New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-14
'ARi8H OF ORLEANS, CITY OF new oRLRAEs.

| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF
! LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF ORLEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
| Be it known that on this twenty-ffth dav of tbe
! mouth of November, in the wear of our Lord one
| thousand eight hundred and seventy.two and OF
| the independence of the United States of America
the ninety yseventb, before me, Gustave LIE Gardeur
| Jr.r notary public duly commissioned and sworn
IN and for the parish and city aforesaid therein re-
5ung, and IN the presence of the witnesses herein.
! 3fier named and undersigned, personally came and
appeared Mr. Jean Jules Aldlge of this city herein
appearing, stlpuIatlng and acting for and in the
name ana as president OF the BIBNVILLE OIL
| WORKS COMPANY, a corporation 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 i'll such capacity OF president nndpr
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 on
the eleventh, twelfth aud twenty fourth days Of
UctoSer last past CS72l duly certified copies OF
which 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 the said company general meeting of the
stockholders of the said Bienville Oil Works Com.
pany was convened md held at the office Of the
said company on the eleventh day of October
1872, for the purpose of authorizing certain meas
ures and making CO tain amendments to it's act
OF Incorporation, and that at said general meeting
stockhc!ders holding and owning 2480 shares Of
the capital stock of said GOmpauy-being more
than three-fourths Of the whole amount Of Shares
which is twenty five hundred-were present or
and adopted the following alteration or amend
ment of article five of the aforesaid charter or 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 NAV direct
and as they may think more advisable and more ad-
yantageous for the company and at such times as
tie board OF directors may select and designate.
Said statement statements will show the
and disbursements made, and the true situation of
mo thf Ia oh.
fixed by the board of directors for said statement
the board of directors shall declare such di7ideT
as may accrue of the net profits Of the COMPANY
and fix and determine the time and manner In
which said dividend shall be paid to the stock
holders
And the said j. ]. AIdige further declared in bis
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 1872 for the purpose of aI
thorzing certain measures and making certain
amendments 10 it's charter or act of iDcoTporat;1n
stockholders holding and owning 2l32 shares-beiDr
more than three-touTths theTe0t-were present or
represented, and they Unan m0usIg recommended
and adopted the following alteration or amend
ment Of paragraph first of article six Of the afore-
said charter or act OF incorporation Of said com
pany, viz
Ali the powers OF this company Shall be exar.
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 Adige moreover
declared in his said capacity that by virtue of the
powers i'll him vested bg the aforesaid resolutions
and in order 20 fully carry into effect the
aforesaid amendments he Goes hereby publicly de-
clare and make known that the article v and the
first paragraph Of article VI of the charter or act
of incorporation of said Bicnville Oil Works Com
pany, passed before the undersigned notary, as
aforesaid, have been changed or altered so as to
read and be as they are iiereinhefOre written.
Thus done and passed at New Orleans, il my
Office. the day month ana year first above written
III the presence Of Ambrose G. La Picc and Edgar
Aontcgut, competent witnesses who have signed
with the said party AMI me- notary, after read
ing the whole.
Original signed:
J. ALnIGB,
A. PIFGT JR
A. c. LA PICE.
G. LEGARDEUR, Notary Public.
T, the undersigned, Deputy Recorder of Mort
cages for this city aud parish of Orleans State Of
Louisiana, de here0y certify that the within act
Of amendment to the charter Of the Bienyjle oil
Works Company has been this day duly recorded
IN this office, ag eeably to law, i'll Book Society |
No. g. ioICs 487 ana 400, on the margin Of the |
original act Of incorporation of said company.
New Orleans, November 25, 1879
9. DARCANTEL, Deputy
I certify the foregoing to be a true copy Of the
original act on file and Of record in my office.
AS witness my hand and seal, at New Orleans |
his twenty-sNth day of November, a. D. 1872
&. LRGARDhuR, JR., Notary Public.