The herald., 1913-12-04
AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER
OF GRANT SMITH & COMPANY, LIMIT
ED, OF LOUISIANA.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF OR

LEANS.
Be it known. that on this Both day OF
October, 1913, before me, Arthur b. Leopold,
a notary public, duly commissioned and quail.
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. Il.
Graves and VI. Captain. residents Of the city
Of New Orleans, herein appearing in their
capacities as chairman and secretary res
GRANT SMITH & COMPANY, LIMITED,
OF LOUISIANA, a corporation domiciled in
this city. organized by act passed before
eighteenth day of September. nineteen hun
dred and thirteen, and under and by virtue
of a 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 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 l OF said charter was amended
so as to read as follows, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of the
"be GRANT SMITH & COMPANY OF LOU
"ISlANA, LIMITED.
Its domicile shall be in the city of New
"OrleaDs, state of Louisiana, and 1t shall
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; to 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
borrow money and issue bonds, notes and
"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-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 appearers 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
be promulgated and recorded, and thus be
read into the aforesaid original charter
passed before said Arthur B. Leopold notary
public, on the 18th day of September 1913.
Thus done and signed at my office in the
city of New Orleans. on the. day and date
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, az
Z ter due reading of the whole.
A. B. GRAVES, Chairman.
NJ CAPTAIN, Secretary.
(Witnesses) James s. Webb, F. " Meag.
ley. ARTHUR B. LEOPOLD,
New orleans. La, October 30. 1913.wAt
meeting Of the stockholders OF GRANT
SMITH & COMPANY, LIMITED, OF LOU.
ISIANA, held at the ONCE Of the company
901 Maison Blanche Bldg, on Thursday
October 30th, 1913, at IL o'clock noon
| there being present In person or represented
more Of the capital stock of said corpora.
| ton, A. b. Graves and NJ. Caplan were, on
| motion Of Pierre Jackson, elected chairman
and secretary, respectively, OF the meeting
The following stockholders were present
| 20 shares. by A. B. Graves, proxy; W. r
Pennington, 20 shares, by VI. Captain, proxy
r. L. Macgregor. 20 shares, by f. Gilthorpe
proxy; W. e. Hauser, 20 shares, by Pierre
Jackson Pierre 20 shares
| 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 wore
Limited must he the last word Of its cor
| porate name. IL IL
Resolved. that Article OF the charter o.
this corporation be so amended that thu
same shall read as follows:
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and title OF thu
|
''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 corporate
| ''name for a period of ninety-nine (99
| 'years from and after the date hereof.
| This corporation shall have power an
| authority TO contract, sue and be sued II
| ats corporate name; to make and use
| corporate seal; TO hold, receive. hire am
| purchase real and personal property an
'to sell. mortgage or pledge the same. an
"to borrow money and issue bonds, notes
| "and other obligations.
"All citations or other legal process shall
'be served upon the vice-presldent, or an.
| "other officer In New Orleans. Louisiana"
i And the proper officers OF this corpora
tion are hereby directed TO take the neces
sarv steps TO put this resolution into effect
II Upon motion OF Pierre Jackson, seconde
by f. Githorpe, the resolution was unan
mously adopted. (Signed) VI. Capan, sec
!. retary. (Signed) A. B. Graves, chairman