Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-28

as set out In the original act of incor
|poration, and with the additional priv
lileges herein prayed for by amendmen
10 said original charter; said renewa
to take effect on and after the oath daI
af February, 1914, and to continue fol
and during a period of twenty years
/ thereafter clothing petitioners with al
the corporate rights and powers grant
ed and contained in said original char.
ter, together with the additional cor.
porate rights and powers hereinafte,
prayed for as an amendment to said
original charter.
Bird.
Petitioners as an amendment to said
original charter ask that said corpor-
ate name be changed from that OF
"Sheffield-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 it's
original charter.
5th.
That 1t 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 ($3O0OOO.oO) Dol
lars; and that it have authority to Dor
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 its 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.
7th.
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
said original charter, it be clothed with
the additional corporate authority and
power herein prayed for as an amend
ment to its original corporate rights;
that it be clothed under therenewal Of
it's said charter when so granted witn
all the corporate authority and pow
Iers 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 COM
mon SEAL that it be clothed with such
other powers not herein enumerate !
as are usual and incidental to corpor-
ations of like character. And petit
TONERS will ever pray.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. COM
PANY.
Filed in office, this the 8th day OF
January, 1914.
H. E. ALLEN, Clerk Superior Court.
GEORGIA-Sumter County.
l, H. E. Allen, Clerk Superior Court