New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-22
STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH AND CITY OF
NEW ORLEANS,

Be it known that on this tenth day of December.
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight nun.
dred and seventy i've and of the indie endence of
the United States of Am RIGA the one hundredth,
before me- Nicholas Browse Tri5t, notary public
in AID fol the parish of orleans State of Louis.
ANA, duly commiss ouei and qualified and in the
presence of the witness hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and appeared Au.
guste Bohn, president, and Moses Harris, cashier;
of the MECHANICS AND TRs DERS BANK OF NEW
ORLEANS, a corporation under the laws OF this
State domiclated in this citS, both herein acting
in their respective capacities aforesaid in virtue
of their offices and in pursuance to a resolution OF
the Board OF Directors of said bank, adopted at
their meeting OF the eleventh of Novemb r 1873
a copy OF which, duly certified is hereto annexed
provisions of section 219 of the Revised Statutes
of this State, and to Article eight section one, of
act passed before Pierre Charles Cuyeller late
notary in this city, the ninth day OF August
1879, and after the notice REQUIRED by law had
been duly given in the official journal of this State
published in this city, the following amendment of
the charter OF said bank was submitted for their
action to the stockholders thereof to wit:
That article two section one of the charter Of
said bank be ametded so as to read as follows:
The capital stock of said corporation shall be
three hundred thousand dollars. divided into Tiff,
teen Thousand shares of twenty dollars each"
said appesrers further declared that the general
meeting of the stockholders of said bank, called
according to law and to the charter thereof, as
aforesaid, was convened and held for that purpose
at the banking house of said corporation, in this
city, on the twenty sixth day of July last 1875,
and adj burned from day to day to the fifth of Octo.
Der last, 1876 that at said meeting eleven thou.
sand three hundred and ninety eight shares of the
capital stock of said bank, being more than two
thirds thereof, were present or represented, and
were unanimously voted in favor of the adoption
of the aforesaid amendment, as will more fully
appear, reference being had to the hereto annexed
duly certified process verbal OF the proceedings
had at said general meeting.
Wherefore and for the purpose of having the
said amendment to the charter of said bank re-
corded and published according TO law, the said
appearers in their said official capacity and in be.
half of the stockholders thereof, do hereby declare
proc aim and publish as binding on the said stock
holders their successors and assigns and all others
whom it may or does concern, that the charter OF
the said Mechanics and Traders Bank of New Or
leans has been duly and legally changed modified
and amended in the manner, form and words as
hereinbefOre set forth.
Thus done and passed in my office at New Or
leans, in the presence of Auguste Huard and
Leonce C.Nillere competent witnesses dOmiciliated
in this city, who hereuutO sign their names with
the appeareIs and me said notary, the day, month
and year first above written.
Orig nal signed.
AUG. BONN President;
MOSES HARRIS Cashier;
L. c. VILLkRE,
AUGUSTA HUARD.
N. B. TRIST, Notary Public.
l. the undersigned, deputy recorder of mort.
cages in and for the city OF New Orleans PARISH of
Orleans, state of Louisiana, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing amendment to the
charter of the Mechanics and Traders Bank of
office according to law in book llS, folios 728 and
721.
New Orleans December TO- 1875.
c. DARCANTkL Deputy Recorder.
hereby certify the above to be true copy of
the original amendment, and of the thereunto at
tached certificate OF the recorder of mortgages, of
record in my office.
As witness my official seal and signature at New
Orleans, this thirteenth day of December 1875
della I'll 20 jai n. B. TRlST, Notary Public.