Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-31
Legal Notices.

STATE OF GEORGIA-County of Fulton.
To the Superior Court of Said County:
The petition of William j. Burns of
New York county, New York; Raymond
P. Burns, of Cook county, Illinois: Ed
ward o. Miles and Carl f. Hutcheson, of
Fulton county, Georgia, respectfully
l. That they desire for themselves. their
associates and successors to be incor-
porated and made a body polite under
the name and style of THE William j.
Burns National Detective Agency" for
the term Of twenty 900 years.
2. 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 with
IN this state, elsewhere in the United
states, territories and colonial possessions
OF the United States, and in all foreign
countries, wherever a majority of the
stockholders may so determine
j. The object of said corporation is Pc
cuniary gain to itself and its stockholders.
4. The business to be carried on by said
corporation is to handle all kinds and
manners of detective work and matters,
namely: criminal civil, commercial Sc
cret service, work for national state and
private banks, trust companies, railroads,
steamship and transportation lines mu-
nlcipalities, general investigations, audit
ing for all manner of concerns and all
corporations and persons, corporate or in
dlVldual, and TO do everything within the
scope and purvieW of detective or de-
tective agencies; and to employ detec-
tlVes and subordinates to do such work
as may be necessary to gain information
and carry out the purposes of said agency
or its branches.
3. The capital stock of said corporation
shall be ten thousand $50 000) dollars
with the privilege of increasing the same
to the sum of one hundred thousand
t$lOO,O0O) dollars by majority vote of
me stockholders, said stock to be divided
INTO shares of the par value of one hun
, dred (Sr0O dollars each. Ten per cent
li03o) OF the amount of capital to be en-
ployed 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
6. Petitioners desire the right to sua
and be sued, to plead and be implicated, to
have and use common seal, to make all
necessary bylaws and regulations and to
90 all other things that may be necessary
TOT 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 corporation, and to
secure the same by mortgage, security
deed or other form of lien under existing
laws.
Z. Petitioners desire for said incorpora-
tlon the power and authority to apply for
and accept amendments to its charter Of
either form or substance, by vote Of a
majority OF ITS stock outstanding at the
Tune. Ihey also ask authority for said
Incorporation to wind up it's affairs, liuui-
date and discontinue it's business at any
time 1t may determine to do so by a vote
of majority of its stock outstanding at
the time.
s. Petitioners desire for said incorpora-
ton the right of renewal when and as
provided by the laws of Georgia, and that
1t have all such other rights, powers
privileges and immunities as are incident
to like interpretations, or permissible un-
der the laws of Georgia.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be in
corporated 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 cor
poration of similar character under the
laws of Georgia.
FIELDER. ANDERSON. DILLON &
WHITMAN AND CARL HUTCHINSON.
Petitioners Attorneys
Filed in office this 23d day of January.
1913.
ARNOLD BROYLFS.
Clerk Superior Court, Fulton Co, Georgia.
STATE OF GEORGIA-County of Fulton.
l. Arnold Broyles clerk of the superior
court of said county, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is q true and correct
copy of the application for charter i'm
the matter of the William ]. Burns Ma
tional Detective Agency. as the same
appears on file in this office
Witness my official signature and the
seal OF said court, this 2Sd day Of January.
1918.
ARNOLD BROYLES.
Clerk superior Court Fulton Co, Georgia
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