The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-08-27
PETITION FOR CHARTER
GEORGIA, Ben Hill County.
To the Superior Court of said County

To the Superior Court of said County:
The petition of q. S. Wilcox,
George w. Brown, and J. L. Pittman,
all of Ben Hill County, Georgia, re-
spectfully shows:
/. That they desire tor themselves,
their associates and successors, to be
incorporated and made body polite
under the name and style of the Will
cox-Brown Company, for the period
OF Twenty years.
2. The principal office of said COM
pany shall be in the city of Fitzger-
aid, Georgia but petitioners desire the
right to establish branch offices
within this state or elsewhere, when
ever the holders of majority of the
stock may so determine
3. The object of said corporation
is pecuniary gain to itself and its
shareholders.
a. The business to be carried on by
said corporation is that of a gen.
cral real estate, insurance, loan bus
mess, and general sales agency, Pc
titioners desire to buy and sell real
estate, to take and sell options on
same, and to handle real estate for
others by selling same for stated or
contingent fees and by looking after
the rentals thereof Petitioners de-
sire to write all forms of insurance,
life, fire, burglary, automobile, and
act as general insurance agents. Pc
titioners desire to negotiate loans Ell
Their for themselves or for others and
| to act as loan correspondents for
loan or insurance companies. Peti-
TONERS desire to sell and distribute
fertilizer, chemicals, sprays, and other
compounds used by farmers in the
cultivation and preservation of crops,
and to act as agents for manufacture
ers or jobbers dealing in such.
5. The capital stock of said corpor-
alton shall be Ten Thousand Dollars,
with the privilege of increasing same
to the sum of Twenty Five Thou
sand Dollars by a majority vote of
the stockholders, said stock to be
divided into shares of One Hundred
($l000O each. Ten per cent of the
amount Of capital to be employed by
them has been actually paid in. Petit
TONERS desire the right to have the
subscriptions to said capital stock
paid in money or property to be taken
at a fair valuation.
E. Petitioners desire the right to
sue and be sued, to plead and be i'm
pleaded, to have and use a common
seal, to make all necessary bylaws
and regulations, and to do all other
things that may be necessary for
the successful carrying on of said
business, including the right to buy,
hold and sell real estate and personal
property suitable to the purposes of
the corporation, and to execute notes,
liens, and bonds as evidence of in
debtedness incurred, or which may
be incurred, in the conduct of the af-
fairs of the corporation and to secure
the same by mortgage, security-deed,
or other form of lien, under existing
laws.
7. They desire for said incorpora-
ton the power and authority to ap-
ply for and accept amendments to
its charter or either form or SUBJ
stance by vote of a majority of its
stock outstanding at the time. They
also ask authority TOT said corpora
ton to wind up its affairs, liquidate
and discontinue its business at any
time it may determine to do so by
vote of two-thirds of its stock out
standing at the time
o. They desire for the said incor-
poration the right of renewal when
and as provided by the laws of Geor-
gia, and that it have all such other
rights, powers, privileges and i'm
munities as are incident to like in
corporations or permissible Under the
laws of Georgia.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid with the powers, priv
ileges and immunities herein set
forth, and as are now, or may here
after be, allowed a corporation OF
similar character under the laws of
Georgia.
CLAYTON JAY,
Attorney of Petitioners.
GEORGIA, Ben Hill County
Office of Clerk of the Superior Court
of Ben Hill County.