Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-11
IN SUMTER SUPERIOR COURT
GEORGIA-Sumter County.

IN SUMTER SUHEhIOK OUUhI
GEORGIA Sumter County.
To the Honorable Superior Court Of
Said County:
The petition of Sheffield-Hunting-
ton Company respectfully shows to
the Court as follows:
LIST.
That it is a corporation organized
and doing business under the name of
Sheff1eld-Huntington Company" and
has been since the oath day of Febur
airy, 1894, under and by virtue of a
charter and corporate authority grant
ed to it by this Honorable Court on
said date; that said corporate author
ity and it's 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 oath day of February, 1914, unless
renewed as. herein prayed for.
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That there has been no amendments
to 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 a 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.
2rd.
Petitioners as an amendment to said
original charter ask that said corpor
ate name be changed from that of
Sheneld-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 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 or
any character whatsoever by whole
sale throughout the State of Georgia
and elsewhere, as provided for in its
original charter.
9Th.
That it be clothed with corporate
authority under said corporate name
as amended to increase it's capital
stock from Fifty Thousand ($50,O00.00)
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 100000 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 its 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 subserve 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 its corporate existence
and of its 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 it by its
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