O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 52-4-2 (2019)

Issuance of certificate of incorporation

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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When the petition for incorporation has been made and filed and the fee paid, as provided in Code Section 52-4-1, the Secretary of State shall issue to the petitioners a certificate as follows: ‘‘Georgia. To whom it may concern - Greetings: having filed their petition in the terms of the law, praying to be incorporated as a canal company, they and their associates and successors are hereby declared to be a body corporate for the period of 30 years, under the name of , with power to construct, maintain, and operate a canal in and through , with such powers, privileges, and liabilities as may now or hereafter be prescribed by law. Witness my official hand and seal of state, this , .’’

History

Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 1987; Civil Code 1910,

day of

§ 2368; Code 1933, § 17-102; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 52.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 78 et seq. 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 171, 173.

C.J.S. - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 47 et seq.