Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-14
IN SUMTER SUPERIOR COURT
GEORGIA-Sumter County.

Said County:
The petition of Sheffield Hunting
ton Company" respectfully shows to
the Court as follows:
1st.
That it is a corporation organized
and doing business under the name of
Shefield-Huntingto 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
End
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 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 |
"Sheme1d-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 OF
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 its capital
stock from Fifty Thousand ($50,000.0O) |
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 ($30O,O00O0) Dol |
lars and that it have authority to bor-
row and lend money own stock in 9TH ]
err corporations and buy and sell real
estate whenever it may appear adyis' |
able and profitable so to do in conduct
ing said business of buying and sell
ing merchandise by retail and whole
sale.
9Th
yrl.4 az ,,,;rojnoI oafoa ramain 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.
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 it's corporate existence
and of its original charter for ana
during the term and period OF twenty
years from the expiration of its orig
inal charter as herein shown, to-wlt:
On the oath day of February 1914
that it's name be changed, as herein
prayed for, from "Sheffield-Huntlng-
ton Company" to sheffield Com
pany;" that in addition to the corpor-
ate powers conferred upon it by It's
said original charter, it be clothed WIN
the additional corporate authority ana
power herein prayed for as an amend
,,4 % i+n orioinal cOrDOrate rights