Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-04-01
JAY & JAY,
Attorneys for Petitioners.

GEORGIA,
BEN HILL COUNTY.
10 THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
SAID COUNTY.
The petition of w. R. BOWEN.
MRS. MARY S. MASHBURN. MRS
lula B. SHEPHERD, MRS. ,ABRA
b: WARE and A. J. MCDONALD. all
OF Ben Hill County, Georgia, and P.
II. GASKINS, of Jacksonville, Flor
ida, and MRS. E. T. JAMES. of Lake
land, Florida, respectfully show:
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That they desire for themselves.
their associates and successors, to be
incorporated and made body polite
under the name and style of EMPIRE
COMPANY for a period of twenty
years.
The principal office of said COM
pany shall be in the City of Fitzger-
aid, Ben Hill County, Georgia, but
petitioners desire the right to estab-
lish branch offices within this state
or elsewhere, whenever the holders
CT majority of the stock may so
determine.
The object of said corporation is
pecuniary gain to itself and it's share
holders.
The business to be carried on by
said corporation lis to own, hold, buy,
sell, rent and improve real estate, and
to act as fire insurance agent, and
do a general mercantile business,
either wholesale or retail, or both,
provided a majority of the stock
holders shall so desire.
W 5.
The capital stock of said corpora
ton shall be
SEVENTEE. THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED ($17.5OO) DOLLARS,
with the privilege of increasing the
same to One Hundred Thousand
100000 Dollars by majority vote
of the stockholders, said stock to be
divided into shares of One Hundred
($100) Dollars each.
g. Petitioners ask the right to pay
said capital stock either in property
or money.
(b). Petitioners show that all of
the capital stock of said company has
already been paid in property.
6.
Petitioners desire the right to sue
and be sued, to plead and be i'm
pleaded, to have and use 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 bush
ness. including the right to buy, hold,
and sell personal property suitable to
the purposes Of the corporation, and
to execute notes and bonds as evl-
dence of indebtedness incurred, or
which may be incurred, in the con-
duct of the affairs of the corporation
and to secure the same b mortgage,
security deed, or other form OF lien,
under existing laws.
7.
They desire for said incorporatlon
the power and authority to apply Tor
and accent amendments to its charter
If it's stock outstanding at the time.
of a majority OF. ItS Seooh $3.50
at the time. They also ask author
ity for said incorporation to wind up
it's affairs, liquidate and discontinue
it's business at any time it may deter
mine to do so by vote Of two-thlrds
Of IS stock outstanding at the time.
8.
They desire for the said lncorpor;,
alton the right Of renewal when ana
as provided by the laws OF GeGorgia'
and that it have all such other rights,
nov, privileges and immunI!ties as
are incident to like interpretations or
permissible NJ under the laws Of Geor-
gia. .:..ons ,,,sv IN
he incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid with the powers: PRIV
;leges and immunities herein SET
foyth. and as are now, OF may mere.
a If he. allowed corporation OF
s q, ~, character under the laws OF
Georgia. ,noMAJn
Petitioners Attorney.
Filed in office this March q; 1870
ie" D. L. PAULk,
Clerk.