The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-10-18
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER
GEORGIA, Ben Hill County.
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT or
SAID COUNTY.

GEORGIA, Ben Hill County.
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
SAID COUNTY:
This, the petition of Wiley Williams
j. Kassewitz and ]. H. Mayes, each
Of said State and County, respectful,
shows unto the court the following
facts:
!. That they desire for themselves,
their associates and successors, to be
Incorporated and made body polite
under the name and style of FITZ-
GERALD FURNITURE COMPA
NY, for the period of twenty years.
g. That the principal place of busl-
ness Of said Company shall be in the
City of Fitzgerald, State and County
aforesaid. but petitioners, desire the
right to establish branch businesses
within this State or elsewhere, when
ever the holders of a majority of the
stock may determine.
8. The object of said Corporation
is pecuniary gain to itself and its
shareholders.
=. The business to be carried on bv
said Corporation is that of general
retail furniture business the buying
and selling of all kinds of furniture; to
maintain and operate an undertaking
and embalming department and the
buying and selling of all articles nee
essary to and pertaining to such bust.
ness.
). The capital stock of said Corpo-
ration. shall be Thirty Thousand
l30,OOO.O0) Dollars with the privilege
OF increasing same to the sum of Sew.
enty-Five ($75,OO00O) Dollars by a
majority vote of the stockholders, said
stock to be divided into shares of One
Hundred ($1e00O Dollars each. Ten
per Cent of the amount of capital u
be employed by them has been actually
paid in. Petitioners desire the RICH,
to have the subscriptions to said CAPT
tai stock paid in money or property
to be taken at fair valuation.
6. Petitioners desire the right to sue
and be sued, to plead and be implead.
ed, to have and use a common seal, tc
make all necessary bylaws and regu.
iations, 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 suit.
able to the purposes of the Corpora.
ton, and to execute notes and bonds
as evidence of indebtedness incurred
or which may be incurred, in the con.
duct of the affairs of the Corporation
and to secure the same by mortgage
security deed. or other form Of lien
under existing laws.
Z. They desire for said Corporation
the power and authority to apply fol
and accept amendments to its char.
ter OF either form or substance by a
vote of majority of its stock out.
standing at the time. They also ask
authority for said incorporation tic
wind up its affairs, liquidate and dis.
continue its business at any time i,
may determine to do SO by a vote Of
two-thirds of its stock outstanding al
the time.
8. They desire for said incorpora.
ton the right of renewal when and as
provided by the laws of Georgia, and
that it have all such other rights, pow
ers, privileges and imn1unities 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. privi-
leges and immunities herein set forth
and as are now, or may here after be-
allowed corporation of similar char
acter under the laws of Georgia.
Samuel KASSEWITZ,
Attorney for Petitioners
GEORGIA, Ben Hill County.
/, D. w. M. Whitley, Clerk of the