ARTS AND SCIENCES, and its request that a successor be appointed. Judge Meldrim has indicated his intention to observe the recommendations of the Society (1) that the successor trustee should be a charitable corporation chartered by the Superior Court under the name of "Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences," and (2) that every member of Georgia Historical Society who is now a resident of Chatham County shall have an opportunity to join in the creation of the new corporation as a petitioner and a charter member. The appointment of the new Trustee and the form and substance of the charter of the new corporation rest exclusively in the discretion of the Judge, from which it follows that the petition and the order will be such as may be prescribed by him. The petition will not be finally drafted and filed until the personnel of the petitioners is definitely settled. Judge Meldrim has directed the undersigned to ascertain by personal inquiry of each resident member of the Society whether or not he or she desires to participate as a petitioner and a charter member in the new corporation. Please reply promptly on the enclosed postal card not later than July 8th. No names will be included other than those who shall have affirmatively indicated a desire to participate. It is hoped that all resident members will favorably respond and will be active members of the new corporation, which, when formed and organized, will have entire charge of this institution so creditable to the city. The Academy will continue to need the sympathetic support and encouragement of all public-spirited citizens. Respectfully, ALEXANDER R. LAWTON, President, Georgia Historical Society, P. O. Box 727, Savannah, Ga. In accordance with responses to this circular, one hundred and twenty-seven members of Georgia Historical Society, residents of Chatham County filed on July 15, 1920 the following: PETITION FOR CHARTER TELFAIR ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES PETITION FOR INCORPORATION To the Superior Court of Chatham County, Georgia: The petition of Samuel B. Adams, Leopold Adler, Neal L. Anderson, Page W. Anderson, Leander G. Armstrong, Otis Ashmore, Hal H. Bacon, Craig Barrow, Elfrida Barrow, Charles G. Beck, Elisabeth Beckwith, F. G. Bell, Charles G. Bell, F. D. Bloodworth, Henry Blun, J. Sullivan Bond, Elizabeth M. Bullard, Henry S. Colding, Nora L. Cunningham, T. M. Cunningham, Jr., Lilla W. Cunningham, Fred A. Davis, Jane E. DeLorme, Remer L. Denmark, Augusta F. DeRenne, Wymberley W. DeRenne, Charles G. Edwards, Charles Ellis, Marie Ellis, Carl Espy, Beverly D. Evans, Augusta Foster, J. A. Foster, Davis Freeman, Thomas Gamble, C. E. Gay, Jr., Charles M. Gibbs, Maude Glaiber, G. Arthur Gordon, Ellen Gordon, W. W. Gordon, William L. Grayson, Charles F. Groves, N. A. Hardee,, William Harden, J. Lawton Hiers, Robert M. Hitch, Walter F. Hogan, J. J. Horrigan, Eva B. Howze, Catherine B. Huger, Joseph Hull, R. M. Hull, H. V. Jenkins, Jabez Jones, Thomas A. Jones, H. Wiley Johnson, Jane Judge, William Kehoe, C. H. Konemann, Ella B. Lawton, A. R. Lawton, Elizabeth S. Lawton, A. R. Lawton, Jr., Beckwith Lawton, Lawrence Lee, Henry Levy, B. H. Levy, Lee Roy Lovenstein, Jonathan Lucas, Wallace W. Mallard, William Marcus, Frances G. Meldrim, Carl Mendel, George J. Mills, Euphemia Mills, J. F. Minis, Louisa P. Minis, David B. Morgan, Lee Roy Myers, Henry McAlpin, W. F. McCauley, Ray G. McCauley, B. A. McCranie, P. J. McNamara, Florence McNeill, Henry Nanninga, M. B. Nichols, M. A. O'Byrne, Chas. H. Olmstead, George W. Owens, A. B. Palmer, W. J. Pierpont, J. Conrad Puder, W. N. Pratt, T. P. Ravenel, Frederick F. Reese, A. C. Read, Sam Ross, E. W. Rosenthal, Gordon Saussy, Hattie Saussy, Elizabeth M. Screven, Kate F. Semmes, H. P. Smart, Arthur W. Solomon, Ella B. Spalding, William B. Stephens, H. G. Strachan, A. D. Strobhar, W. G. Strobhar, May S. Teasdale, John L. Travis, R. Van Keuren, Joanna E. Walsh, T. P. Waring, H. N. Walker, Henrik Wallin, George R. White, Willaim W. Williamson, Caroline Wilson, W. L. Wilson, W. A. Winburn, Mary S. Irwin Wood, A. L. Willcox and Anton P. Wright, respectfully shows:: I. Petitioners desire that they and such persons as may from time to time be associated with them, and their successors, may be incorporated as a charitable corporation under the name and style of "Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences." 