St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-31
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER
State of Louisiana, Parish of st.
Tammany.

AMENDMENT TO CHARTER.
State of Louisiana, Parish of st
Tammany.
Be 1t known that on this 18th da!
OF August, A. D., 1912, before me
BENJAMIN M. Miller, notary public
duly commissioned and qualified II
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 COvingtor
Naval Stores Company, Limited
&c. F. Mason, the President of the
said corporation being absent), In
their capacity as such Vice President
and 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
charter of the corporation, which
meeting was called for the, purpose
Of considering the following propo-
sitions, viz:
LIST. To change the domicile OF
said company from Covington, Lou
isiana, to New Orleans, Louisiana;
and,
"a. To change the number of d.
rectors of said corporation from sew
on ~ to five (5): 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 corporations; it
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
in9ton Naval Stores Company, Ltd,
and It's domicile is hereby established
in the city Of New Orleans, Louisi-
ana: and under its corporate name,
said corporation shall have the pow
er to contract, sue and be sued; to
make and use corporate seal, and
the same to break and alter at pleas
ure: to hold, receive, have, purchase
lease, improve, ALLEVIATE, convey, sell,
borrow, pledge, mortgage and hy-
pothecate, under its said corporate
name, property, real, personal and
mixed; to name and appoint such Of
ficers, directors, managers and agents
or employees, az the convenience or
interest of said corporation may re-
auire: to make and establish bylaws.
rules and regulations for the proper
management and regulation of its at
fairs, as may be deemed necessary
and proper; and the same to change
and alter at pleasure; and to 90 all
other acts and things permitted by
law, or as shall or may be necessary
snd proper to carry out the objects
and purposes of said corporation.
Said corporation, unless sooner dis
solved. in accordance with Its char
ter, shall exist and continue for .
period of ninety-nine years from and
letter the date hereof.
The president, or In his absence.
the vice president, shall be the prop
or person upon whom citation OF
otehr legal I:ccess shall be served. y
And at said meeting of said stocx-
holders it was unanimously decided
and voted that Article Four al OF
the cvharter ct this corporation be
and the game was amepded so as 10
read as follows:
Article 4. The corporate powers
of this corporation shall be vested m
and exercised by a Board of five (5)
Directors. Three (3) Of said d.
rectors shall constitute q 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 ut sucn
meeting, we're done and had In &C
cordance with law and with the pro-
visions Of the charter Of said cor
poration.
Thus done and passed at my ONCE
in Covington, Louisiana, on the DAY
! and year first above written, In the
presence Of A. S. Burns and A. II
Gtimmer, competent witnesses, who
sign the same with said appearers
and ME, Notary, after due reading.
Z Witnesses:
A. S. BURNS,
A. H. GRlMMER.
w. A. HOOD,
Vice President.
H. B, COLLINS,
Secretary.
BENZ. NJ. MILLER.
e Notarv Public