The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-14
PETITION FOR CHARTER
GEORGIA-Bcn Hill County.
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF SAID COUNTY:

The petition OF Harry CARRIER,
OF Ben Hill county, Georgia, and
Morris Lavine and Alexander
Marcus, Of Baltimore, Maryland,
respectfully shows:
| | That they desire, for them
selves and associates, successors
and assigns, to become incorpo-
rated under the name and style of
H. CARRIER COMPANY.
2. The term for which petit
TONERS desire to be incorporated
is a period of twenty (20) years,
with the privilege OF renewal, to
take effect at the expiration of
that time, as is provided by sta
tutc.
3, The capital stock Of The pro
posed corporation is to be the
sum Of Twenty-one Thousand
and Nine Hundred Dollars ($21,-
100000, to be divided into shares
OF One hundred Dollars ($10O)
each, but petitioners desire the
privilege OF increasing the said
capital stock at such time or
times as by appropriate action
they may do, to an amount not
leXceeding i'll the aggregate the
| sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars
/ ($50,0O0.OO). aS. s4 80
4. Your petitioner represents
that the whole Of the said capital
stock has been actually paid in
and is now in the hands of the
proposed incorporators.
5. The object Of the proposed
corporation is pecuniary gain and
profit to its shareholders.
9. The kind of business which
petitioners propose that the cor
poration shall carry on is a gen
eral merchandise business. They
Y propose that the said corporation
shall buy and sell both for cash
and on credit dry goods, notions,
clothing, shoes, household goods,
millinery, and the like, embracing
, all such articles and things as are
} usually handled in the general
merchandise business, not includ-
ing groceries, as well as all such
articles and things as may be
proftably handled and sold in
connection Herewith, They pro-
pose that the said corporation
shall act not only on its own &C
count, but also as d general or
: special agent for other persons
or companies, in the selling and
handling OF any articles appropri-
ate to such business, or usually
or conveniently handled in CON
nection herewith, and to make
all such contracts and to exercise
all such powers as are usual and
customary with corporations of
like character, and as are neces-
sary and proper in the conduct OF
a retail business in such articles
of merchandise as are hereinbe-
fore enumerated and referred to.
| Z The principal office and
Eplaee of business of the proposed
corporation is to be in the city of
Fitzgerald, Ben Hill county, Ga,
but petitioners pray that the said
corporation may BE given the
Epower to establish such branch
Offices and places of business as
its Board Of Directors may by
appropriate action agree upon
and determine to be profitable to
its shareholders.
8. Petitioners desire that its
charter shall be such that each of
its said incorporators shall be not
only a shareholder but a director
i'll said corporation.
| WHEREFORE PETITION
ERS PRAY to be made a body
corporate under the name and
style aforesaid, entitled to the
rights, privileges and immunities,
and subject to the liabilities fixed
by law. This the 18th day of
January, 1917.
O. H. ELKINS,
Attorney for Petitioners.
GEORGIA-Ben Hill County.
Office of Clerk of the Superior
Court.
l, d. w. M. Whitley, Clerk of
the Superior Court of Ben Hill
County, Georgia. do hereby certi-
fly that the above and foregoing
is true and correct copy of the
application for charter for the
/; corporation to be known as
H. CARRIER Company, made by H.
| CARRIER, ct al, and now Of file in
this office,
Witness my hand and the seal