The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-01-17
PETITION FOR CHARTER

STATE OF GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
TO SUPERIOR COURT OF SAID COUNTY
The pettion of NJ X Smith and g. P. Rey-
nolds of said State and County, shows =
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That they desire for themselves; their asso-
GATES successors and assigns to be incorpor-
ated under the name and style OF the 81 AN
DARD MERCANTILE COMPANY.
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The term for which petitioners ask to be IN
corporated is twenty 900 years; with tne prl-
viledge of renewal at the end OF that tifne'
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Tho caDitaI stock of the corporation snail
be FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, divided IN IN
70 shares of One Hundred Dollars each re
titiOners however, ask the privilege OF III
creasing the capital stock from time 10 L LIZ
to a sum not exceeding in the aggregate TIL
ty Thousand $3.50. 100000 Dollars: AS soon DIS
fiftv l5Ol per cent of the capital has been
Maid in (all of which has been subscribed
the Company shall have the right to organize
and begin business.
The object of said corporation is pecuniary
profit and gain to its stockholders
Tho rr;rcipaI office and place of business
of said corporation shall be in the City OF
Marietta said County and State; but the pc
titioners desire the right and privilege OF es.
tablishing such branch offices and places OF
business within the State or elsewhere when
ever it is deemed advantageous for the pro-
gress and growth of the business by ma
iority of the stockholders.
The business in which said corporation pro.
poses to engage is the buying and selllng Oh
merchandise and operating department
store selling at retail wholesale, for cash,
shoes hats, clothing, dry goods, hardware;
notions millinery, groceries, toilet articles ana
in fact any and all articles as are dealt IN;
bartered and sold in general interchange ana
traffic between manufacturer, dealer. produ-
Ger and consumer, in this State or any OF the
States and Territories of the United STATES
and any foreign countries SUBJECT 10 All otate
and Federal laws governing such trade ana
commerce: and further shall have the right
to make or manufacture any article or ar
ticles of merchandise as may be deemed 70
the advantage of said business oy HaJollIS
of the stockholders.
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Petitioners desire the right to sue and be
sued 10 make contracts, to make all necessary
bylaws and regulations, to lend and borrow
money, giving and receiving notes therefor
together with collateral therefor; to purchase,
lease, rent. hold and sell real estate, taxing
and executing titles thereto. to have and use a
common seal, and to do and perform all other
things that may be necessary for the carrying
on successfully of said business, including the
owning and operating of subsidiary companies
or leasing of same.
WHEREFORE, Petitioners pray to be made
a body corporate under the name and style
afOrenamed entitled to the rights, powers,
privileges and immunities herein set forth, and
subject to the liabilities fixed by law
N. K. SMITH.
G. P. REYNOLDS,
Petitioners.
Filed in office December 23rd. 1918.
J. E. DOBBS. Clerk.
GEORGIA. COBB COUNTY.
Office of Clerk Of~Superior Court Of Said
I j. E. Dobbs. Clerk Superior Court. Cobb
County. Georgia, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true, correct and
complete copy of the petition of N. X. Smith
and C. P Reynolds asking for the incorpora-
tion of the Standard Mercantile Company, as
appears of file in this office
Witness my hand and seal of said Court
this December 23rd, 1918.
J. E. DOBBS,
Clerk Superior Court, Cobb County, Ga.