The herald., 1913-11-20
AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER
OF GRANT SMITH & COMPANY, LIMIT.
Ed OF LOUISIANA.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATI
OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF OR
l.EA\S

Ell, pf LOUISIANA.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
LEANS
BE it known. that on this 3Oth day of
October. 1913: before me, Arthur b. Leopold,
a notary public, duly commissioned and anal.
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
pectNeIy OF stockholders meeting Of
GRANT SMITH x COMPANY, LIMITED.
OF LOUISIANA, corporation domiciled in
this city. organized by act passed before
Arthur ID. 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, a certified
copy of the minutes of which meeting Is
hereto annexed 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 keen con-
vIened 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
or 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
y y N ny D l.
"ISLANA, LIMITED.
Its dOmicle shall be in the city of New
ORLEANS, state Of Louisiana. and Ii 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 I'm
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
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 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
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 5. Webb and F. V. Meagley, competent
witnesses, who hereunto sign their names
.
ter due reading of the whole.
A. r. GRAVES Chairman
VI. CAPTAIN. Secretary
(WitneSseS) James s. Webb. F. v Meag-
ley. ARTHUR r. LFoPoT,p'
iSean VotarT Pubic
New orleans. La. October 30. 1913-At
SMITH & COMPANY, LIMITED. OF LOT
ISIANA, held at the office Of the company
901 MaisOn Blanche Bldg. on Thursday,
October Both, 1913, at - o'clock noon.
fharn hahn L.,
by proxy, the owners Of three-fourths or
more Of the capital stock Of said corpora
ton. a. b. Graves and VI. 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. T. Dusenbury,
20 shares. by A b. Graves, proxy: w r.
Pennington. 20 shares. by NJ Caplan. proxy +:
r. L. Macgregor. 20 shares. by 3, GiItbor1e''
proxy; W. f. Hauser. 90 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
x 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 he so amended that the
same shall read as follows
ARTICLE 1.-THE name and title Of the
corporation hereby formed Is declared 70
''be GRANT SMITH & COMPANY OF LOU
"ISEANA, LIMITED
"Its dOmcile shall be IN the city OF New
Orleans, state OF Louisiana, and Il shall
"have and enjoy succession by It's corporate
name for a period OF nlnety-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
corporate seal; to hold receive, hire and
purchase real and personal property and
Ito sell, mortgage or pledge the same. and
ito borrow money and issue bonds, notes
''and other obligations.
"All citations or other legal process shall
"be served upon the vice-president, or any
'other officer In New Orleans. louisiana"
And the proper officers Of this corpora
ton are hereby directed TO take the neces
sary steps TO put this resolution into effect
Upon motion Of Pierre Jackson. seconded
by r. Gilthorpe, the resolution was unani
mously adopted. (Signed) NJ. Captain, sec
! rotary (Sfonodl r Graves chairman