New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-09
CORPORATIONS,
A MENDMENT TO CHARTER.
UNITED STATES OF AMBRICA-STATR OF LOU
ISIANA.

PARISH OF ORLEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
b day Of the mouth Of December in the year Of
our Lord one thousand light hundred and seventy
five and of the Independence OF the United States
Of America, the one hundredth, before me-
Gus;ave Ls Gardeur, IT,. notary. public duly
commissioned and sworn in and for the parish and
city Aforesaid, herein residing, and in the pres
sisued, personally came and appeared, Jean jules
Aldge, Of this city, herein appearing STIMULATING
Of the BIBNv1LLE OIL WORKS COMPANY. cor:
poratiOn duly organized under the laws OF this
State by act passed before the undersigned notary,
on the tw-nty-ninth day OF August 1871, and To-
Gated in this city.
Which said Jean Jules Aldige, in his said ca
pacity declared that pursuant to the act of in
Corporation Of the said company, a general meet.
ing of the Stockholders Of the said Bienville Oil
Works Company was held and convened at the
December. 1875. for the purpose Of authorizing
certain measures and making certain amend
ments to it's act of Incorporation.
That at said general meeting stockholders hold.
ing and owning fifteen hundred and forfy-sx
shares of the capital stock Of said company-beine
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
unanimously adopted, to wits
Resolved That in view Of the fact that the COM
pany hae acquired nine hundred and fifty shares
Of its stock, the capital be reduced to that 4tent
That the charter of this company be amended so
that the third article shall read as follows
THE capt tai stock Of this company is hereby
fixed ut one hundred ana ffty.fve thousand dol
lars divided into fifteen hundred and fifty shares
of one hundred dollars each, reserying to the
Stockholders. duly assembled, according to the
provisions Of the charter the privilege OF lncreas
ing or reducing said capital stock
"Transfers Of stock snail be made on the books
Of the company ct its office in this city only put
on the part Of the holder and no certificate of
stock shall be issued until the same is paid in full
As the whole fully appears by the minutes of
general meeting
hereto annexed for reference.
Now, therefore, the said Jean Jules Aldige, as
president Of the said Benville Oil Works Com
pany. declared that by virtue the foregoing and
in order to more fully carry into effect the sfore
said adogTed oy the th o.
eral meeting held and convened at the Office OF the
said company on the eleventh day of December in
slant, aforesaid, he, the said Jean Jules Aldige
does by these presents his said capacity publicly
declare and make known that article three OF the
charter or act OfincOrporaton of the said Bienvle
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 tifty.tve thousand dol
lars, divided into fifteen hundred and fifty shares
of one hundred dollars each, reservinS to the
Stockholders duly assembled, according to the
provisions Of the char ter tho privilege OF increas
ing or reducing said capital stock.
Transfers Of stock shall be made on the books
of the company at its office IN this city only, Dut
not while any Indebtedness to the company exists
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 first
above written, in the presence OF Armand Pilot,
JT., and Ambrose G. La Pc, competent witnesses,
who have signed with the said appesrer and me-,
notary, after reading the whole.
Original signed:
J. ALDIGE,
A. RI Tot, JR.,
A. q. LA PlCE,
g. LIZ GARDBUR, JR.,
Notary Public.
I. the undersigned. deputy recorder Of mort;
Cages for this city, parish Of Orleans, State OF
Louisians, do hereby certify that the foreg Ding
act Of amendment to the charte. Of the Bienvins
Oil Works Company, has been this day duly re-
corded in this Office, asreeably to law. IN book
sOeiety lis, folio 73l. a
CHARLES DAROANTHL,
Deputy Recorder.
0,LR GARDRUR, JR.
d q 10 g js29 Rotary Public.