The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-08-11
PETITION FOR CHARTER
GEORGIA, Ben Hill County


To the Superior Court of said County:
The petition OF J. L. Pittman, J..
L. Plttman, Jr., and G.. C. Gibbs, all
OF the said State and county, respect
fully shows:
l.: That they desire for themselves,
their associates and successors, to be
incorporated and made a body poll
TIC under the name and style of
PlIIMAN-GIBBS DRUG CON-
PAN4 for the period OF TWENTY
YEARS.
2. The principal office of the said
company shall be in the city of FITZ.
GERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY,
GEORGlA, but petitioners desire
the right to establish branch offices
within the State or elsewhere. when
ever the holders of majority of the
stock may so determine.
8. The object of the said corpora
ton is pecuniary gain to itself and
its shareholders.
4. The business to be carried on bv
said corporation is that of retail and
wholesale Drugs, Medicines, Toilet
articles, Candies, Medical prepare
tons, School books, Stationery, Rub
Der goods for dispensory purposes,
Cigars, Tobacco, cigarettes, Confec,
tons, and other articles of like ma,
ture usually carried in a Drug Store.
). The capital stock of the said
corporation shall be FIVE THOU,
SAND DOLLARS ($5,0O000) with
the privilege of increasing the same
to TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($25, 100000 by a major
ity vote of the stock holders, said
stock to be divided into shares of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($10000) each. Ten per cent of the
amount OF capital to be employed by
them has been actually paid in. Pc
titioners desire the right to have the
subscriptions to said capital stock
paid in money or property to be
taken at fair valuation.
3. Petitioners desire the right to
sue and be sued, plead and be i'm
pleaded, to have and use common
seal, to make all necessary bylaws
and regulations, and to do all other
thlngs that may be necessary for the
successful carrying on of said bust
ness, including the right to buy, hold
and sell real estate and personal pro-
perty suitable for the purposes of
the said corporation, and to execute
notes and bonds as evidences of such
indebtedness incurred, or which may
be incurred, in the conduct of the af-
fairs of the corporation and to Sc
cure the same by mortgage, security
deed or other legal lien.
/. They desire for the said corpor-
for and accept amendments to its
charter either in form or substance
by majority vote of shareholders
outstanding at the time. They also
desire the authority TO wind up its at
fairs, liquidate its affairs at any time
it may determine to do so by two
thirds vote of its outstanding stock
at the time.
s. They desire for the said corpora
ton the right of renewal when ana
as provided by the laws of Georgia,
and that it have all other such rights,
powers, privileges and immunities
herein set forth, and as are now, OF
may hereafter be, allowed a corpor-
alton of similar character 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 hereafter be
allowed corporation of similar char
acter under the laws of the State of
Georgia
QUITS & NICHOLSON
Wd27 Attorneys for petitioners.
GEORGIA, Ben Hill County.
l, D. w. M. Whitley, Clerk of the
Superior Court of said county, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and correct copy of the app1i-
cation for charter of Pittman- Gibbs
Drug Company as the same appears
on file in this office.
Witness my official signature and
the seal of said court this the 30th
day of July, 1920.
Filed in office, August End, 1920.
D. w. M. WHITLEY,
Clerk Superior Court Ben Hill County