2. The object of their association and the particular business they propose to carry on are purely educational, charitable and social, being primarily to hold, control, preserve, administer and manage as trustee a library and academy of arts and sciences, known and to be known as Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the other property now held by Georgia Historical Society as trustee of Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, all as set forth in the fourteenth item of the will of Mary Telfair of record in the court of ordinary of Chatham County, Georgia, a copy of which is herewith exhibited to the court; and, secondarily, to do and perform from time to time all such acts and things, and to hold, enjoy and manage such property and hold and execute such trusts as may tend to promote education and improvement in the arts and sciences. 3. Petitioners will not be organized for individual pecuniary gain, will employ no capital, and will have no capital stock. 4. The place of doing business will be Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. 5. The time for which petitioners desire to be incorporated is perpetual, or the full term (not less than twenty years) permitted by law, with the privilege of renewal. Wherefore petitioners pray that they and their associates and the successors of both may be incorporated as above stated, with all the powers usual or incident to corporations, with the right from time to time to increase or diminish their numbers, to classify members, to adopt such constitution and by-laws as they may deem best, to appoint or elect such directors, managers and officers as may be therein provided, to have perpetual succession, to receive gifts and legacies, and from time to time to apply for amendments to the charter with the approval of a majority of those who shall at the time, under constitution or by-laws, be voting members of the corporation. LAWTON & CUNNINGHAM, Petition for incorporation filed in office July 15, 1920. (Seal) JOSEPH J. CARR, Deputy Clerk, S. C. C. C. Ga. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CHATHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY TERM, 1920. In Re: Petition for Charter Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences: It appearing to the Court that the petition of Samuel B. Adams and others for the grant of a charter for TELFAIR ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES was filed in the Clerk's office on July 15, 1920; was published once a week for four weeks in the Savannah Morning News, which is the nearest public gazette to the point where the business is to be located; that the application is legitimately within the purview and intention of the code; and that all requirements of the law have been complied with; IT IS CONSIDERED, ORDERED AND ADJUDGED: I. That Samuel B. Adams, Leopold Adler, Neal L. Anderson, J. Randolph Anderson, Page W. Anderson, Leander G. Armstrong, Otis Ashmore, Hal H. Bacon, Craig Barrow, Elfrida Barrow, Charles G. Beck, Elisabeth Beckwith, F. G. Bell, Charles G. Bell, F. D. Bloodworth, Henry Blun, J. Sullivan Bond, Elisabeth M. Bullard, Henry S. Colding, Nora L. Cunningham, T. M. Cunningham, Jr., Lilla W. Cunningham, Fred A. Davis, Jane E. DeLorme, Remer L. Denmark, Augusta F. DeRenne, Wymberley W. DeRenne, Charles G. Edwards, Charles Ellis, Marie Ellis, Carl Espy, Beverly D. Evans, Augusta Foster, J. A. Foster, Davis Freeman, Thomas Gamble, C. E. Gay, Jr., Charles M. Gibbs, Maude Glaiber, G. Arthur Gordon, Ellen Gordon, W. W. Gordon, William L. Grayson, Charles F. Groves, N. A. Hardee, William Harden, J. Lawton Hiers, Robert M. Hitch, Walter F. Hogan, J. J. Horrigan, Eva B. Howze, Catherine B. Huger, Joseph Hull, R. M. Hull, H. V. Jenkins, Jabez Jones, Thomas A. Jones, H. Wiley Johnson, Jane Judge, William Kehoe, C. H. Konemann, Ella B. Lawton, A. R. Lawton, Elizabeth S. Lawton, A. R. Lawton, Jr., Beck |