St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-09-28
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER.
State of Louisiana, Parish of st.
Tammany.

BENJAMIN NJ. Miller, a notary public
duly commissioned and qualified in
and for the parish of St. Tammany
State of Louisiana, and in the pres
ence of the undersigned witnesses
personally came and appeared w. A
Hood, Vice President, and H. b
Collins, Secretary, Of the Covington
Naval Stores Company, Limited,
&c. F. Mason, the President of the
said corporation being ABSENT, In
their capacity as such Vice President
land Secretary of said corporation,
who declare that at meeting of the
stockholders of said Covington Naval
Stores Company, Limited, duly held
on the 18th day of August. 1912,
after due notice by advertisement,
and by personal notice to each stock
holder, in the manner and for the
time required by law and by the
Icharter of the corporation, which
meeting was called for the purpose
of considering the following propo-
(sitions, viz:
1st. To change the domicile OF
said company from Covington, Lou
isiana, to New Orleans, Louisiana;
and, ...-. ..
I'd. To change the number of di.
|rectors of said corporation from sew
en- Cd to five go; and,
At which meeting there were pres
|ent, in person or by duly authorized
proxy, stockholders representing
more than three-fourths of the entire
capital stock of said corporation; 1t
was unanimously voted and decided
that Article One Cd of the charter
of this corporation be and the same
was amended so as to read as fol
lows:
article /. The name and title
of the said corporatin shall be Cow
|ington Naval Stores Company, Ltd,
land its domicile is hereby established
lin the city of New Orleans, Louisi-
ana; and under its corporate name,
|said corporation shall have the pow
Ter to contract, sue and be sued; tc
make and use a corporate seal. and
the same to break and alter at pleas.
lure; to hold, receive, have, purchase.
lease, improve, ALLEVIATE, convey. sell,
borrow, pledge, mortgage and n.y.
|pothecate, under its said corporate
name, property, real, personal and
mixed; to name and appoint such Of
Ulcers, directors, managers and agents
Tor employees, as the convenience or
interest of said corporation may re-
|Quire; to make and establish bylaws,
rules and regulations for the proper
management and regulation of its az
fairs, as may be deemed necessary
and proper; and the same to change
and alter at pleasure; and to do all
other acts and things permitted by
law, or as shall or may be necessary
and proper to carry out the objects
and ou:w ses of said corporation.
Said corporation, unless sooner dis
solved, in accordance with its char
ter, shall exist and continue for a
period of ninety-nine years from and
after the date hereof.
The president, or in his absence
the wee president, shall be the prop
Ter person upon whom citation Or
|otehr legal process shall be served. .
And at said meeting of said stock
holders it was unanimously decided
and voted that Article Four az OF
the cvharter OF this corporation be
and the came was amended so as to
read as follows:
article 4. The corporate powers
of this corporation shall be vested III
and exercised by Board of five 81
Directors. Three 90 of said di-
rectcrs shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business, and their
decisions shall be valid corporate
acts
And said appearers declare that
all things done and all proceedings
had by said stockholders, at such
meeting, were done and had in ac-
cordance with law and with the pro-
visions Of the charter of said cor
poration.
Thus done and passed at my office
in Covington. Louisiana, on the day
and year first above written, in the
presence Of A. S. Burns and A. H.
Gf INNER, competent witnesses, who
sign the same with said appearers,
and me, Notary, after due reading.
Witnesses:
A. S. BURNS,
A. H. GRIMMER.
w. A. HOOD,
Vice President.
H. B. COLLINS,
Secretary.
BENZ. M. MILLER.
Notary Public.
hereby certify the above and fore.
going to be true and correct CODY
of the original act passed before me
as Notary and recorded in MORTGAGE
Book S, page -.
BENZ. M. MILLER.
auI4-SOd Notary Public.