The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-23
AMENDMENT TO
CHARTER
OF J. BART DAVIS PIANO COMPANY.


Be it 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 Janin, a notary
public, duly commissioned and qualified, in
and for the parish of Orleans, state of Lou
Bart Davis, herein appearing In his official
capacity as president of The ]. Bart Davis
Piano Company, corporation duly organ
lied under the laws OF the state Of Louisi-
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 (4O) days prior to said meeting, and
publication thereof having been made in the
Daily States, a daily newspaper in this city
on the 4th, 18th, 18th and 25th of Febru-
airy, 1912 and March 4th 1912, In addition
thereto, a special meeting of the stockhold
ers of the said J. Bart Davis Piano Company
was convened and held at the Office of said
| company, In this city, on the 14th day Of
March, 1912, Of which meeting Louis Scher-
er and Marie +. Dodge were chosen chairman
and secretary, respectively, for the purpose
OF amending the original act of incorpora-
ton of said company, passed before me, the
of November, 1911, and recorded in the
mortgage office of this parish in book 1851,
| folio 800: and that at said meeting more
than three-fourths l3-4l Of all OF the CAPT;
tai stock of said company was present and
voted; and 1t 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
be 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 S40,000).
divided into two thousand (2,OOO) shares OF
| (S20.O0) twenty dollars each. One thou
sand shares 10000 shall be common stock
and Q,00Ol shares shall be preferred stock
bearing eight per cent 1871 interest cumul.
: ative. All stock shall be paid in cash OF
, 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, J. Bart Davis, In
his said capacity, further declared that said
change and amendment to 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 duly certified copy of same annexed
hereto and made part hereof; the said J
, Bart Davis further declared for and in behal
l Of said ]. Bart Davis Piano Company tina
: Article " of said act OF Incorporation O
said company has been modified, changed
altered and amended, so as to hereafter read
, be and exist as is hereinbefore written AM
e set forth, and he does hereby authorize an,
|, require said alteration and amendment {,
$ be duly recorded and published in the man
e ner required by law, TO the end that tn
, same shall hereafter and at all times b
= binding upon the said stockholders, and al
r such persons as may hereafter become stock
s holders OF said corporation.
Thus done and passed. in my Office In tn
city of New Orleans, on the day, month an
year herein first above written, In the pres
= ence of Messieurs Edward Montegut and Ed
: ward ]. Thilborger. competent witnesses
i who have hereunto signed with the said ar
u bearers, and me, notary after reading O
the whole.
(0riginal signed) J. Bart Davis, pres
$ Thilborger.
i (SeaD LAWRENCE NJ. JANIN,
oil Notary Publ,
e I, the undersigned, recorder of mortgage.
d in and for the parish of Orleans, state &
, Louisiana, do hereby certify that the abov
e and foregoing act of amendment OF incorp,
e ration of The ]. Bart Davis Piano Compan
y was this day duly recorded in my office,
: book 1851, folio :.
e New Orleans, April 9Th, 1912
(SeaD (Signed) EMILE LEONARD,
e by.
, State of Louisiana,
; Parish of Orleans