Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-01
Legal Notices.

STATE or GEORGlA-Countv of Fulton.
To the Superior Court of Said County:
The petition Of William j. Burns Of
New York county. New York: Raymond
2. Burns. of Cook county Illinois; Ed
ward .. Miles and Carl f. Hutchinson, 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 600 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
3. The object of said corporation is pc
cunary gain to itself and it's 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 rerL'ce, work for national. state and
private banks, trust companies, railroads.
steamship and tranSpOrta ton lines mu-
nicipelities, general investigations. audit
ing for all manner of concerns ana all
corporations and persons. corporate or in
dlNldual, and TO do everything within the
SCOPE ard purview Of a detective or de-
tectiVe agencies, and to employ deiec-
tiVeS and SubordinateS to do such work
as may he necessary to gain information
and carry out the purposes of said agency
or its branches
5. The capital stock Of said corporation
shall be ten thousand C$10.000) dollars
with the privilege of increasing the same
TO the sum Of one hundred thousand
lSloO 0OO) dollars by a majority vote of
the stockholders, said stock to be divided
INTO shares of the par value of one hun
1red $1,000 dollars each. Ten per cent
QO9o) of the amount of capital to be en-
ploNed 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 he taken at a fair
6 Petitioners desire the right ia su.
and be sued, to plead and be impeaded to
have and use a common seal to make all
necessary bylaws and regulations. and to
do all other things that may be necessary
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 afalrs Of the corporation, and to
secure the same by mortgage, security
deed or other form of lien under existing
laws.
T. Petitioners desire for said iucorpora-
ton 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
time. They also ask authority for said
Incorporation to wind up is affairs. liqui-
date and discontinue its business at any
time it may determine to do so by a vote
OF majority of its stock outstanding at
the time
8. Petitioners desire for said incorpora-
ton the right Of renewal when and as
provided by the laws Of Georgia. and that
it have all such other rights powers
privileges and immuuities aslare incident
to lik" Interpretations. or permissible uu-
der tho Jaws of Georgia.
Wherefore, petitioners pray TO be I'm