Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-09-06

GEORGIA; Ben Hill County:
To the Superior Court of Said County:
The petition of Mss Della Majors,
of said state and county, and J. X
Staten of Lowndes county, Georgia.
respectfully shows;
That they desire for themselves,
their associates and successors, to be
incorporated and made body polite
under the name and style of THE
MAJORS COMPANY for a period
OF twenty years.
The principal office of said company
shall be in the City of Fitzgerald, Ben
Hill County, Georgia, but petitioners
desire the right to establish branch
Offices and places of business else
where, either within or without the
state of Georgia, whenever the hold
ers of the majority of the stock so
may determine.
The object of said corporation is
pecuniary gain to itself and its share
holders.
Petitioners desire the right and
authority in said corporation to car
ry on general mercantile business, to
buy, sell and deal generally in dry
| goods, hats, shoes, notions, clothing
and such articles as are usually car
ried i'll a general mercantile business
and in such manner as said businesses
are generally and usually carried on
such sale to be made at retail and in
job lots and in such manner as said
company may desire: Petitioners de-
sire the right to do any and all other
things in connection with its said bus
mess that an individual might have the
right to do, including the right to buy
sell, lease and hold real estate and
real estate privileges i'll connection
with its business and otherwise.
The capital stock of said corpora
ton shall be $5,00000 with the priv.
lege of increasing the some from
time to time upeto the sum of $4,000
by a majority vote of the stockholders
said stock to be divided into share.
OF 500 each, all of which has beer
paid in. Petitioners desire the RICH
to have the subscriptions to said cap
ital stock paid in money or propert,
to be taken at fair valuation.
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Petitioners desire the right to SUI,
and be sued, to plead and be implead
ed, to have and use common seal, t
make all necessary bylaws and regu
ations and to do all other things tina
may be necessary for the successful
carrying on of said business, and t,
execute notes, bonds, mortgages ant
other legal securities as evidence O
Indebtedness incurred, or which ma,
be incurred, in the CONDUCT of the af
fairs of the corporation, and to secur
the same by mortgage, security dee,
or other form of lien, under existing
laws.
They desire for said corporation
power and authority to apply for an
accept amendments to its charter c
either form or substance by a vote c
a majority of its stock outstanding a
the time. The also ask authority 70
said corporation to wind up its affair,
liquidate and discontinue its bushes
at any time it may determine to d
so by vote of a majority of its out
standing stock.
They desire for said corporation tn
right to renew same when and as pre-
! vided by the laws of Georgia, and tn;
it have all such other rights, power
privileges and immunities as are inc
dent to like corporations or permiss;
J BILE under the laws of Georgia.
WHEREFORE, petitioners prs
to be Incorporated under the nan
and style aforesaid with the power
privileges and immunties herein S,
forth and as are now, or may hereaftt
be allowed a corporation of simls
character under the laws of Georgia
: Patterson and Copelan
Attorneys for Petitioner
GEORGIA, Ben Hill County:
I, d: w. M. Whitley, Clerk of tn
Superior court of said county, do here
! by certify that the above and foregc
ing is true and correct copy of ar
plication of the original charter file
in this office.
Witness my official signature an
the seal of said Court, this the 15t
day of August, 1928
D. w. NJ. WHITLEY
Clerk Superior Courr
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