Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10

GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY-To the
Superior Court Of Said County:
county, Georgia; Roy Bendure, OF Decatur
county, Illinois. and Gilbert Grassley. OF
New, York county, New York, respectful
~ shows.
That they desire for themselves, their
associates and successors to be incorpo-
rated and made a body polite under the
name and style of THE e. S. Reed Ma
tional Detective Agency for the period
of twenty years.
The principal office of said company
shall be in the city of Atlanta. state and
county aforesaid; but petitioners desire
the right to establish branch offices within
this state, or elsewhere in the United
of the United States, ana in all foreign
countries, wherever the holders of a ma
jority of the stock may so determine.
The object Of said corporation is pecu-
mary gain TO itself and its stockholders.
The business to be- carried on by said
corporation is to handle all kinds and
manner Of detective work and matters
namely: Criminal, civil, commercial. Sc
cTet service. work for national state and
private banks, trust companies, railroads.
steamship and transportation lines, and
other corporations and persons corporate
or Individual and everything within the
scope and purYiew Of a detective and de-
tectiVe agency, and to employ detectives
and subordinates to do such work as may
be necessary to gain information for said
agency and its branches
The capital stock of said corporation
shall be, Ten Thousand ($l0,0 0O0) Dol
lars, with the privilege of increasing same
to the sum Of One Hundred Thousand
tSl0O 100000 Dollars by a majority vote
Of the stockholders, said stock to be di-
yide9d into shares. of One Hundred ($100O0)
Dollars each. Ten per cent Of the
amount Of capital to be employed by them
has been actually paid in. Petitioners
desire the right to have the subscriptions
to said capital stock paid in money or
property to be taken at fair valuation.
Petitioners desire the right to sue and
be sued, to plead and be implicated to
have and use a common seal, to make all
necessary bylaws and regulations, and to
90 all other things that may be neces-
sary for the successful carrying on of said
business, including the right to buy hold
and sell real estate and personal property
suitable TO the purposes of the corpora
ton, and to execute notes and bonds as
evidence of Indebtedness incurred. or
which may be incurred, in the conduct
of the affairs of the cooperation, and to
secure the same by mortgage, security
deed, or other form Of lien, under existing
laws.
They desire for said incorporation the
power and authority TO apply for and
accept amendments to it's charter Of either
form or substance by a vote of a majority
Of it's stock outstanding at the time They
also ask authority for said incorporation
TO wind UP its affairs, liquidate and dis
continue its business at any time It may
determine to do so by vote of two
thirds Of its stock outstanding at the
time.
They desire for the said Incorporation
the right of renewal when and as provided
by the laws Of Georgia, and that it have
all such other rights. powers, privileges
and immunites as are incident to like
Interpretations, or permissible under the
laws Of Georgia
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be in
corporated under the name and style
aforesaid with the powers. privileges and
imrnuuitice herein set forth. and as are
now, or may hereafter be, allowed a cor