Bulloch-Candler County GaArchives History .....Metter - Establishment 
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BULLOCH COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
SUPERIOR COURT
MINUTES
1898 - 1901
 
Metter Town of.  Certificate of Incorporation [page] 366
 
A certificate under oath of M D.L. Trapnell
W. R. Sykes and O.R. Waters that a majority of the
qualified voters in the following boundaries, to wit:
That the name of the proposed town is Metter
and its boundaries shall be 5/9 of a mile in a circle
from the depot of the Bruton & Pineora Railroad in said
town - Said depot to be the center of said circle; having 
been given in due form of law in favor of the
incorporation of the town of Metter in the county
of Bulloch, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
that the provisions of the Code of Georgia have been
complied with by the applicants for said Corporation,
the Said town is hereby duly authorized within
the corporate limits aforesaid, to exercise all the corporate 
powers confirmed by the legislature of the state of Georgia
from and after the date of this certificate.
In open Court.
April T. 1900                           B.D. Evans
                                               Judge S.C.M.C.

Additional Comments:
This court order  established the town of Metter in Bulloch (now Candler) 
County, GA.  The judges name was Beverly D. Evans.  The letter "T." between  
the word April and number 1900 appears to stand for Term. 
 


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