St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-09-07
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER.
State of Louisiana, Parish of st
Tammany.

state OF Louisiana, Parish OF ot.
Tammany.
Be it known that on this 18th day
of August, A. D., 1912, before me,
BENJAMIN NJ. Miller, a notary public,
duly commissioned and qualified in
and for the parish of St. Tammany,
Estate 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
and Secretary of said corporation,
who declare that at meeting of the
stockholders of said Covington Naval
Stores Company, Limited, duly held
on the 10th 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:
! 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- ~ 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 ID 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 Gov.
ington Naval Stores Company. Ltd,
and its 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 n.y.
lpothecate, under its said corporate
name, property, real, personal and
mixed; to name and appoint such OF
ficers, directors, managers and agents
or 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 it's at
fairs, as may be deemed necessary
and proper: and the same to change
and alter ct 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 purposes 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 vice president, shall be the prop
er 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 ca Of
the cvharter ct this corporation be
and the game was amended so as to
read as follows:
Article q. The corporate powers
Of this corporation shall be vested in
and exercised by Board of five (5)
Directors. Three (3) of said d.
rectors shall constitute quorum for
No fva ar 0f +hAfw
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 &C
cordance with law and with the pro-
visions Of the charter of said cor
poration.
Thus done and passed at my Office
in Darlington, Louisiana, on the day
and year first above written, in the
presence of A. S. Burns and A. H.
GIimmer, 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 copy
OF the original act passed before me
as Notary and recorded in Mortgage
Book S, page -.
BENZ. NJ. MILLER.
au24-3Od Notary Public.
Succession of Armand Cousin.
No. 1879.
Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court /
parich re G. Tou,,,,~rv 70