The herald., 1913-11-27
AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER
)F GRANT SMITH & COMPANY, LIMIT
ED, OF LOUISIANA


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF OR
Be it known. that on this Both day of
| October, 1913, before me, Arthur b. Leopold,
notary public, duly commissioned and quail
! ihed within and for the parish OF Orleans.
state OF Louisiana, and in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed, personally came and appeared A d.
Graves and VI. Caplan, residents of the city
of New Orleans, herein appearing in their
capacities as chairman and secretary res
PGctlyeIy OF a stockholders meeting Of
GRANT SMITH & COMPANY, LIMITED.
OF LOUISIANA, a corporation dOmicilcd in
this, city, organized by act passed before
eighteenth day of September, nineteen hun
dred and thirteen, and under and by virtue
or resolution passed at the stockholders
meeting hereinafter mentioned, a certified
copy of the minutes of which meeting is
hereto annexed as part hereof: who declared
that at general meeting OF the stockhold-
ers or said corporation, held on the 30th
day Of October, 1913, which has been con-
vened for that special purpose according to
law, the following amendment TO the char
ter of said corporation was adopted by an
unanimous vote of the holders of all stock
OF said company, present or represented at
said meeting, to-wit
ARTICLE of said charter was amended
so as to read as follows, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of the
corporation hereby formed is declared to
''be GRANT SMITH & COMPANY OF LOU
"ISEANA, LIMITED.
Its domicile shall be in the city Of New
"Orleans, state OF Louisiana, and 1t shall
have and enjoy succession by its corporate
name for period of ninety nine (99) years
from and after the date hereof.
This corporation shall have power and
authority to contract, sue and be sued In
Its corporate name; to make and use a cor
"pOrate seal: TO hold, receive, hire and pur-
cha. chase real and personal property and to
sell, mortgage, or pledge the same, and to
borrow money and issue bonds, notes and
"Other obligations.
"All citations or other legal process shall
he served upon the president, and, In the
event of HIS absence or inability to act
from any cause, the same shall be served
upon the vice-president, or any other off,
Ger in New Orleans louisiana"
The whole as more fully appears by the
annexed certified copy Of the minutes Of said
stockholders meeting.
And the said aBpearers having requested
me, notary to put said amendment in au-
thentic form, | do by these presents receive
said amendment in the form of this public
act, TO the end that said amendment may
read into the aforesaid original charter
passed before said Arthur B. Leopold, notary
public, on the 18th day Of September, 1918
Thus done and signed at my, office In the
herein first above written, in presence OF
James s. Webb and F. V. Meagey, competent
witnesses, who hereunto sign their names
I ter due reading of the whole.
A. B. GRAVES, Chairman.
VI. CAPLAN, Secretary.
(Witnesses) James S. Webb. F. " Meag-
'iiseaD Arthur E "a nS"f Pubic.
New orleans, La, October 30, is13.wAt
meeting Of the stockholders OF GRANT
ISIANA. held at the ONCE Of the company,
901 MalsOn Blanche Bldg, on Thursday,
October Both. 1913. at II O'Clock noon,
there being present In person or represented
nv . hA -
more Of the capital stock Of said corpora
| ton. A. p. Graves and NJ. Captain were, on
motion Of Pierre Jackson, elected chairman
and secretary; respectively, Of the meeting.
The following stockholders were present
or represented by proxy A. 4. Dusenbury,
20 shares. by A. B. Graves, proxy: W. r.
Pennington, 20 shares, by NJ; Captain: proxy /;
r. L. Macgregor, 20 shares bv E. GiIthOrpe
proxy; W. f. Hauser, 20 shares by Pierre
Jackson, proxy; Pierre Jackson, 20 shares.
The following resolution was offered and
| read by the secretary:
Whereas. the name OF this corporation as
declared by its charter. Is GRANT SMITH
& COMPANY, LIMITED OF LOUISIANA.
and the said style OF designating a limited
corporation organized In this state Is in
contravention of the statute OF the state OF
Louisiana providing for such organization.
said statute expressly stating that the word
Limited must be the last word of It's cor,
Resolved, that Article OF the charter Of
this corporation be so amended that the
| same shall read as follows:
| ARTICLE THE name and title Of the
| Corporation hereby formed IS declared Ia
"he GRANT SMITH & COMPANY OF LOU.
| "ISIANA, LIMITED.
e''Its domicile shall be in the city OF New
| "Orleans, state Of Louisiana. and II shall
''have and enjoy succession by its corporate
| name for a period Of ninety-nine 1907
years from and after the date hereof
This corporation shall have power and
| authority to contract, sue and be sued In
4 m mo Ea Nd rcn a
| corporate seal: TO hold, receive, hire and
| purchase real and personal property and
''to sell, mortgage or pledge the same, and
| ito borrow money and issue bonds, notes
| "and other obligations.
"All citations or other legal process shall
abe served upon the vice-president, or any
"other officer In New Orleans. Louisiana"
| And the proper officers Of this corpora
| tlon are hereby directed TO take the neces
sary steps to put this resolution into effect
| Upon motion Of Pierre Jackson, seconded
by f. Gilthorpe, the resolution was unani
| mously adopted. (Signed) VI. Captain, sec
U rotary (SiCnpdl n Graves chairman