Georgia Code
Chapter 5 - Navigation Companies
§ 52-5-2. Filing of Petition for Incorporation; Contents of Petition; Attachment of Affidavit of Incorporators; Endorsement, Recordation, and Filing of Petitions by Secretary of State

Any five or more natural persons may act as incorporators of a corporation to be organized under this chapter by filing a petition in writing, addressed to the Secretary of State, in which shall be stated the names and residences of each of the persons desiring to form the corporation, the name of the navigation company they desire to have incorporated, the amount of the proposed capital stock, the number of years it is to continue, the place where its principal office is to be located, a request to be incorporated under the laws of this state, and that they have given four weeks’ notice of their intention to apply for the charter by publication of the petition in one of the newspapers in which the sheriff’s advertisements are published for the county once a week for four weeks before filing the petition. There shall be annexed to the petition an affidavit, made by at least three of the persons forming the company, that the names subscribed are the genuine signatures of the persons named therein and that the facts stated in the petition are true to the best of their knowledge, information, and belief. The petition for incorporation, thus sworn to, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall endorse thereon the date of filing and record the same in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, which shall be open to the inspection of the public at all times during the office hours of the Secretary of State.
History. Ga. L. 1894, p. 71, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 2148; Civil Code 1910, § 2566; Code 1933, § 17-202.

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Georgia Code

Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft

Chapter 5 - Navigation Companies

§ 52-5-1. Granting of Corporate Powers and Privileges by Secretary of State

§ 52-5-2. Filing of Petition for Incorporation; Contents of Petition; Attachment of Affidavit of Incorporators; Endorsement, Recordation, and Filing of Petitions by Secretary of State

§ 52-5-3. Issuance of Certificate of Incorporation Generally

§ 52-5-4. Time of Commencement of Corporate Existence; Payment of Fee for Issuance of Certificate

§ 52-5-5. Duty of Secretary of State to Assure Company’s Compliance With Chapter Prior to Issuance of Certificate; Certificate as Constituting Evidence of Corporation’s Existence and Compliance With Chapter

§ 52-5-6. Organization of Company; Quorum; Election of First Board of Directors; Qualifications of Directors; Election and Appointment of Officers and Agents; Annual Election Of, and Filling of Vacancies On, Board of Directors

§ 52-5-7. Opening Books of Subscription for Capital Stock; Restriction on Increase of Capital Stock

§ 52-5-8. Manner of Payment for Stock; Auction Sale of Stock Upon Default by Subscriber; Giving Delinquent Subscriber Notice of Auction Sale

§ 52-5-9. Stock as Constituting Personal Property; Determination of Manner of Transfer of Stock

§ 52-5-10. Procedure for Increase of Capital Stock

§ 52-5-11. Powers of Companies Generally

§ 52-5-12. Adoption of Chapter by Companies Incorporated Prior to April 1, 1969, and by Persons Otherwise Owning or Operating a Navigation Business