New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-21
CORPORATTONS,
QUARTER. ......................CH CHARTER
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF
LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF ORLEANS, CITY OF NEW 0RIRANs.

PARISH OF ORLEANS, CITY. OF NEW ORLEANS.
| Be it known that on this twenty-ffth 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- Gustave lie Garleur
j., notary public, duly commissioned and sH orn
in and for the parish and city aforesaid therein re-
siding and in the presence of the witnesses herein
| after named and undersigned, personally came and
appeared Mr. Jean Jules Aldge of this city, herein
appearing, STIMULATING and acting for and in the
name and as president of the BIENVILLB 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 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 on
| the eleventh, twelfth and twenty fourth DAYS of
October last past l872), 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 Benville Oil Works Com
pany was convened and held at the Office of the
said company on the eleventh day of October,
1872, for the purpose of authorizing certain meas
uTes and making certain amendments to it's act
OF incorporation and that at said general meeting
Stockholders holding and owning 2480 shares Of
the capital stock of said company-beng more
than three.fourths of the whole amount of shares
which is twenty five hundred-were present or
| represented, and they unanimously recommended
and adopted the following alteration or amend
nent of article five of the aforesaid charter or act
OF incorporation Of said company, viz
ARTICLE V.
IN each and every year the president shan nausee
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 ad-
vantageous for the company, and at such times as
the board OF directors may select and designate.
Said statement or statements will show the receipts
and disbursements made, and the true situation ct
the company and on the day that shall or NAV be
fixed by the board of directors for said statement
the board of directors shall declare such dividend
as NAV accrue of the net proits Of tLe c0rnanv
determine md in
which said dividend shall be paid to the stock
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, 1872 for the purpose OF au
thorizing certain measures and making certain
amendments to its charter or act of incorporation
stockholders holding and owning 1882 shaTes-beires
more than three tourths thereof-were present or
represented, and they unanimously recommended
ana adopted the following alteration OF amend
ment of paragraph first of article six of the aforee
said charter oE act of incorporation Of eetd com
p@ny, VIZ:
All the powers of this company shan be @yer-
c1sed BY board of directors to consist of SIX per
transaction of business.
Wherefore the said Jean Jules Aldige moreover
declared in his said capacity that by virtue Of the
powers in him vested by the aforesaid resolutions
ana III order 30 more fully carry into effect the
aforesaid amendments, he does hereby publicly de-
GIae anu make known that the article v, and the
FREQ paragraph of article VI of the charter or act
OF incorporation OF SAID BIenVIIe Oil Works CON-
pany, as passed before the undersigned notary as
aforesaid have been changed or, altered SO as 10
read and De as they are hereinbefore written
Thus done and passed at New Orleans in m
office the day, month and year first above written,
in the presence of AMBROSE g. La Piee and Edeer
hontegut, competent witnesses, who have aicte0
with the said party and me, notary, after read
Original signed:
s. ALDIGE
A. PITOT, JR.,
A. @. La PICE.
G. LRGARDEUR, Notary Public
l. the undersigned, Deputy Recorder of Mort
cages for this city and parish of Orleans State OF
Louisiana, de hereby certify that the within act
Of amendment to the charter of the BienvlIe OIL
Works Company has been this day duly recorded
IN this Office ,ag eeably to law, in Book Society
No. ., folios 487 and 488, the margin of the
original act of incorporation of said company
New Orleans, November 25 1872.
@. DARCANTEL, Deputy.
certify the foregoing to be a true COPY of tbQo
Original act on file and of record in my office.
As witness, my hand and SEAL at New Orleans
this twenty-sixth day of November A. D. 1872
q. LBGARDEUR, JR Notary Puhlic-