New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-27

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| Be it known that on this -- day of the
| month of November, in the year of our Lord one
| thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and of
| the independence of the United States of America
the ninety-seventh, before me, Gu5tave LIE Gardeur
| Jr., notary public duly commissioned and sN Orn,
in and for the parish and city aforesaid therein
siding, and in the presence of the witnesses herein
| aztec NAMED and undersigned, personally came and
appeared Mr. Jean jules Aldige of this city, herein
appearing, STIMULATING and acting for and in the
WORKS GoMPINY' a CORPORATION daIy orrapiged
under the laws of this State by act passed before
the undersigned notary on the twenty ninth day of
! August eighteen hundred and seventy one and
herein acting in such capacity OF president under
and by virtue of the several resolutions passed at
the meetings Of the stockholders and of the Board
OF Directors of said company held respectively
| the eleventh. twelfth and twenty -fouIth DAYS of
| October last past E8T2l duly certified copies of
| winch said resolutions are annexed in the margin
| hereof for reference.
Which said Jean Jules Aldige declared in his said
capacity that pursuant to the act of incorporation
| OF Ehe sald company, general NEE ting of the
| pany was convened and held at the office eff the
| said company on the eleventh day of October,
1872, tor the purpose of authorizing certain meas
ufes ana Lla.klhS ceI tam amendments to its act
of Incorporation, and that at said general meeting
stockholders holding and owning 2480 shares Of
the capital stock of said communicating moro
than tlree-fourths of the whole amount of shares
which is twenty tiye hundred-were present or
rap: esented, and they unanimously recommended
and adopted the following alteration or amend
ment of article five of the aforesaid charter act
of Incorporation of said company, viz:
ARTICLE v.
In each and every year the president shall cause
to be made one or two statements of the affairs of
the company, as the board of directors may direct
and as they may think more advisable and more adj
vantageOus for the company, and at such times
the board of directors may select and designate.
Said statement statements VIII show the receipts
and disbursements made, and the true situation of
the company, and the day that shall or may be
fixed by the board of directors for said statement
the board of directors shall declare suchodividend
may accrue of the net profits of the company,
and fix and determine the time and manner In
dividend shall he maid n IL
holders.
And the said J. j. Aldige further declared in hiss
said capacity, that at subsequent general meeting
of the stockholders of the said company, convened
and held at the office of the said company the
twelfth day of October 1872 for the purpose of au
thOrizing certain measures and making certain
amendments to its charter or act of incorporation,
stockholders holding and owning 2l32 shares-being
more than threefourths the1eof-were present or
represented, and they unanimously recommended
and adopted the following alteration or amend
ment OF paragraph first OF article six OF the azores
said charter or act of incorporation of said com'
pany, viz
All the powers of this company shall be exero
cised by board of directors to consist of six per-
sons three of whom shall form quorum for the
transaction of business.
Wherefore the said Jean Jules Aldtge moreover
declared in his said capacity, that By virtue Of the
powers in him vested by the aforesaid resolutions,
and in order 20 mora fully carry into effect the
aforesaid amendments, he does hereby publicly de-
clare and make known that the artlcie ana the
first paragraph OF article vi of the charter act
of Incorporation of said Bienvle Oil Works Com
pany, as passed before the undersigned notary,
aforesaid, have been changed altered so as to
read and be as they are hereinbefore written.
Thus done and passed at New Orleans in my
office, the day, month and year first above written,
in the presence of AMBROSE G. La Pice and Edgar
Montegut, competent witnesses, who have signed
with the said party and me, notary, after read
ing the whole.
Original signed
J. ALDIGE,
A. PITOT, JR.
A G. La PICE.
G. LEGARDEUR, Notary Public.
1fIarc mad nnTnIl RE Yf AFnwf
cages for this city and parish of Orleans, State of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the within act
of amendment to the charter of the Bienvile Oil
Works Company has been this day duly recorded
in this office. ag eeably to law, in Book Society
No. g. fOliOs 437 and 488, on the margin of the
original act of incorporation of said company.
New Orleans, November u.s. 1872.
Q. DARCAETEL, Deputy.
certify the foregoing to be true copy of the
original act on file and of record in my office
As witness, my hand and seal, at New Orleans
this twenty sixtA day of November, A. D. 1872
ARDEuR LIZ Nntal.-- plLlAlin