{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-52-4-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 52-4-2","heading":"Issuance of certificate of incorporation.","body":"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:\n“Georgia. To whom it may concern — Greetings:\n_______________ 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.\nWitness my official hand and seal of state, this _______________ day of _______________ , _______________ .”","path":["TITLE 52 Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft","CHAPTER 4 Canal Companies"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.52.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"42f9ccb165b8078929ecd12b817b25a4ef3312f1dc81f1130a03034e0566d0e8","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-52-4-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-52-4-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}