New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-10
QUARTER
CHARTER
STATE OF LOUISIANA CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

STATE OF LOUISIANA CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
be 1t known that on this fifth day of April in the
year one thousand eight hundred and seventysone,
before me, Edward Barnett, a notary public in and
for the parish and city of New Orleans, State OF
Louisiana aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn,
personally came and appeared Edwin II. Summers,
Esq, President of tire Crescent City Bank, a cor
poratlon established in this city, under the laws
of this State, herein acting in his aforesaid ca
paeity under and by virtue Of aresolition adont%d
by the Board of Directors of said bank, at their
sitting of the twenty -ninth of March last 1871 O
certified copy of which is hereto annexed for refer
ence, who de- Jared that in order TO carry into.
effect the resolutions adopted at general meeting
of the Stockholders of said institution, held the
twenty-fifth day of March, 1871, pursuant to a cali
made by the said Board of Directors after the time
and notices required by law, will appear by re-
ference to the annexed certified copy OF the pro-
ceedings of said Board of Directors, and TO the
original process verbal of said general meeting of
stockholders representing and owning in the aggre-
gate eight thousand one hundred and ninety-eight
shares of the capital stock of said bank and there
fore more than two-thirds required by law he, the
said appearer acting in his aforesaid capacity does
by these presents on behalf OF the stockholders OF
the said Crescent City Bank declare proclaim and
publish the following changes and amendments to
the charter of said Crescent CITY Bank which
have been unanimously adopted at the said orig
inal meeting of stockholders of said bank TO Be
heneeforth binding aud obligatory upon the stock
holders of said institution and all others whom the
same shall or may concern and that the articles of
association and charter of said bank be and are
accordingly amended as follows viz
FlrstIEyery i've shares of the present stock of
Inc sald bauS snail be converted into share Of
one hundred dollars
second-This series of stock so converted shall
De entitled to any surplus realized from the assets
OF the oank as they now stand, over and above
twenty dollars per share.
Third-The capital subscribed shall not be less
IMAM Tour hundred thousand dollars, estimating
the present stock as above stated.
rourth-Ihe Board of Directors shall be composed
OF seven members and no more; and every member
OF the board shall own at least five thousand dol
lars OF stock in said bank.
- thus done and passed in my Office mt the city of
New Orleans aforesaid, on the day, month and year
nrst ABOVE written, and in presence of MessrsL
Marcel /. Ducros and Joseph w. Jones, competent
witnesses who.sign their names with said appearer
ana me notary
Original signed:
T. H. SUMMERS,
NJ I. DucRos,
J. W. JONES.
EDWARD BARNETT, Notary Public.
certify the foregoing to be true copy Of the
original act extant in my current records.
In faith whereof grant these presents under
my signature and the impress of my seal of office,
at the city of New Orleans, on thisfth day of April
eighteen hundred and seventy one.
EDWARD BARNETT, Notary Public.
NOTiCB.-Books of subscription are now open 80
the Crescent City Bank for stockholders who may
wish to avail themselves of the privilege of taking
additional stock under the amendment to tho
charter CHARLES FAURIE JR
.apS lawst Cashier