The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-04-18
AMENDMENT TO
CHARTER
OF J. BART DAVIS PIANO COMPANY.

OF J. BART DAVIS PlANO CoMfAN1.
Re II known. that on this sixth day Of
the month of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and twelve, be
for me, LAWRENCE Mclean Janln, notary
public duly commissioned and qualified, in
and for the parish of Orleans, state or Lou
isiana, personally came and appeared, j
Bart Davis herein appearing in his official
capacity as president of The j. Bart DAVIS
Piano Company, a corporation duly organ
lied under the laws of the state OF I0uiSi-
ana and domiciled in this city ; the said ap-
pearer herein, acting in his said official ca
pacity and for and in behalf of said corpo-
ration under and by virtue OF a resolution
adopted at the special meeting of the stock
holders thereof, hereinafter referred to, who
declared: that written notice thereof having
been mailed to each stakeholder more than
forty (10) days prior TO said meeting and
publication thereof having been made in the
Daily States, daily newspaper in this city
on the 4th. 18th. 18th and 18th OF Febru-
airy. 1912 and March 4th, 1912, in addition
thereto special meeting of the stockhOld-
ers of the said j. Bart Davis Piano Company
was convened and held at the office OF sald
company, in this city, on the 14th day of
March, 1912, of which meeting Louis Scher-
err and Marie f. Dodge were chosen chairman
and secretary, respectively, Tor the purpose
of amending the original act OF incorpOra-
tion Of said company, passed before me, the
undersigned notary public, on the Ind day
of November 1911, and recorded in the
mortgage office Of this parish in book 1901,
folio 800: and that at said meeting more
than three-fourths (3-4) Of all Of the capt.
tai stock of said company was present and
voted; and Ii was at this said meeting
unanimously agreed and decided by all OF
the stockholders of said company that Arti-
Gle Nv OF said act of Incorporation should
he changed, altered and amended, so as to
hereafter be and read as follows, to-wit
THE CAPITAL stock OF this corporation
shall be forty thousand dollars (S4O,OOO)
divided into two thousand (2,0OO) shares of
(S20.O0) twenty dollars each. One thou
L.. hall H. lNgs
and q .00O) shares shall be preferred stock,
bearing eight per cent (Sq1) interest cumul-
alive. AL stock shall be paid in cash or
its equivalent, and shall be paid for in such
installments and on such terms as the board
OF directors may fix"
And the said appearer, ]. Bart Davis. in
his said capacity. further declared that said
change and amendment 10 Article w of the
original act of Incorporation was adopted
= unanimously by the stockholders of said cor
pOration and acting under the authority
vested in him as president Of said corpora
ton, by resolution at said meeting adopted.
as per a duly certified copy of same annexed
hereto and made part hereof: the said j.
Bart Davis further declared for and In behalf
Of said j. Bart Davis Piano Company that
Article " Of said act OF incorporation Of
said company has been modified changed.
altered and amended. so as to hereafter read
be and exist as is hereinbefore written and
set forth, and he does hereby authorize and
require said alteration and amendment to
he duly recorded and published In the man.
ner required by law, to the end that the
same shall hereafter and at all times be
binding upon the said stockholders, and all
such persons as may hereafter become stock
holders of said corporation.
Thus done and passed. in my Office in the
. city OF New Orleans. on the day. month and
Eyear herein first above written, in the pres
fnce of Messieurs Edward MOntegut and Ed
Ward ]. Thilborger, competent witnesses
who have hereunto signed with the said ap-
bearers. and me, notary, after reading of
the whole.
(Original signedD J. Bart Davis. presi-
dent CWitnesses) f. Montegut, f. J.
Thilborger.
(SeaD LAWRENCE VI. JANIN.
Notary Public
|. the undersigned recorder of mortgages
In and for the parish of Orleans. state of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act of amendment of incorpo-
was this day duly recorded in my Office, in
book 1851, folio =.
New Orleans. April 9Th. 1912.
tSeaD (Signed) EMILE LEONARD,
by. r.
STATE of louisiana
Parish OF Orleans
I, Lawrence NJ. Janin, a notary public
duly commissioned and qualified. In and for
the parish of Orleans state of louisiana do
hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Is true and correct copy of the act of
amendment TO the charter OF The ]. Bart
Davis Piano Company. passed before me- and
OF record and on file In my notarial Office in
the city OF New Orleans. In faith whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official SEAL
LAWRENCE NJ JANIN,
tSeall Notary Public.