The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-06-12
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER
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.
q BEFORE ME, G. Adolph Gondran, notary
- public duly commissioned and qualified IN
and for the parish of Ascension, state of LOUISE
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 z. Ar
mitage, herein acting in his quality as secretary
of the Burnside and DonaIdsonville Packet Com
pany, Limited, q duly Incorporated institution
dcmiciled in the parish of Ascension, Louisiana.
as per act of incorporation passed before r. Nc
Cuiioh, notary public in and for the parish OF
Ascension, on the End day of March, 1898, re-
corded in Book OF Miscellaneous Acts No. Five,
Folio 565, of the recorders Office of the parish of
Ascension Louisiana, said appearcrs being herein
and heTeunto authorized and empowered BY
virtue OF resolution OF the board efdireetors Of
said corporation adopted the 10th day of
June, 1853, a duly certified copy OF which Is
hereto annexed and made part hereof for ref
erence.
Which said appearers, acting as aforesaid
severa1ly declare that in pursuance with Article
v of the charter of said corporation, a general
meeting of the stockholders and shareholders of
said corporation was duly convened and held at
its office at Burnside Ascension parish, Louisi-
ana. on the 10th day OF June, 1903, after thirty
days previous notice by publication IN the Dom
alGSonVille hIef. a newspaper published lii the
town of Donaldsonvile, La. as required by the
provisions of said charter, for the purpose of
amending Articles Two and Six of said charter,
at which meeting q majority of the shareholders
of said corporation representing over three
fourths of the capital stock of said corporation
voted for and in favor Of said amendments, as
viii appear by. 8 certified copy OF the minutes of
said meeting.
Nov. therefore they, said appearers, acting in
the aforesaid respective capacities, declared that
they do hereby make it known that agree8bly to
the provisions Of said charter Of said corpora
tion the aforesaid Articles Two and Six Of said
charter were amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE H.
The objects and purposes for which this cor
poration is established and the gatqre Of the
business TO be carried on b. it are hereby de-
clared to be to procure. ilaint ain and operate
one or more steamboats,. toWboats or other yes
sells for the transportation of passengers, freight,
merchandise and the mails of the United states
and the towage of barges, etc, and the transac-
ton of any and all business connected with or
appertaiHtng to the employment and running.
chartering and maintaining of one or more lines
of steamboats, and other water crafts from the
city of Rev Orleans to al points on the Missi :
sipp river and its tributaries in the state of ou-
isIana and elsewhere, anu to operate ferries on
and across the Mississippi river at any point IN
the state of Louisiana. and to engage in and 90
a general passenger and towage business upon
any of the waters or naFlgable streams of this
and adjoining states; to operate and build rail
reads and toll roads in connection with said
steambests and generally to do and perform all
that may be requisite or reasonably necessary
fer the carrying ont of the aforesaid objects and
purposes of this corporation.
ARTICLE VI.
The capital stock Of this corporation is hereby
fixed al the sum of TNF EfSIY FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS, to be divided into and represented
by twenty-five hundred shares Of stock of the
sum of TIN DOLLARS each Said stock shall
be paid in cash at such time. in such manner
and in such amounts and after such notices to
the stockholders as may be fixed by the board OF
directors, or the same may be issued for labor
rendered or done, services rendered Or money or
property actually received or purchased by the
said corporation upon such terms and in such
amounts and at such times as may be prescribed
by the board of directors.
Thus done and passed at the parish of Bseen-
sion state OF Louisiana on this 10th day OF June,
1909, in the presence of Messrs. A. E. Rickson
and C. W. Belle, good and competent witnesses,
Who with the said appearers and me, notary,
have signed these presents after due reading OF
the whole. tSlgned)
HENRY G. BRAUD, President,
JAMES P. ARMITAGE, Secretary.
Witnesses:
ARTHUR e. HICKsoN,
C. W. BELLE. G. A. G0SDRAN,
Notary Public.
State of Louisiana, Parish Of ASCENSION do
hereby certify the above ana foregoing to beduly
recorded in Book OF Miscellaneous Acts No. 6,
folio 43I.
In faith whereof, witness my hand ard seal
Of Office, at Donaldsonville. La, this 10Th day OF
June 1909. j. FD. FERRA NDEZ,
Clerk and Recorder.
A true copy OF the original on file.
j. FD. FERNANDEZ,
by. Clerk of Court.