Williams news., 1913-02-22
Statement of Proreedinss in the Matter of the Increase in the Amount Of the
 Capital Srock of L. J. Smith Con-
struction Company.


 BE IT REMEMBERED-that on the Second day of March, 1908, at a meeting of the board of directors of the L. J. Smith Construction Com ! pany, a corporation, lawfully organized under 4 the laws of the State of Missouri duly convened and held at its office in Kansas City, Missouri | there being present at said meeting all of the \ directors of said company. the following pro- ceedings were had and the following resolu- B tions adopted, to-wit:
 DIRECTORS MEETING. Kansas City, Missouri, March 2, 1908. \ ''At meeting of the board of directors of the L. J. Smith Construction Company, duly con- vaned and held at the office of the company in the Dwight Building in Kansas City. Missouri, on March Second, 1908, there were present L. j. Smith, Scott Mitchell, r. C. Adams and R. C. Stripp, being all of the directors of said com ! pany. On motion, duly seconded, the follow ing resolution was unanimously adopted: 'REsoLvED by the board of directors of the \ L. J Smith Construction Company that where ! as this company desires to call meeting of its stockholders for the purpose of increasing the amount of its capital stock, which is now s250OO, divided into 25O shares of the par value of $l0O each, to $200 0O0 to be divided into 2OOo shares of the par value soi $lO0 each. The di- l rectors of said company are hereby authorized | and directed to call special meeting of the Il | least majority of them, converting such meet. ing at ten o'clock in the forenoon of March tenth, 1908 for the purpose of taking the neces- sary steps to increase the capital stock of said \ company from $25,O00, it's present capital, to $2OO, GOO.
 "There being no further business, the meet | ing adjourned.
 LJ. SMITH SCOTT MITCHELL F. c. ADAMS R. c. STRIPE" \ Thereafter, and on said March Second 1908, all | of said directors of said company signed and is- sued the following notice of stockholders | meeting:
 STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. Notice is hereby given that meeting of the \ stockholders of the L J. Smith Construction ' Company, a corporation, will he h Id at the ' office of the company in the Dwight Building in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri on \ Tuesday, the tenth day of March, 19OS at ten | o'clock in the forenoon for the purpose of in- creasng the amount of the capital stock of
 said company from $25OOO, it's present capital
 to slOO,OOO.
 | "L. J. SMITH
 "sCOTT MITCHELL "F c. ADAMS "R. c. STRIPp. | All Ol Ine ulreCIOrS Ot the l.. J. Smith Con- \ struction Company"
 II Thereafter, and on March tenth 1908 each ap1 ell of the stockholders of said L. J. Smith
 Construction Company signed the waived and
 consent appended to the minutes of the stock
 hdders' speeial~meeting, held. March tenth,
 19S, copy of which, together with the sigma
 tires of the-parties, is as follows:
 "March Tenth, 1eOs
 "We, the undersigned owners and holders of II the shares of the capital stock of the L. J. smith Construction Company and each own- ng and holding the number of shares set op- Iposite our respective names and present in Iperson at the stockholders special meeting on this March tenth. 1908. do hereby acknowledge | receipt of notice of said meeting and do waive T the provisions of the law requiring printed Il copy of such notice signed by majority of | the directors of said company, to be deposited | in the post-office postage prepaid, addressed to leach stockholder at his Usual place of resi- dence at least sixty days previous to the date l fixed upon for the holding Of such meeting, l specifying the time and place when and where said meeting shall be held and the | amount of the proposed increase of the capital | stock of said corporation, and do also waive | the provisions of the law requiring such notice l to be published in newspaper in this county | for sixty days, at least once week. the rst l OI WHICH Sndll De dC least SlXlE
 days before the date of such meeting and do | hereby consent that this meeting may be held
 at the office of the company in the Dwight
 Building, in Kansas City, Missouri, on Tnes-
 day, March tenth 19OS at ten o'clock a. m.
 "L. J. SMITH. -....... PAY Shares; l ''SCOrT MITCHELL .. l share; | "F C. ADAMS. ............ l share; | "R. c. STRIPE ........... 1 Share"
 copy of said notice so received by each of
 said stockholders is contained in the resolu- tion of the board of directors above set forth.
 Thereafter, and on Tuesday, March tenth,
 1908, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, as provided
 in said notice. a special meeting of the stock
 holders of said company was convened and
 held at the time and place specified in said mo-
 tice to-wit: at the office of the L. J. Smith
 Construction Company, in the Dwight Build
 ing, in Kansas City, Missouri. The meeting
 was organized by the unanimous election of L.
 J. Smith, director. as chairman, and F. C.
 Adams, director, as secretary.
 | There were present at said meeting in per son all of the shares of the capital stock, viz
 25O shares
 Thereupon, there was offered by R. C. stripp stockholder present at the meeting, a resolu tion in words and figures as follows. to-wit: RESOLVED, That the capital stock of this corporation. which is now $25,OOo, divided into
 25o shares of the par value of $lOO, be increased to $200000 to be divided into 2OO0 shares of the
 par value of $l00 each and that all of said in crease shall be common stock and that none o said increase shall be preferred stock"
 Said resolution was seconded by Scott
 Mitchell, a stockholder present at the meeting
 and, after discussion, was put to vote. Upon ranvassing the votes thereon it appeared thai
 all of the stock of the company had been voted in favor of the said resolution, and. thereupon , the chairman announced that said resolution
 had been duly adopted and carried. And it is hereby certified that of said in
 crease in the capital stock of said corporation there has been actually paid up one hundred