The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-13
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER
OF RITA OIL & DEVELOPMENT CON
PANY

NJ
PANY.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
I IE,I IS9U rSIA a, T PARIsH OF Or
Be 1t known, that on this sixteenth day
or the month Of May in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve
and or the independence of the United States
of America the one hundred and thirty.sixth'
before me, Louis A. Hubert, a notary pub
lie, duly commissioned and qualified In and
Tor this city and the parish of Orleans,
witnesses hereinafter named and undersign-
ed, personally came and appeared Mr. James
w. Porch, president. and Mr.. William ID.
vELOPStENT COMPANY, a corporation ere
ated under the laws Of Louisiana, domiciled
In the city Of New Orleans, Incorporated un-
der an act passed before GUSTAV r. West
telt, notary, In this city on the 10th day
OF May, A. ID. 1911, of record in the office
or the recorder of mortgages for the parish
OF Orleans, In book 1O1S, folio 622; and
herein acting in their said capacities and on
behalf OF said corporation, by virtue of the
authority conferred upon them by the stock
holders of said corporation on the 10th day
OF April, A. ID. 1912, as will more fully APP
adopted at meeting Of the stockholders and
annexed hereto, which said appearers de-
clared, acting In their said capacities, that
a meeting Of stockholders of the said Rita
Oil Development Company was convened
and held at the Office OF said company in
this city, on the 10th day Of April, A. ID.
1872, for the purpose of making certain
changes or amendments in and to the afore-
said act of Incorporation of the said COM
pany. passed before the said notary Gustaf
r. Westfelt, on the 10th day Of May, A. ID.
1911, and that the holders OF eight hundred
and nnety-six shares of the capital stock of
the said company being present or repre-
sented and that they being and representing
0Ter tw0hird s, Of the capital STOCK DID
charter OF said corporation should be chang
ARTICLE -FOUR.
The capital stock OF said corporation Is
hereby fixed at sixty thousand dollars
" $3.50, 0O0), divided into and represented by
six thousand (6,OO0) shares at ten dollars
$4,000 each. The whole of said stock
or any part thereof may be issued and de-
" ffvered to any person, firm or corporation,
" for the requirement of the rights, privl-
leges, franchises and property, or any part
thereof, now owned and controlled by the
Rita OIL & Development Company (unin-
"corporated) or to any person or corpora
ton for property, rights, franchises, etc,
purchased and acquired by this corpora
" ton also in payment. settlement and ad-
" tustment Of the costs, fees, charges and
expenses and commissions incurred for ser
" vices rendered in the formation and or
quiring and bringing about the purchase
" of the property, rights and franchises
Aforesaid; also for cash or In installments
:" of such amounts as the board Of directors
may determine; also for merchandise re-
ceived and services actually rendered to
+" this company. The board of directors
hereinafter created is especially author
lied to dispose of the stock of this CON-
pany in whole or in part, for any and all
of the purposes above stated, as In its
judgment may seem fair and proper
And the said appearers further declared
that in consideration of the foregoing and
pursuant to the authority in them vested
by the stockholders Of said company, they
do hereby formally declare, publish and
make known that In the manner prescribed
charter of the Rita OIL & Development Com
pany, of New Orleans, La, has been changed
altered and amended, as hereinbefore SCI
forth, and they do hereby direct and requir,
ments In and to said Article -Four of tn,
/ charter OF the Aforesaid company, be rs
corded and published IN the manner pre-