Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-30

10 said original CHAPTER; said renewal
to take effect on and after the Gath day
af February, 1914, a nd 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
Observation-Disclosures 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 Americas, 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 OF
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 $3.50 100000
Dollars to any amount desired, and
when so desired, by it during its cor
porate existence hereinafter prayed
for, up to and not exceeding Three
Hundred Thousand ($300,0000O) Dol
lars; and that it have authority to bor-
row and lend money, own stock in 9TH
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 its original charter rights, in
the City of Americas, Sumter County
Georgia, but that 1t be clothed with
corporate authority to establish sucn
branch offices elsewhere than in the
city of Americas, at such time and
place during its corporate existence
hereinafter prayed for as may appear
to best subserve its interests.
7th.
Wherefore all the premises consid-
cred, petitioners attaching hereto and
fling 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-
IdiuoA, ndS OCCl dulhOi iHSu ny PiOpoi
corporate action, petitioners pray for
the renewal Of its corporate existence
and of it's original charter for and
during the term and period of twenty
years from the expiration of its orig
inal charter as herein shown, to-wit:
On the Gath day of February, 1914;
that its name be changed, as herein
prayed for, from Sheffield-Hunting-
ton Company" to Sheffield Com,
pany;" that in addition to the corpor
ate powers conferred upon 1t by its
said original charter, ii be clothed with
the additional corporate authority ami
power herein prayed for as an ameni-
ment to it's original corporate rights
that it be clothed under therenewal of
its said charter when so granted WITH
all the corporate authority and pow
ers granted it by its said original
charter, together with the increased
and additional corporate authority
herein prayed for as an amendment;
and further that in addition to the
right to sue and be sued, plead and be
implicated, to have and to use a COM
mon seal, that it be clothed with such
ether powers not herein enumeratel
as are usual and incidental to corpor-
ations of like character. And petit
TONERS will ever pray.
LD-HUNTINGTON COM
PANY.
Filed in Office, this the 9Th day of
January, 1914.
H. E. ALLEN, Clerk Superior Court
EORGIA-Sumter County.
/, H. E. Allen, Clerk Superior Court
of said County, do hereby certify that
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