New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-08
PARISH OF ORLEANS, CITY OF NEW oRLEAN:

PARISH OF ORLEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
DE IT KNOWN TIL At ON THIS SIXTEENTH
ID day of the month of December in the year OF
our Lord one thousand light hundred and seventy
five aud CT the Independence OF the United States
of America. the one hundredth, before me,
commissioned and sworn in and for the parish and
city aforesaid therein residing and in the pres
ence of the witnesses hereinafter named and under.
signed, personally came and appeared, Jean Jules
Aldige of this CITY, herein appearing, stlpulating
and acting for and in the name and as president
poration duly organized under tue laws Of this
State by act passed before the undersigned notary,
on the twenty ninth day of August, 1871, and To-
Which said Jean Jules Aldige, in his said ca
pacty, declared that pursuant to the act OF in
ing of the stockholders of the said Benville Oil
Works Company was held and convened at the
office Of the said company On the elsvsnth Gay o.
certain measures and making certain amend
ments to it's actOf Incorporation.
That at said general meeting stockholders hold.
ing and owning fifteen hundred and forty.s
shares of the capital stock Of said communicating
more than three.fourths of the whole amount OF
the shares, which is fifteen hundred and fifty
were present or represented. And that at said
general meeting the following resolution was
Resolved, That in view of the fact that the COM
pany has acquired nine hundred and fifty shares
Of its stock capital he reduced to that extent
That the charter of this company be amended SO
that the third article shall read as follows:
1.-The capital stock Of this company is hereby
fixed at one hundred and fifty.five thousand dol
lars, divided into fifteen hundred and fifty shares
of one hundred dollars each, reserving to the
stockholders. duly assembled. according te the
provisions of the charter, the privilege OF increas-
ing or reducing said capital stock
Transfers Of stock snail be made on the books
not Wills any Indebtedness to the company exists
on the part OF the oder; and no certincate OF
stock shall be issued until the same is paid in full"
As the whole fully appears by the minutes OF
the proceedings of tho said general meeting,
hereto annexed for reference.
New, therefore, the said Jean Jules Aldige. as
president Of the said Bienville Oil Works Com:
pany, declared that by virtue of the foregoing and
in order to more fully carry into effect the afore.
the said Bienville Oil works Company at the gen
eral meeting held and convened at the Office OF the
said compsny on ths eleventh DAY OF d, IN
does by these presents in his said capacity publicly
declare and make known that article three Of the
charter act of incorporation Of the said blenvle
Oil Works Company, as passed before the under
signed notary on the twenty.ninth day OF August,
1871, has been changed and amended so as to read
and be as follows, to wit:
ARTICLE III.
THE capital stock of this company is hereby
fixed at one hundred and ffty.tive thousand dol
lars divided into fifteen hundred and fifty shares
of one hundred dollars each, reservins to the
stockhelders duly assembled, according to the
provisions Of the charter the privilege Of increas-
| ing or reducing said capital stock.
TT OF stock shall be made on the DoS ok
not while any Indebtedness to the company EXITS
| on the part Of the holder, and no certificate OF
stock shall be issued until the same is paid in full
Thus done and passed in the city Of New Or
leans, at my office, the day. month and year hrst
| above written, in the presence of Armand PitOt,
Jr., and Ambrose G. L. Pee, competent witnesses,
| who have signed with the said appesrer and me,
notary, after reading the whole.
Original signed:
J. ALDIGE,
4. PILOT, JR.,
A. q. LA PICE,
g. LIZ GARDEUR, JR.,
Notary Public.
| /, the undersigned, deputy recorder of mort
cages, for This CITY parish of Orleans, State Of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the foregoing
set Of amendment to the charter Of the Blenv1lla
j Oil Works Company, has been this day duly 70
! corded in this ONCE, agreeably to law, IN booA
| society lis, folio 73l.
New Orleans, December Is. 1875
i CHARLES DARCANTKL,
Deputy Recorder.
g. LIZ GARDRuR, JR.,