The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-06-19
The Burnside and Donaldson
vile Packet Company,
Limited.
United States of Amerlca-State of Louisiana
Parish of Ascension

United States of Amerlca-State of Louisiana
Parish of Ascension.
before ME. G.. Adolph Gondran, notary
I'D public duly commissioned and qualified in
and for the parish of Ascension, state of Louis-
ana. and in the presence of the hereinafter named
and undersigned witnesses, personally came and
appeared: Messrs. Henry @. Braud, herein acting
in his quality of president of, and James P Ar
mitage herein acting in his quality as secretary
of the Burnside and Donaldsonville Packet Conn
pany, Limited, a duly incorporated institution
domiciled in the parish of Ascension, Louisiana,
as per act of incorporation passed before R. Nc
CulIoh, a notary public in and for the parish of
Ascension, on the End day of March, 1885, re
corded in Book Of Miscellaneous Acts No. Five,
Folio $685. of the recorders Office of the parish Of
Ascension, Louisiana, said appearers being herein
and hereunto authorized and empowered by
virtue of resolution of the board of directors of
said corporation adopted on the 10th day of
June. 1909, q duly certified copy of which is
hereto annexed and made part hereof for ref
erence.
Which said appearers acting as aforesaid
severaliy declare that in pursuance with Article
of the charter OF said corporation, q general
meeting OF the stockholders and shareholders Of
said corporation was duly convened and held at
its office at Burnside Ascension parish, Iouisi-
ana On the 10th day of June. 1909, after thirty
days previous notice by publication in the Don
aldsonville Chief, a newspaper published in the
town of Donaldsonville, La as required by the
provisions of said charter, for the purpose o.
amending Articles Two and Six of said charter
at hich meeting majority of the shareholders
of said corporation representing over three
fourths of the capital stock of said corpol ation
voted for and in favor of said amendments. az
win appear by a certified copy of the minutes Of
said meeting,
Now. therefore they, said apnearers, acting in
the aforesaid respective canacities declared thai
they do hereby make it known that agreeably to
the provisions of said charter of said corpora
ton the aforesaid articles Two aud Six of sale
charter were amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes for which tits cor
poration is established and the nature of th4
Il h. l,1. H.
clared to be to procure. maintain and operate
one or more steamboats,. towboats or other YES
sells for the transportation of passengers, freight
merchandise and the mails of the nited States,
and the toWage of barges, etc. and the tfansac
ton of any and all business connected with o.
appertaining to the employment and running
chartering and maintaining of one more line
of steamboats, and otfer water crafts from tn.
city of New Creams to all points on the stissi
sppi river and its tribut aries in the state of
iSiana and elsewhere, and to operate ferries 81
and across the Mississippi river at any uoint j.
the state of Louisiana. and to engage in and &c
a general passenger and towage business upon
any of the waters or navigabfe streams of t.is
and adjoining states; to operate and build rail-
roads and toll roads in connection with said
steamboats,. and generally to do and perform all
that may be requisite or reasonably necessary
for the carrying out of the aforesaid objects an6
purposes OF this corporation.
ARTICLE VI.
The capital stock of this corporation is hereby
fixed at the sum Of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS, 10 be divided into and represented
by twenty-five hundred shares of stock OF the
sum of TEN DOLLARS each. Said stock shall
be paid in cash at such time. in such manner
and in such amounts and after such notices 10
the stockholders as may be fixed by the beard Ct
directors, or the same may be issued for labct
rendered or done services rendered or money O
property actually received or purchased by the
said corporation upon such terms and in sucL
amounts and at such times as may be prescribed
by the board of directors.
Thus done and passed at the parish Of Ascer-
sion state of Louisiana on this 10th day of June,
1903, in the presence of Messrs A. Z. dickson
and G. w. Belle, good and competent witnesses,
who, with the said appearers and me. notary
have signed these presents after due reading OF
the whole. {Signed)
HENRY c.. BRAUD, President
JAMES p. ARMITAGE. Secretary.
Witnesses:
ARTHUR E. HIcKsoN,
G. W.sBELLE. g. A. GONDRAN.
Notary Public.
State Of Louisiana. Parish of Ascension do
hereby certify the above and foregoing to be duly
recorded in Book of Miscellaneous Acts No. 6,
folio AL.
IN faith whereof. witness my hand and seal
OF Office at Donaldsonville La. this 10th day oil
June, 1903. J. FD. FERNANDEZ
Clerk and Recorder
Astrue copy Of the original On &c.
]. En- FERNANDEZ,
Dig. Clerk Of Court