St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-30
Amendment to Charter
Covington, La. April 10, 1911

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
CoyIngton Grocery and Grain Company, Ltd,
ing present, on motion of E. J. frederick. duly
seconded by H. E. Ellis the following resolu-
ton was adopted:
Resolved. That a meeting of the stockholders
or the Covington Grocery and Grain Co., Ltd.
be and Is hereby called to meet at the Office
OF said corporation at Covington, La. on June
IS, 1910, to vote on the question of increasing
the capital stock of said corporation from tiftv
thousand dollars to two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, and to amend Article Three
OF the Charter so as to read as follows:
Inc capital stock Of this corporation shall be
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, divid-
ed into and represented by two thousand five
hundred shares OF the par value of one hum
dred dollars each, which said stock may be
or exchange for property or rights actually
received or purchased by said corporation pro-
vided that no stock shall be issued unless the
consideration therefor has been received by
said corporation.
All tlansfers of stock shall be made on the
books Of said company. at its office at Coving-
ton st. Tammany Parish. La, on the surrender
OF the certificate therefor.
This corporation shall commence doing
business as soon as five thousand dollars shall
have been subscribed for and paid in.
And also to amend Article Six of said Charter
so that the same shall lcad as follows:
This act OF incorporation may be changed,
altered or amended, or its capital stock in
creased or diminished or this corporation may
stock issued by the corporation, at general
meeting called for that purpose, after thirty
days notice of such meeting to be published
in newspaper, and after written or printed
notices thereof have been mailed. postage
prepaid, to stockholders forty days before
such meeting.
Resolved further, That notice of said meeting
of stockholders be published for thirty days
in some newspaper of the town of Covington.
La, and that written or printed notices of said
meeting be mailed in the postoffice at Covng-
ton, La. postage prepaid, addressed to each of
the stockholders of said corporation, as re-
Quired by law.
On motion, meeting thereupon adjourned.
We certify that the foregoing is a true and
of the Board OF doctors of the Covington
Grocery and Grain Company, Ltd.
s;J; DoMERGUE, Jr., President.
CHARTER OF THE SMITH HARD
HARDWARE CO., LTD.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
State of Louisiana,
Parish OF st. Tammany.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this, the
LIST day of April, in the year of our
Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Ten, and of the Independence of the
United States the One Hundred and
Thirty-fourth:
Before me, EDWARD H. RICHARD,
a Notary Public duly commissioned and
qualified, in and for the Parish of st.
Tammany, State Of Louisiana, and in
the presence of the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned, person.
ally came and appeared the parties
whose names are hereunto subscribed,
all of full age, who declare that, avail
ing themselves of the provisions OF
the laws Of the State of Louisiana.
relative to the organization of corpora
tons, they have covenanted and agreed,
and by these presents do covenant and
agree to bind themselves, as well as
such other persons as may hereafter
become associated with them, to form
and constitute corporation and body
polite in law, for the purposes and OBJ
jects, and under the stipulations, ar
ticles and conditions following, to-
wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and style Of this corpora
ton shall be the SMITH HARDWARE
COMPANY, LIMITED" and by that
ity to exist and enjoy succession for
the full term and period of ninety-nine
years from date hereof, unless sooner
dissolved.
ARTICLE II.
shall ahe he aom m He Of this coorporation
in the Parish of st. Tammany, State of
Louisiana. All citations and other
legal processes shall be served upon
the President, or in case of his alb
sence or inability to act. upon the Vice
President. The President shall be the
executive officer of the corporation. and
shall preside at the meetings of the
Board of Directors and stockholders.
ARTICLE III.
Inc objects and purposes for which
this corporation is established. and
the nature Of the business to be
carried on by 1t, are hereby declared
to be: To do a general wholesale and
retail hardware and building material
business, and to handle, incidental to
said business, full line of wooden
ware, glass ware, crockery ware, tin
ware and granite ware, wagons, bug
gies, leather goods, and such other
lines of general merchandise as NAV
be deemed necessary to carry in stock,
incidental to the above enumerated
lines of business.
ARTICLE ".
inns corporation may sue or be sued
IN It's corporate name, make and use
! corporate seal, the same to alter and
break at pleasure; hold have, receive,
purchase, convey, sell, mortgage NV
oothecate. pledge, lease, suitcase and
enjoy real, personal or mixed prop
srty; also borrow and lend money and
make contracts; make and establish
such bylaws. rules and regulations as
nay be necessary, and the same to
.hange and alter at pleasure; and shall
possess all the rights and privileges to
which corporations are, or NAV be au-
horiZed and entitled to possess This
corporation may exercise its corporate
lowers within any other State of this
Union.
ARTICLE v.
The capital stock of said corpora
ion shall be Twenty Thousand (s2O,-
00.0o) Dollars, divided into and repre-
ented nv two hundred I2hh1 Starec I