general Farm
ers' Supply Store, and to do all such
things as are usually done by ferti-
lizer companies or companies en-
gagged in a general supply business.
s For the successful operation of
its business, petitioners propose to
buy and sell through brokers and
AGENTS; to own warehouses, ferti-
lizer factories and supply stores; to
buy and sell on cash or on credit,
and for commission or otherwise.
8. Petitioners respectfully ask
that the executive powers of said
corporation shall be vested in such
officers as may be elected by the
stockholders of said corporation
and they further ask the privilege
of adopting such bylaws. rules and
regulations as may be necessary
for the operation of said business,
not in conflict with the constitu-
ton and laws of this state and of
the United States.
10. Petitioners ask the privilege
of buying, owning, renting, leasing,
and encumbering real estate or
personal property as may be neces-
sary for the successful operation of
said business; that they have the
privilege of borrowing and lending
money, of suing and being sued. of
having and using common seal,
and of doing all other acts and