The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-23
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
AMENDMENT TO
CHARTER
OF RITA OIL & DEVELOPMENT COM
PANY.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF Or
LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF Or
LEANS. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
BE it known. that on this sixteenth day
OF the month of May In the year OF our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve
and of the Independence or the United states
of America the one hundred and thirty-SlNth,
before me, Louis \. Hubert, notary pun.
lie duly commissioned and qualified in ana
for this city and the parish OF Orleans,
therein residing and in the presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named and undersign-
ed, personally came and appeared Mr.. James
w. Porch. president, and Mr., william ~
Weidner secretary of the RITA OIL X DE
VEI,OPMENT COMPANY. corporation ere
ated under the laws Of Louisiana, domiciled
In the city Of New Orleans, Incorporated I'M
der an act passed before Gustav *. west
felt a notary. in this city on the 10th day
of MAY, A. II. 1911, OF record In the ONCE
of the recorder Of mortgages for the parish
OF Orleans in book 1913, 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
pear by a certified copy of the minutes
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.
1912, 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, GUSTAV
X. Westfelt, on the 10th day of May, \. ID
1911, and that the holders of eight hundred
and ninety-six shares of the capital stock of
the said company being present or repre-
sented and that they being and representing
over two-thrds OF the capital stock, did
unanimously decide that Article " Of the
charter of said corporation should be chang
ed and amended so as to read as follows
ARTICLE FOUR.
"The capital stock Of said corporation is
hereby fixed at sixty thousand dollars
" 1850, 00O), divided into and represented by
six thousand 10000 shares at ten dollars
$4,000 each. The whole of said stock
"or any part thereof may be issued and de-
" livered to any person, firm or corporation,
for the requirement of the rights, priyi-
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
"tlon also in payment, settlement and ad-
"justment Of the costs, fees, charges and
expenses and commissions incurred for ser
"vices rendered In the formation and or
"ganization Of this corporation, and in &C.
"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 COM
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
by law, the aforesaid Article Four OF the
charter of the Rita Oil 4 Development Com
pany, of New Orleans. La, has been changed
altered and amended, as hereinbefOre SCI
forth, and they do hereby direct and require
that the above stated changes or amend
ments in and to said Article Four of the
charter of the aforesaid company, be re
corded and published in the manner pre-
scrlbed by law to the end that the said
amendment may hereafter be as Is herein
above set forth, as regards all persons thai
are now or may hereafter be stockholders o.
said company.
Thus done and passed In my Office. at tn,
city Of New Orleans, on the day, month anC
year first above written. In the presence o.
Messieurs ]. VI. QuinterO and August III
Ritter, competent witnesses, who have here
unto signed their names with the said ap
pearers and me, notary, after reading thu
foregoing.
Original signed James W. Porch, pres
ident; W. ID. Weidner, secretary. j. VI
Quintero, A. ii. Ritter.
l.. A. HUBERT, Notary Public.
CERTIFICATE.
This certifes that the above and foregoing
Is true and correct copy Of the original &C
amending Article Four of the Rita OIL 1
development Company. passed before m
this 10th day of May, A. ID. 1912. which &C
Is now extant and OF record in the archive
OF my Office.
In testimony whereof have hereunto Sc
my hand and affixed my seal of Office thi
10th day OF May, A. ID. 1912
(Signed) l.. A. HUBERT
(Seal) NotarU Pubii,
i. the undersigned, recorder of mortgages
In and for the parish Of Orleans, state o
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the aboy
and foregoing act amending Article Nv o
the charter OF the Rita Oil & development
company. was this day duly recorded In m
ONCE. In book 1856, folio =.
New Orleans, May 18th, 1912
ISigned) EMILE LEONARD, ID. X.
may % 30 june 6 13 20 %