The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-22
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER
FOR BANK

oui POliIioii' III puISuduCe Vi all Acl
of the General Assembly of the State
of Georgia, approved December goth
1893, and acts amendatory thereof
and respectfully show:
| l. That we desire to form corpor
alton for the purpose of carrying on
the business of banking.
2. The name and style of the pro.
posed corporation shall be Cordele
Bank & Trust Company.
3. The location and principal place
of business shall be the City of Cor
dele, County Of Crisp and State of
Georgia.
4. The amount of Capital Stock is
One HUNDRED Thousand Dollars ($100,-
100000, divided into One Thousand
shares of One Hundred dollars each.
5. The nature of the proposed cor
poration shall bc that of bank, with
continuous succession for the term
of thirty years, with the right of re-
newal for like term. To sue and be
sued. To have and use a Common
seal, and at pleasure to alter the
same. To appoint such Officers and
Agents as the business of the corpor-
alton requires, prescribe their duties,
fix their compensation, and remove
them at pleasure. To make such by
laws as may be necessary or proper
for the management of its property
and regulation o. its affairs. To hold,
purchase, dispose of and convey such
real and personal property as may be
necessary for its uses and business.
To discount bills, notes or other evi-
dences of debt; to receive and pay
out deposits, with or without interest;
to receive on special deposit money
or bullion or foreign coins, or stocks
or bonds or other securities; to buy
or sell foreign or domestic exchange.
or other negotiable paper; to lend
upon personal security, or up
on pledges of bonds, stocks or nego-
table securities: to take and receive
security by mortgage, or otherwise,
on property, real or personal; and
generally, to do and perform all such
ether matters and things not here
enumerated as are or may
be incident to the business of bank
ing.
We herewith enclose the Charter
fee of $4,000. and pray to be incorpor-
ated under the laws of this state.
Signed:
C. l.. HARRIS, Cumming, Ga,
r. e. HOPE, Cumming, Ga.
JAS. A. OTWELL, Cumming, Ga.
S. J. HILL, Cordele. Ga.
HURT & WILBANKS, Cordele, Ga
w. P. FLEMING, Cordele, Ga.
w. H. DORRIS, Cordele, Ga.
LEWIS & THOMPSON, Cordele,
Georgia.
S. NJ. WATSON, Cordele, Ga.
Petitioners.
GEORGIA, Crisp County.
Before me, personally appeared me
undersigned petitioners, who on oath
depose and say that $4,000 OF the
Capital subscribed to the Cordele
Bank & Trust Company for which
bank deponents are now seeking in
corporation by the Secretary OF
State. has actually been paid in cash
bv the subscribers, and that the same
is in fact held and is to be used solely
for the business and purposes OF sad
corporation.
JAMES A. OTWELL,
C. l.. HARRIS,
r. E. HOPE,
S. J. HILL,
HURT & WILBANKS,
w. P. FLEMING,
w. H. DORRIS,
LEWIS & THOMPSON
S. NJ. WATSON
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 10th day of October, 1919.
w. P. FLEMING, Ordinary, Crisp
County.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Office of Sec
retary of State.
|, S. G. McLendon, Secretary Of the
State of Georgia, do hereby certify
That the two pages of printed and
written matter hereto attached is a
true copy of an application for a
Bank Charter for the Cordele Bank
e. Trust Company, of Cordele, Ca, as
the same appears of file in this office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of my office, at the Capitol, in
| fhe CITY of Atlanta, this Seventeenth
dav of October. in the year of our