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PETITION FOR REVIVER OF
CHARTER
Georgia, Walker County.
To the Superior Court of said county:
The petition of P. D. Fortune, J. E.
Patton and A. R. Fortune, for them
selves and their associates, respectful
ly show unto the court:
1. That, on the 9th day of April
1903, by order of the Superior Court
of said county, the Walker County
Telephone Company was duly incor
porated for a term of twenty years,
with the privilege of renewing and
amending said charter at the expira
tion of said term.
. 2. That said Walker County Tele
phone Company was incorporated up
on the petition of Gordon B. Tatum,
John L. Rowland and E. W. Sturdi
vant. Said petition asked that said
Walker County Telephone Company
be incorporated for a term of twenty
years, with the right of renewal at
the expiration of that time; said cor
poration to have an office and princi
pal place of business at LaFayette,
Georgia, and to have a capital stock
of $600.00 divided into twelve shares
of the par value of SSO per share,
with the right in petitioners, their as
sociates, successors and assigns, to
increase said capital stock to the
maximum amount of $2,000 whenever,
by a majority vote of said original
stock, said increase may be deemed
necessary or expedient. Said petition
further asks that said corporation be
given the right to construct and op
erate a telephone system in said town
and said county, for the purpose of
giving its patrons and customers tele
phone communication and accommo
dation over its lines and other lines;
to purchase, lease, rent and sell real
estate and personal property, of all,
characters necessary for the operation ]
of said business; to acquire easements J
in and over lands, to acquire and be
come owners of franchises from said
town of LaFayette and other towns,
granting the rights to petitioners,
their associates, successors and as
signs, to carry on said telephone busi
ness, and the right to such use of the
streets as may be necessary in the
construction and operation of said
telephone system and its accessories;
the right to sue and be sued, and all
other privileges and rights usually in
cident to such business. Said order of
the Superior Court of said county on
April 9th 1903 granted unto said in
corporators of said Walker County
Telephone Company all of the rights
asked for in said petition.
3. Subsequently, John L. Rowland,
A. S. Sparks, S. M. Warthen, R. M. W
Glenn, S A. Hunt, Jr, and Earl Jack
son filed in Walker Superior Court a
petition seeking an amendment of said
charter of the Walker County Tele
phone Company as granted on April
9th, 1903. Said petition for the amend
ment of said charter asks that the
charter of said Walker County Tele
phone Company be so amended as to
increase the maximum capital stock
of said Walker County Telephone
Company to $10,000.00, same to be di
vided into one hundred shares of the
par value of SIOO.OO per share; that
said corporation be granted the privi
lege of building and extending its line
into any county ■•of this state, or any
other State or territory, and to oper
ate the same in as full and complete
a manner as it now has a right to do
in this county; that said corporation
have the right to borrow and loan mo
ney, issue and sell its bonds, execute
mortgage upon its property, and to
any other thing incident to these pow
ers that may be deemed expedient by
its stockholders, or a majority of the
ones holding the majority of the
stock; that the rights, privileges and
franchises originally granted be ex-
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4. That, on Jaunary 6th, 1905 at
the August term of W T alker Superior
Court, an. order was duly entered in
, said Walker Superior Court so amend •
ing and changing the charter o* said
W T alker County Telephone Company
as prayed for in said petition for a
, mendment.
s—That said original petition for
incorporation of the Walker C( unty
Telephone Company, the order grent
j ed thereon, the petition amending the
charter of said Walker County Tele
' phone Company, and the order grant
ed thereon, are duly recorded in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
! Court of said county.
6. That said charter of said Walker
County Telephone Company, as origi :
nally granted and afterwards amend
-1 ed, as hereinbefore set out, expired on
1 April 9, 1923, but said Walker County
| Telephone Company has continued in
business as a corporation in ignorance
' of such expiration, and continued to
exercise the rights ar.d privileges
granted it as a corporation in said
charter, as originally granted and
subsequently amended.
