The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-03-01
AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER
OF THE BANK OF WEST
FELiCiANA.

tary PuDllC, duly commissioned anu
qualified, in and for the Parish Of
West Feliciana, State of Louisiana,
and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared Sam
uel Nice. Lawrason, president, and J.
Revill Matthews, vice president Ct
the Bank of West Feliciana, resi-
dents of st. Francisville, Parish OF
West Feliciana, State of Louisiana, a
corporation organized under the laws
of the State of Louisiana, and also
president and secretary respectively
OF a meeting of the stockholders Of
said Dank, held on the 9Th day Of
February, 1913, herein appearing and
acting under and virtue of certain
resolutions adopted at said meeting,
a duly certified copy of which reso-
lutiOnS, being hereto annexed and
made part hereof, for reference, who
declared that pursuant to call and in
accordance with the notices issued
by the president and Board of Direc-
tors Of the Bank of West Feliciana,
meeting of the stockholders of said
corporation was held on said 9Th day
of February, 1913, for the purpose CT
considering and passing upon certain
amendments to the Charter of said
Corporation, for the purpose of III
creasing its Capital Stock, adding a
Trust Banking Business, and chang
ing the name of the corporation, and
in compliance with the provisions of
the Charter and the law for the hold
ing of said meetings, and after forty
(40) days previous notice by mail and
thirty (30) days notice by publication
in The True Democrat, a newspaper
published in the town of st. Francis
vile, Parish of West Feliciana, LOU
isiana, said meeting of the stock
holders of said corporation was held
on said 9Th day of February, 1918,
whereat three hundred and fifty-six
1850 shares were present and rep
resented, being more than two-thirds
(2-3) of the Capital Stock of said
Bank, and after all the formalities of
the laws of this State and of the
charter of this said corporation had
been complied with, all of said shares
present and represented at said meet
ing voted to revise and amend the
charter of this corporation, and in
structed the president and vice pres
ident of the Bank of West Feliciana,
and respectively chairman and secre-
tary of said meeting of stockholders,
70 appear before Notary Public, and
publicly declare the amendments and
additions to said charter, in accord
ance with the resolutions amending
same adopted at said meeting, by in
creasing the capital stock to one hum
dred thousand dollars ($100, 100000 ,
| represented by one thousand 10000
shares of one hundred ($10O.0O dol
lars each, and adding a Trust Bank
| ing Business to the General Bank
ing Business of the Corporation, and
changing the name of the corporation
t. the Feliciana Bank and Trust Com.
pany.
Now, therefore, in order to carry
out the objects and purposes Of said
meeting of stockholders as declared
in said resolution adopted at their
meeting, and in order to carry out
the foregoing amendments to the
charter and to cl0the same in prop
er form, the said parties formally dc.
clare and make known the following
amendments to the charter of said
Bank of West Feliciana, as follows,
to-wit:
Article Six of the Charter is here
by declared to be amended to read:
"The capital stock of this corporation
is fixed at one hundred thousand dol
lars ($1OO,OOO.OO), divided into one
thousand 10000 shares of one hum
dred ($100.00) dollars each"
Article One of the charter of the
corporation is amended to.read: The
name of this corporation shall be the
Feliciana Bank and Trust Company
with it's domicile in the town Of ST,
Francisville, Parish of West t'e:lci
ana, State of Louisiana"
And in addition to doing a gener
al banking business under the laws
of the State of Louisiana, this cor
poration accepts the provisions o.
Act No. 45 of the Acts Of the Gen
eral Assembly of Louisiana of 1902
as amended by Act No. 121 and Act
No. 238 of 1910, and is authorized
and empowered to do Trust Bank
ing Business, in addition to the 9th