Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-07
IN SUMTER SUPERIOR COURT


To the Honorable Superior Court of
Said County:
The petition of Sheffield Hunting
tor Company" respectfully shows to
the Court as follows:
LIST.
That it is a corporation organized
and doing business under the name Of
"Shefield-Huntington Company" and
has been since the oath day of Febur-
airy, 1894, under and by virtue of
charter and corporate authority grant
ed to it by this Honorable Court on
said date; that said corporate author
1ty and its said charter will expire by
operation of law and the limitations
contained in the judgment and decree
of this Honorable Court so granting its
corporate existence, as aforesaid, on
the Gath day of February, 1914, unless
renewed as herein prayed for.
End.
That there has been no amendments
10 said original charter since it was
granted to the present time; that pc
titioners desire a renewal OF the same
as set out in the original act of incor-
poration, and with the additional priv
ileges herein prayed for by amendment
to said original charter; said renewal
to take effect on and after the oath day
.af February, 1914, and to continue for
and during period of twenty years
thereafter clothing petitioners with all
the corporate rights and powers grant
ed and contained in said original char
ter, together with the additional cor
porate rights and powers hereinafter
prayed for as an amendment to said
original charter
3rd.
Petitioners as an amendment to said
original charter ask that said corpor-
ate name be changed from that of
TShefneld-Huntington Company to
that of Sheffield Company"
4th.
That petitioners be clothed with
corporate authority to conduct the
business of buying and selling mer-
chandise by retail, not only in the city
of Americus, Sumter County, Georgia,
but elsewhere through such branch
houses as it may see fit to establish
from time to time elsewhere in the
State of Georgia and the United States,
and to buy and sell merchandise or
any character whatsoever by whole
sale throughout the State of Georgia
and elsewhere, as provided for in its
original charter.
5th.
That it be clothed with corporate
authority under said corporate name /
as amended to increase its capital |
stock from Fifty Thousand ($50,00000) |
Dollars to any amount desired, and |
when so desired, by it during it's cor
porate existence hereinafter prayed !
for, up to and not exceeding Three |
Hundred Thousand ($300,000O0) Dol |
lars; and that it have authority to bor-
row and lend money own stock in 9TH J
er corporations and buy and sell real
estate whenever it may appear advis-
able and profitable so to do in conduct !
ing said business of buying and sell !
ing merchandise by retail and whole
sale.
9th.
That it's principal office remain, as
fixed by it's original charter rights, in
the City of Americas, Sumter County.
Georgia, but that it be clothed with
corporate authority to establish sucn
branch offices elsewhere than in the
city of Americas, at such time and
place during it's corporate existence
hereinafter prayed for as may appear
to best subserye its interests.
18th.
Wherefore all the premises consid-
cred, petitioners attaching hereto and
filing herewith a certified abstract
from the minutes of the Sheffield
Huntington Company" showing that
this application for renewal and for
the specified amendments herein con-
tanned, has been authorized by proper
corporate action, petitioners pray for
the renewal of it's corporate existence
and of it's original charter for and
during the term and period of twenty
wears from the expiration of its orig
inal charter as herein shown, to-wit:
ON the oath day of February, 1914;
that its name be changed, as herein
prayed for, from "Shefield-Hunting-
ton Company" to sheffield Com
-panv:" that in addition to the corpor-
ate powers conferred upon it by its
l.