The herald., 1913-12-11
AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER
Of GRANT SMITH & COMPANY, LIMIT
ED OLE InI'ISIANA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF OR

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 dual.
| flied 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 b.
| Graves and NJ. Captain, residents Of the city
Of New Orleans, herein appearing in their
| capacities as chairman and secretary res
| pectively OF stockholders meeting Of
| GRANT SMITH x COMPANY, LIMITED,
| OF LOUISIANA, a corporation dOmiciled in
| this city, organized by act passed before
! Arthur b. Leopold. notary public, on the
! eighteenth day of September, nineteen hun
| dred and thirteen, and under and by virtue
Of resolution passed at the stockholders
meeting hereinafter mentioned, certified
copy OF the minutes Of which meeting is
hereto annexed as part hereof; who declared
| that at a general meeting of the stockhold-
ers of said corporation, held on the Both
day Of October, 1913, which has been con-
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 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
have and enjoy succession by Its corporate
, name for a 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; 10 make and use a cor
"porate seal to hold, receive, hire and pur-
chase real and personal property and to
SELL mortgage, or pledge the same and to
morrow iCSup bonds
"other obligations.
"All citations or other legal process shall
''be 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 yice-presldent, 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 appearers having requested
/ me, notary to put said amendment in au-
| said amendment in the form of this public
act to the end that said amendment may
be promulgated and recorded, and thus be
read into the aforesaid original charter
passed before said Arthur p. 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. Meagley. competent
| witnesses, who hereunto sign their names
| with the said appearers and me, notary, af-
I ter due reading of the whole.
A. B. GRAVES, Chairman.
VI. CAPTAIN, Secretary
| (Witnesses) James s. Webb, F. V. Meag-
iey jiseaD ARTHUR F e hF"f PaBiifc
New Orleans. La. October 30. fe13.~At
meeting OF the stockholders OF GRANT
ISLANA, held at the once Of the company,
| 9O1 Maison Blanche Bldg. on Thursday,
| October Both. 1913 at IL o'clock noon.
there being present In person or represented
/ hrnn fOt1rt he nv
| more Of the capital stock OF said corpora
tion: A. p. Graves and NJ. Caplan were, on
motion Of Pierre Jackson, elected chairman
and secretary, respectively, Of the meeting.
| The following stockholders were present
or represented by proxy: A. T. Dusenbury,
20 shares, by A; B. Graves, proxy; W. r.
r. L. Macgregor. 20 shares, by f. Gilthorpe
| proxy; W. r. Hauser, 90 shares, by Pierre
| Jackson, proxy; Pierre Jackson, 90 shares
| The following resolution was offered and
| Whereas, the name OF this corporation as
| declared by It's charter. Is GRANT SMITH
| & COMPANY, LIMITED, OF LOUISIANA
and the said style OF designating a limited
| 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 its cor,
Resolved, that Article I Of the charter Of
( this corporation be so amended that the
| same snail reaQ as 1OllOWSs
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and title OF the
corporation hereby formed Is declared tc
| ''be GRANT SMITH ( COMPANY OF LOU.
| "ISIANA, LIMITED.
| ats domicile shall be In the city Of New
| "Orleans, state OF Louisiana. and II shall
"have and enjoy succession by Its corpora Il
/ name for a period OF nlnety-nine (99)
| years from and after the date hereof.
i This corporation shall have power and
I''authority to contract, sue and be sued ir
ats corporate name: to make and use g
| corporate seal; TO hold, receive, hire and
| purchase real and personal property ant
ITO sell, mortgage or pledge the same, and
"to borrow money and issue bonds, notes
land other obligations.
"All citations or other legal process shall
"be served upon the vice-president or any
"other officer In New Orleans. Louisiana"
i And the proper officers of this corpora
ton are hereby directed TO take the neces
sary steps to put this resolution into effect
II Upon motion Of Pierre Jackson, seconded
by f. Gilthorpe, the resolution was unani
mously adopted. (Signed) VI. Captain, sec
u rotary. (Signed) A. B. Graves, chairman