Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-02-07
Petition For Charter.

GEORGIA, Sumter County:
To The Superior Court of Said Coun-
ty; The petition of F. W. Griffin. Leon
c. Griffin and E. B. Wallace, all resi-
dents of Sumter county, Georgia, would
respectfully show the following facts:
1st
That they desire for themselves.
their associates and successors, to be
Incorporated and made a body polite
under the name and style of Griffin
& Wallace for the period of twenty
years.
End.
The principal Office of said company
shall be in the city of Leslie, Sumter
county, Georgia, but petitioners de-
sire the right to establish branch Of
sees within this state or elsewhere,
whenever the holders of a majority
Of the stock may so determine.
3rd.
The object of said corporation is
pecuniary gain to itself and its share
holders.
4th.
The business to be carried on by
said said corporation is general
mercantile business, such as buying
ard selling groceries dry goods, no.
tons, hardware, farmers supplies, cot
ton warehouse business and commits
sion merchants, buying and selling fer
tllizers, etc.
9Th.
The capital stock Of said corpora
ton shall be $15,OOO.OO, with the priv
ilege of increasing the same to $780,
10000 by a majority vote of the stack
holders of said corporation, said stock
tc be divided into shares of $4,000
each. The entire amount of said CAPT.
tai stock has actually been paid in, and
petitioners desire the right and priv
ilege to have the subscriptions to said
capital stock to be paid in money or
property, to be taken at conservative
valuation.
9Th.
Petitioners desire the right to sue
and be sued, to plead and be implead.
ed, to have and use 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, includ-
ing the right to buy, hold and sell real
estate and personal property suitable
to the purposes of the corporation, and
to execute notes and bonds as evidence
Of Indebtedness incurred, or which
may be incurred, in the conduct of the
affairs of the corporation and to Sc
cure the same by mortgage, security
deed, or other form of lien, under ex-
listing laws.
7th.
They desire for said interpretations
the power and authority to apply for
ard accept amendments to its charter
of either form Of substance by vote
of majority of its stock outstanding
O. the time. They also ask authority
Tor said incorporation to wind up its af
fairs. liquidate and discontinue it's
business at any time it may determine
to do so by a vote of two-thirds of its
stock outstanding at the time.
9Th.
They desire for the said incorpora-
ton the right of renewal when and as
provided by the laws Of Georgia, and
that it have all such other rights,
powers, privileges and immunities as
are incident to like corporations or per-
missible under the laws of Georgia.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be
incorporated 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 a corporation of similar charac.
ter under the laws of Georgia.
H. o. JONES,
Attorney for Petitioners.
Original filed in office, January 9Th,
1916. H. E. ALLEN,
Clerk Superior Court.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
l certify the above and foregoing is
q true and correct copy of the appli
cPtion for charter filed in my Office
by Griffin & Wallace. Given under
my hand and seal of Office this Jan
uary 9Th, 1916. H. E. ALLEN,