7. That, on the 22nd Jay of April,
1924, a majority of the stockholders
of said corporation, at a called meet
ing, notices of the purp -e having
been given to the stockholders, adopt
ed a resolution asking for a reviver
of the charter of said Walker County
Telephone Company, t? amended, as
hereinbefore set forth. A copy of said
resolution is hereunto attached, mark
ed “Exhibit A” and made a part of
this petition.
18. That petitioners are stockholders
of said Walker County Telephone Co.,
and on behalf of themsedves and their
? associate stockholders in said corpora- j
tion, file this petition asking a reviver j
of the charter of said Walker County
Telephone Company, as amended, as
hereinbefore set forth, and that all
of the property and o her rights of j
said corporation continue in the cor
poration as so revived. Petitioners
further ask that the acts and doings
of said corporation, in the period be- 1
tween the date of the expiration and
the date of the reviver, be confirmed,
and held as acts and doings of the
original corporation so revived
and that said corporation, as revived,
shall continue from the date of the
order reviving said charter, as amend
ed, for the full period allowed by law
for such corporations.
Wherefore, petitioners pray that an
order reviving the charter of said
W'alker County Telephone Company,
with all rights and privileges granted
in said charter, as originally granted
and subsequently amended, and that
it be granted all such further rights
and privileges as hereinbefore set out.
ROSSER AND SHAW. ,
Petitioners’ Attorneys.
Resolution of Stockholders of the
Walker County Telephone Company
Asking for a Reviver of Charter. |
Adopted April 22, 1924.
Whereas, on Aprli 9, 1903, on the
petition of Gordon B. Tatum and J.
L. Rowland, the Walker County Tele
phone Company, was duly incorporat
ed for the term of twenty years, by
order and judgment of the Superior
Court of Walker County, Gorgia, and
Whereas, on January 6th 1905, by
order of the Superior Court of Walk
er County, Georgia, the original char
ter granted on April 9th 1903, was
amended, and,
Whereas, the charter of the Walker
County Telephone Company, as grant
ed on April 9th, 1903, and as amended
on January 6th, 1905 has expired, and,
Whereas, said The Walker County
Walker County Messenger, Mav 16,1924.
' Telephone Company has continued in
• business in ignorance of such expira
i tion, and has continued to exercise its
j rights as a corporation under said
; • charter,
Therefore, Be it resolved: That the
president of The Walker County Tele
phone Company be, and he is hereby,
authorized and directed to apply, in
, the name of the stockholders of said
: The Walker County Telephone Com-
I pany for a reviver of said charter of
said The Walker County Telephone
Company, and that the property and
other rights of said corporation shall
continue in the corporation as revived,
and the acts and doings of the corpo
ration in the period between the date
of the expiration and date of reviver
confirmed and held as the acts and
doings of the original corporation,
and that the corporation, as revived,
shall continue for the full period al
lowed by law for such corporations.
1 Georgia, Walker County.
I hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution was duly adopted by a ma
jority of the stockholders of The
Walker County Telephone Company
at a called meeting of said stockhold
ers held on the 22nd day of April,
1924, notice of the purpose of said
1 meeting having previously been given
to the stockholders of £aid The Walk
er County Telephone Company.
This 22nd day of April, 1924.
D. R. THURMAN,
Sec. The Walker County Telephone
Company.
Georgia, Walker County.
I hereby certify that the foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the ori
ginal petition for reviver of the char
ter of the Walker County Telephone
| Company. Said original petition hav
ing been filed in the office of the Clerk
' of the Superior Court of said county
on the 6th day of May, 1924.
J This 6th day of May, 1924.
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to satisfy an execution from the Su
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of Stagmaier and Company versus G.
L. Cain et al. Defendant notified. This
Sept. 29, 1922.
L. W HARMON, Sheriff.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Georgia, Walker County.
Application having been made in
due form to have H. S. Simmons ap
pointed administrator of Matilda
Knox, late of said county deceased,
notice is hereby given that I will pass
on said application at my office in La-
Fayette on the first Monday in June
next. Given under my hand and of
ficial signature this May 5 ,1924.
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Petition for Divorce in Walker Su
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1924 and make answers in the above
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•by order of said court,
i w This 28th day of Jaruarv 1924.
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