The herald., 1912-06-06
OF RITA OIL & DEVELOPMENT COZ
PANY.

PAN1.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF Or
LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Of the month of May IN the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve
and OF the independence Of the United States
or America the one hundred and thirty-slxth
lie, duly commissioned and qualified In and
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 D.
vELOPMENT COMPANY, a corporation ere
In the city Of New Orleans, incorporated un-
der an act passed before Gustaf r. West
felt, notary, in this city on the 10th day
OF May, A. D. 1911. of record in the Office
Of the recorder Of mortgages for the parish
OF Orleans, in book 1918, folio 800; and
herein acting In their said capacities and on
behalf OF said corporation, by virtue of the
holders of said corporation on the 10th day
or April, A. ID. 1912, as will more fully APP
pear by certified copy of the minutes
adopted at meeting Of the stockholders and
clared, acting In their said capacities, that
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 d.
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, Gustaf
r. Westfelt, on the 10th day Of May, A. d.
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-thirds of the capital stock, did
unanimously decide that Article w 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
:" $60,000). divided into and represented by
:" $4,000 each. The whole Of said stock
"or any part thereof may be issued and de-
hvered to any person, firm or corporation,
!" for the requirement of the rights, privi-
leges, franchises and property, or any part
thereof, now owned and controlled by the
+" Rita OIL & Development Company (unin-
eorporated) or to any person or corpora
!" ton for property, rights franchises etc,
purchased and acquired by this corpora,
tion; 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
I" 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 & Development Com
peny. of New Orleans, La, has been changed
altered and amended, as hereinbefore set
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-