New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-28
QUARTER
PARISH OF ORLEANS, CRY OF NEW ORLEANS


Be it known that on this twenty-ffth day Of the
month o; November, III the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy two and of
the independence OF the United States of A mprina
the ninetyseveuth, before me GIstaye LIE GarteIr
Jr Z notary public, duly commissions and sN orn
in and for the parish and city aforesaid therein re-
siding and in The presence of the witnesses herein
after nam d and undersigned, personally came and
appeared Mr.. Jean Jules Adige of this city herein
appearing STIMULATING and acting for aud in the
name ana as presldent OF the BIEEPILLE OLE
WORKS COMPANY, a corporal ion duly organized
under the Laws of this State by act passed before
the undersigned notary 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 rpS0lutiOns Dasepd at
the meetings of the Stockholders and of the Board
of Directors of said company, held respectively on
the eleventh, twelfth and twenty -f9m tn days of
October last past tlS72l, duly certified copies of
which said resolutions are annexed in the margin
hereof for reference.
Which said Jean Jules Aldge declared in his said
capacity that pursuant to the act of Incorporation
OF the said company, a general meeting of the
stockholders of the said BienviIe Oil Works Com.
paiY was convened ana held at the Office Of the
said company on the eleventh day of October,
1872, for the purpose OF authorizing certain meas
and making ce tain amendments to its act
of Incorporation and that at said general meeting
stockholders holding and owning 2fGO shares of
the capital stock Of said COMMUNICATING mora
than thCet.foQrths of the whole amount of shares
which is twenty five hundred-weTe present or
represented, and hey unanimously recommended
and adopted the following alteration or amend
pent Of article five OF the aforesaid chsrIur or act
OF Incorporation OF said company, viz
ARTICLE Y.
In each and every year the president ehall cause
to be made or two statements of the affairs Of
tho company, as the board Of directors may direct
and as they may think advisable and more ad-
vantageous for the company, and at such times as
tie board OF directors may select and designate
Said statement or statements will show the receipts
and disbursements made, and the true situation Of
the company, and on the day that shall or may be
fixed by the board OF directors for said abatement
the board Of directors shall declare such dividei
as may accrue OF he net DTOflfS OF The
and fix and determine the time and manner in
which said dividend shall be paid to the stock
holdeTs
And the said ]. !. Aldige further declared in his
said capacity, that at subsequent general meeting
OF the stockholders of the said company convened
and held at the office OF the said company on the
twelfth day OF October, I3.2 for the purpose of a
thUTIzinE certain measures and making certain
amendments to its charter or act of Incorporation
Stockholders holding and owning d 80 shares-beug
mere TRAN thre9tourths theteof-weTe present or
represented, dnd they unanimously recommended
and adopted the following alteration amend
mrnt OF paragraph first of article six OF the afore-
said charter OF act Ut incorporation Of sad com
ARTICLE w.
AL ehe f0vers of this company sharq be exer
eHed by board Of directors to consist of ak ner.
sons, thr0e of whom shall form a quorum for the
transaction OF business.
Wherefore the said Jean Pules aIdiga moreover
declared IA bis said capacity that by virtue of the
powers i'll him vested by the aforesaid resolutions
and il order 20 more fully carry into effect the
aforesaid amendments, hs"oes hereby publicly de-
Glaze and make known that the article V and the
first paragraph of article VI Of the charter or act
OF Incorporation OF said Bienyille Oil Works Com
panY, as passed before the undersigned notary as
aforesaid, have been changed or altered so IS to
read and be as they are heTeinbefore written.
Thus done and passed at New Orleans, in N
Off the day month and yeaI first above written
IN the presence Of Ambrose q. La Pics and Edgar
NonteSut, competent witnesses who hare signed
With the 'Sd 2arty aud meo notary, 875ss read,
ing j" whole.
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