New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-05
CORPORATIONS.
A NIENDMENT TO CHARTER.
STATE OF LOUISIANA-PARISH OF ORLEANS,
CITY OF NRw ORLEANS

De II known, that on this the twenty fifth day
OF OF Inc month Of May in the year of our Lord one
tho eight hundred and seventy Eve and Of
me independence Of the United States of America
the ninety.ninth before me- William Bernard
s Amsnpsss. II notary public duly commissioned
parish Of Orlsans. in the State of louisiana domi-
cated in the said city OF New Orleans. and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter named and
eaesns Msras
FiRKMENS INSURANCE COMPANY s OF NEW ~ OK
LEANS. . body corporate, domiciated in the said
city OF New Orleans. and duly chat tered under the
the stockholders of said com any who declared
that. in accordance with article eleven of the
and 279 of the Revised Statutes of the State of
Louisiana. approved March Il. 1870. a general
meeting Of the stock holders of the said Firemens
Insurance Company of New Orleans, regularly
called, was convened and held at the counting
room of the said company. situated at the corner
of Carp and Gravier streets in this city. on Mon
day of the twenty fourth day Of the month of May,
in the yeas Of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-6ve. for the purpose OF taking
INTO consideration proposed amendment to the
charter of said com any as originally framed by
act before me, notary, February Is. 1875.
and owning 1915 shares of the capital stock of the
said company were present represented and
took TOO; part in the deliberations thereof; that the
said stockholders holding and owning 1915 shares
of stock represented at the said meeting being
more than required by the charter of the said
company and the laws of this State in such cases
made and provided voted unanimously in favor
of the said proposed amendment; and that in view
OF the affirm alive vote thus cast the said amend
ment to the charter of the said company has been
adopted All which facts and figures are fully
shown by subscribed list of votes cast said
proposed mtndment now on file and of record in
the office of the said company and by the process
verbal of the deliberations had at said meeting.
duly attested by the secretary of the said com
reference.
That in order to carry into effect the said amend
ment, ana TO cause the same to be duly recorded
and advertised as by law required and by virtue
of powers in him vested by the said stock holders
under resolution by them adopted at the said
meeting, a duly certified copy of which said resO.
luton is hereto annexed for reference he the said
Isaac N Marks, president aforesaid acting for and
in behalf of the stockholders of the said Company.
has appeared before me. notary, and by these
Dnese5s doth declare and proclaim that the
company, as adopted at the said meeting. is fol-
lows, to wit:
end of the original charter of the Firemen's
Insurance Company of New Orleans, reading az
follows. During the first twelve months Of the
exist ence OF the said company its business shall be
confined to insurance against loss damage by
fire only. After that period. the directors are en-
powered Gf they deem it wise) to extend the bust
ness OF the said company to any and al bran ches
of risks set forth in this article" BE- stricken out
as follows, to wit:
ARTICLE SECOND
The purposes fer which the Firemens Insurance
Company of New Orleans is established, and the
nature Of the business to be carried on by it are
First-To make insurance on dwelling houses,
sugar houses, cotton PRESSES and all other build
goods wares, merchandise and other property
against loss or damage by fire.
SecOnd-TO make insurance on ships and sea-
going vessels, on steamboats, snd other vessels on
freights, goods, wares, merchandise. specie, bull
lion; commissions profits, bank notes, bills Of
orally all and every iDsur, nee appertaining to
and connected with maritime, inland and tral spor-
tation risks, bottomry and Respondents interests.
In other words, the DlrDOa09 and buafnesS
said company shall be to effect fire marine, river
and inland insurance Of all and every kind what.
sOever, with privilege. however, of exercising all
either of the said dift rent kinds of insurance
The said company sball also have power to cause
it shall have made insurance, and to invest it's
assets and to dispose Of its proper ty and effects
the manner and for the purposes hereinafter pro-
Thus done and passed at my Office in this city
of New Orleans IN the pre- sence OF Frederick Zengel
and Frank McGlOin, competent witnesses Of lawful
age. domcilated in the said city OF New 0. leans,
who sign these presents as such, together with
the said appearer and me, notary, on the day and
date first afore written.
Original signed:
l. n. MARKS, President.
FRED ZsNGEL,
FRANK MEG LOIN.
". B. kLEINPETER. Notary Public.
I, the undersigned, deputy recorder of mortgages
in and fol- the city and parish of Orleans State of
louisiana do hereby certify that the above ard
foregoing act amending the charter of the Fire
mems Insurance Company of New Orleans this
day duly recorded in my office according to law.
IN book No. ll8 fOliOs 6l0 Gil and 6I2.
New Orleans May g. 1875.
G. DARCANTEL, Deputy Recorder
], the undersigned, notary public, do hereby Ger
tify the foregoing to be true copy of the original
act of amendment to the charter OF the Firemen's
Insurance Company of New Orleans and the GER
tificate of recordatiOn thereof, now extant in my
OH and forming part of my current nOtarial reg
lister.
New Orleans May 80 1875.
WB KLEINPETER, Notary Public.
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