The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-13
Commission DIRECTS
sPAh0 CASE INQUIRY
Commonwcalth's Attorneys Are TO
Prosecute II Laws Were Violated
I'm Stock Transaction.
Clerk Wilson. of state Corporation
Commission, Lays Data Before
Judge Riycs and commemorative
Attorney thinner.

! Under instructions from the State
( Corporation Commission. Clerk X. T
! Wilson, of the commission. has writ.
ten TO Judge Timothy Rives and Sam
uel W. thinner, Commonwealth at
torneys Of Prince George county anc
Petersburg, respectively, bringing II
their attention the facts in the mat
ter of the transaction in stock sub
scription between r A. Hartman, Sec
rotary of the now non-existent Barn
ham Realty Company. and George
Sphno. who paid $500 for stock. and
asking that the matter be investi-
gated.
Mr. Wilson'S letter reads as follows:
Gsntlemen,-The records OF the
State Corporation Commission show
that December Is 1913, charter was
issued to II r. Barnham. j. @. Brown
and Z A. Hartman for a corporation
OF the name OF the Barnham Realty
Corporation. with It's principal Office
Richmond, Va. Further, that March
!, 1915, the said incorporators, II. 7.
Barnham. i G.. Brown and r. a.
Hartman. voluntarily surrendered the
franchise. in accordance with the pro-
visions Of Paragraph IL, chapter l, of
the &C; concerning corporations,
Messrs. Brown and Hartman signing
and making oath to the AFFIDAVIT be-
fore G. H Penn. notary public for
the county OF Prince George, Fehru-
AIRY IS. 1915 and Mr.. II. T Barnham
AFFIDAVIT before William Ca.lin. a no.
'ary public for the city Of Richmond.
March /. 1915. This affidavit is In
the following language:
AFFIDAVIT on Surrender.
We ha baipC all
the incorporators of Barnham Realty
Corporation, charter for which was
issued by the State Corporation Com
mission on the 9Th day OF Deem
Der. 1915. do hereby certify that no
part OF the capital stock OF the cor
poration has been. paid that the bus
mess for which the charter was sd
cured has not been begun. and we
do hereby surrender all our corpor-
ate rights and franchises and file
this our certificate. verified by oath
7 poratiou Com mission. 80 that the said
corporation shall stand dissolved. ac-
cording to law
= You will observe that the flrs
statement In this affidavit is that nc
part of the capital stock of the cor.
/ poration has been paid. Recently Mr.
| George Spano. No. 221 North Syca
more Street Petersburg. Va. present
/ ed TO this office preliminary cert
( ficate No. g. showing that he had paiC
$500 in cash for sixteen shares o
the stock of this corporation Decem
Der 10 1915. the preliminary certifi
ca ia- being signed by III. r. Barnham
president, and r. A. Hartman, secre
tarv, ana Is in the words and figure
following:
Spnno Bought Sixteen Shares.
" Preliminary certificate No. G.
This certifies that George Spano In
subscribed for sixteen shares of til
On pitai stock of tho Barnham ReaIt
Corporation. OF Richmond. Va, Of
par value Of fifty dollars $500 ca II
and has paid in cash to the prope
officer of the corporation $500. helm
the total amount subscribed. TIL
T3atnham Realty Corporation guaran
tees to have issued and delivered t
the holder hereof It's regular. Astoc
certificate for the above amount with
In thirty days from date Witnes
the signatures OF the president an
secretary of the said corporation TIL
18th day Of December, 1918 II. A
Hartman. secretary; II. T. Ba Ihan
president
Il am directed by the State Cor
poration ummission to bring to you
attention the tactS as SHOWN ahoNe !
order that investigation n>-be start
cd in the manner prc~crtbed by la'
to ascertain II the criminal statute
OF this Comm onwealth as to perjur
have been violated. The original c
this preliminary certificate No. Il
i understand. now in the hands c
Hon. Samuel Watts thinner. Com
monwealth's Attorney of the city c
Petersburg"