The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-08-23
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF ALEX.
ANDRIA & WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
| PARISH OF RAPIDES.
| CITY OF ALEXANDRIA.
Be it known that, on this 31st day OF
July, A. D., 1918, before me, Ralph s.
Thornton, Notary Public, duly COM
missioned and qualified within and for the
Parish of Rapides, State OF Louisiana,
and in the presence of the witnesses here.
ins fter named and undersigned, persons
ally came and appeared:
T. Cheney Lawless, acting for himself
and as the duly authorized agent and at.
torney.in-fact OF William E. Stewart,
whose written proxy or procuration was
i produced by him and paraphed "Ne
Varetur" by me. said notary, to identify
them herewith; and also personally came
and appeared Mrs. Maggie Hanson Law.
less, acting for herself and as the duly
authorized agent and attorney. in-fact Of
| Mrs. Minnie Hanson Connolly, whose proxy
approximation was by her produced and nd
Notary, to identify same herewith; and
also personally came and appeared Pete
Cherry and Il. Clarence Lawless and
William E. Gardner; all Of said appearers,
and all of said parties represented by
said appearers, being residents OF the
and said appearers declared and acknow-
own. hold and represent ali o. the out
standing capital stocEs being One Thou
sand and Eleven U01D shares of the
Alexandria a. Western Railway Company,
corporation organized under the laws of
the State OF Louisiana, and heretofore
domicled in the Parish of Rapides, Louis
siana, as follows. viz:
T. c. Lawless, Fifty-Four GA shares;
Mrs. Minnie H. Connolly, Five Hundred
and Twenty-six (526l shares; Mrs. Mag,
gle II. Lawless. Four Hundred and
Twenty-Seven t427) shares, William p.
Stewart, One ID share; T. Clarence Law.
less, One (D share; and Pete Cherry, One
| u share.
And the said appearers further declared
and acknowledged unto me, said Notary.
that, availing themselves OF the Constitu-
ton and laws of the State of Louisiana.
pertaining to the amendment Of charters
of corporations, organized under the laws
| Of this State, and especially the provisions
Of Section 6S7 Of the Revised Statutes of
this State, they, said appearers, had held
a general meeting of the stockholders OF
Company, at the office Of the corporation.
as designated in its Charter, in the Cit! OF
Alexandria, Louisiana. on this 31st day OF
July. 1913, after due notice to all of the
stockholders had been published in the
l"Weekly Town Talk" weekly news
Louisiana, in its issues Of Saturday, the
2Sth day of June, and the 9Th. 18th, 18th,
and 26th of July. 1913, a clipping OF which
publication is hereto attached, paraphed
"Ne varietur" by me, said Notary, for
Identification herewith.
And that they, said appearers, had, ty
the affirmative vote Of all of the said
capital stock owned and represented BY
them, amended and re.enacted Article II.
", vi and VII. Of the Charter or Act of
Incorporation of the said Alexandra and
Western Railway Company. as originally
passed before Ralph S. Thornton, Notary
Public, on the 10th day of September, 1909.
| so as to read as follows. respectively, viz:
| ARTICLE II.
| "The place chosen for the domicile of
this corporation is the Town of Garden
City, in the Parish of St. Mary, State of
Louisiana, where its main office shall be-"
! ARTICLE w.
| All citations and other legal processes
issuing from the courts against this cor.
portion shall be served upon its President
or in his absence from the Parish Of St.
Mary, upon the Vice. President, or in the
absence of 10th the President and the
| Vice-President from the Parish of St.
Mary, then upon the Secretary or Treas.
urer Of this corporation, at the Office and
| domicie of the Company.
ARTICLE vi.
| 1.-THE corporate powers OF this corpora.
| ton shall be and are vested in a Board Of
| Directors, composed Of Five (5) stockhold-
stituted is composed of the following
stockholders: T. Cheney Lawless, Will.
liam E. Stewart, Pete Cherry, Mrs. Minnie
H. Connolly and T. Clarence Lawless, Of
whom T. cheney Lawless is President;
W. E. Stewart is Vice-President; Pete
Cherry is Secretary and Treasurer. The
above named officers and directors shall
hold office until the first Tuesday in Nov.
en- Der, 1918. On which date, and annual
ly thereafter, meeting OF the stockhold-
ers of this corporation shall be held and
there shall then be elected Five (5) Stock
holders of this company, to serve as direc-
tors during the ensuing year. Notice of
this meeting shall be given in any news
paper published in the Parish of St. Mary,
thereto, or it may be given by personal
service on each stakeholder or by letter,
mailed to each stakeholder in the U. 8.
Mail addressed to him or her at his or her
postoffice address, and without pubiica.
1 ton. At all elections by stockholders of
this corporation, the vote Of majority of
| the stock present or represented, shall be |
necessary to elect, and majority of the |
outstanding stock Of this corporation shall
be necessary to constitute quorum at
such elections, and each stakeholder shall |
| be entitled to cast one vote for each share |
of stock held by him or her, either in per-
son, or by written proxy. All directors |
shall continue in office until their success
sors have been elected and indicted into |
Office. The Directors shall elect one of
their members to be President Of this com.
pany and another to be Vice-President;
and they shall elect from among their
members, or from others who are not |
| directors, one person to be Secretary and
another to be Treasurer of this corpora |
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