Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-10

GEORGIA. Sumter County:
To the Superior Court of Said Coun-
ty: The petition of N M. Dudley, W.
H. c. Dudley, George M. Dudley all
of said state and county, and Leroy
G. Henderson, of Knoxville, state of
Tennessee, respectfully shows the
following:
That they desire for themselves,
their associates and successors, to be
incorporated and made a body polite
under the law of said state, under the
name and style of the Dudley Bonded
Warehouse" for the term of twenty
years.
That the principal office of said cor
poration shall be in Americas, Sumter
county Georgia, but petitioners desire
the right to establish branch offices
within this state, or elsewhere, when
ever the holders of majority of the
stock may so determine
III.
That the object of said corporation
is pecuniary gain to itself and its
shareholders.
That the business to be carried on
by said corporation is to operate a
cotton warehouse; to do a storage
warehouse business for the storage of
cotton and all farm products, includ-
ing corn, hay, wheat, oats and cotton
seed. They desire the power to do a
general commission business in the
handling of commission accounts, and
to act as brokers; to do general sup
ply and jobbing business; to buy and
sell general merchandise of every kind
and character; to buy and sell fer
tilizers and every article that is usu-
ally sold and handled in a general
supply business. To buy and sell real
and personal property, including
choses-in-a actions, bills, bonds, notes
and all classes of securities; to own
] and operate and improve real etate,
and to make loans upon realty and
take security therefor, and to make
loans upon the commodities stored II
the warehouses, and to do all things
necessary for the purpose of carrying
on the business of said corporation,
not inconsistent with the laws of the
state of Georgia.
V.
The capital stock of said corporation
shall be $S,0O0.00, with the privilege of
increasing same to the sum of $780,
100000, by a three-fourths vote of the
stockholders. Said stock shall be d.
vided into share of $4,000 each; all
of said stock has been subscribed, und
petitioners desire the right to have
the subscription to said capital stock
paid in money or property, to be taken
at a fair valuation. 49,. ~rr' ~.,rFrs
VI.
Petitioner desire the right to sue aud
be sued, to plead and be impleaded:
to have and use a common seal; to
make all necessary bylaws and regu-
lations, and to do all other things that
may be necessary for the successful
carrying on of said business of the
said corporation, including the right TO
buy, hold and sell real estate and
personal property suitabel to the pur-
pose of the corporation, and to exc
Indebtedness incurred, or which may
be incurred in the conduct of the af =.
fairs of the corporation, and to secure
the same by mortgage, security deed or
other form of lien under the existing
laws.
Petitioners desire for said corpora
ton the right of renewal when, as pro-
vided by the laws of Georgia, and that
said corporation have all the rights,
powers, privileges and immunities as
are incident to like corporations, Or
permissible under the laws of Georgia.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be in
corporated under the name and style
aforesaid, with the powers, privileges
and immunities herein set forth, and
as are now or may hereafter be al
lowed corporation of similar charac-