The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-09-27
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER
GEORGIA, Ben Hill County.
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
SAID COUNTY:


This, the petition OF Wiley Williams,
]. Kassewitz and ]. H. Mayes, each
of said State and County, respectfully
shows unto the court the following
facts:
l. That they desire for themselves,
their associates and successors, to be
incorporated and made a body polite
under the name and style OF F1TZ-
GERALD FURNITURE ~COMPA
NY, for the period of twenty years.
2. That the principal place of busi-
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 majority of the
stock may determine.
3. The object of said Corporation
is pecunary gain to itself and its
shareholders.
4. The business to be carried on by
said Corporation is that of a 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 busi-
ness.
5. The capital stock of said Corpo-
ration shall be Thirty Thousand
(30,000.00) Dollars with the privilege
of increasing same to the sum of Sew
enty-Five ($75,00o0O) Dollars by q
majority vote of the stockholders, said
stock to be divided into shares of One
Hundred ($l6000) Dollars each. Ten
per Cent of the amount of capital y
be employed by them has been actually
paid IN. Petitioners desire the right
to have the subscriptions to said CAPT
tai stock paid in money or property
to be taken at a fair valuation.
g. Petitioners desire the right to sue
and be sued, to plead and be implead-
&C, to have and use common seal, to
make all necessary bylaws and regu-
lations, 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 sci.
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.
7. 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 q
vote of a majority of its stock out.
standing at the time. They also ask
authority for said incorporation to
wind up its affairs, liquidate and dis.
continue its business at any time ii
may determine to do so by 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 immunities as are
incident to like corporations or per-
MISSILE 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 a corporation of similar char
acter under the laws of Georgia.
SAMUEL KASSEWITZ,
Attorney for Petitioners
GEORGIA, Ben Hill County.
l, D. w. M. Whitley, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Ben Hill County
Georgia, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is true and correct copy
of the application for charter in the
matter OF FITZGERALD FURNl-
TURE COMPANY" as the same ap-
pears of file in this office.
Witness my official signature and
the seal of said court, this the 18th
day Of September, 1920.
D. w. M. WHITLEY.
Clerk Superior Court Ben Hill
County Cooroio