The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-08-09
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF ALEX
ANDEIA 4 WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF RAPIDEs,
Tru.r ,,,.

CITY OF ALEXANDRIA
Be it known that, on this 3lst day Of
fJuIy, A. D., 1918, before me, Ralph $
Thornton, a Notary Public. duly COM
Parish of Rapide>, State of Louisiana
and in the presence of the witnesses here
inafter named and undersigned, person
ally came and appeared:
Z. Cheney LaWless, acting for hmse If
and as the duly authorized agent aud at
torney-ln-fact of William f. Stewart,
whose written proxy or procuration was
varietur" by me, said notary, to identity
them herewith; and also personally came
and appeared Mrs. Maggie Hanson Law.
less, actiag for herself and a. the duly
authorized agent and attorney n-fact of
Mrs. Minnie Hanson Connolly, whose proxy
or proeuration was by her produced and
| wa, paraphed "Ne Narletur" by me. said
Notary, to identify same herewith; and
also personally came and appeared Pete
| Cherry and L. Clarence LaWiess and
William E. Gardner; all of said appearers,
and all of said parties represented ty
said appearers, being residents Of the
parish of St. Mary. State of Louisiana; /;
lodged unto me. said Notary, that they
own, hold and represent all 0! the out
! standing capital stock, being One Thou
sand and Eleven (I0ll1 shares of the
Alexandria X Western Railway Company,
a corporation orsarized under the laws of
the State Of LOUISIANA, and heretofore
domicied IN the Parish Of Rap!des, Loui,
! siana, a. follows. viz:
/ T. c. La1eless, FIftgFour t54) shares;
| Mrs. Minnie Il. Conro!s Five Hundred
| and Twenty-SiX t53o, snares; Mrs. Mag
| gle II. Lawless, Four Hundred and
| Twenty-Seven (427l shares, William f,
Gardner, One a. share; William Z.
Stewart, One ID share; I. Clarence Law.
| less, One % share; and Pete Cherry, One
1} share.
And the said appearers further declared
and acknowledged unto me, said Notary.
hat availing themselves OF the Ct3nstitu.
ION and laws Of the State of Louisiana,
p ertainins to the amendment of charters
OF corporations, organized under the Jaws
of this State. and especially the prolisi,7 i,7ns
of Section 6s1 Of tie Revised Statutes Of
this State, they, said appearers, had held
a general meeting of the stockholders OF
the said Alexandria G. Western Railway
Company, at the office OF the corporation.
as designated in its Charter, in the Cit, of
Alexan trla, Louisiana, on this 3lst day of
July, 1913, after due notice to all of the
stockholders had beer published in the
"WeekIy Town Talk" a weekly news
paper published in the City of Alexandria,
Louisiana, IN its issues of Saturday, the
2Sth day of June, and the 9th. 18th, 18th,
and 26th Of July. 1918, clipping. Of which (!
publication is hereto attached, paraphed |
'.Ne Varetur' by me, said Notary, for |
Identification herewith.
And that they, said appearers, had, ty I
the affirmative vote of all of the said |
capital stock owned and represented by |
them, amended and re- e-enacted Article II, |
", vi and VII, of the Charter or Act of |
Incorporation of the said Alexandra and |
Western Railway Company. as originally |
49, D., reb -
Public, on the 18th day Of September, 1903.
so as to read as follows. respectively, viz:
ARTICLE II.
"The place chosen for the domiciie 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 ".
All citations and other Ieggl processes
Issuing from the courts against this cor.
portion shall be served upon its President I
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
lomlclle OF the Company.
ARTICLE VI.
The corporate powers of this corpova-
Ll0u shall be and are vested in a Board If
directors, composed of Five 90 stockhold
ars The Board of Directors as now con.
atuted is composed of the following
tockholders: t. Cheney Lawless, wiz
i M Z. Stewart, Pete Cherry, Mrs Minnie
I. Conolly and I. Clarence LawIess. of
taom I. Cheney Lawless is President:
W. K. Stewart is Vice President: pete
Jherry is Secretary and Treasurer. The
above named officers aud directors shall
lold offlce until the trst Tuesday in Nov
sn.ber, lgi3. On which eate. epd annual
J thereafter, a meeting Of tbs steckhold-
srs OF this corporation shall be held and
here shall then be elected Five (5) Stock
holders OF this company, to serve as direc-
'ofs during the ensuing year. Notice of
his meeting shall be given in auy news,
PAPER published in the Parish of st. Mary,
louisiana, for full ten u0) days prior
hereto or 1t may be given by personal
nailed to each stakeholder in the U, S.
Mall addressed to.him or her at his or her
,ostofhce address, and without pubiea-
Ion. At all elections by stockholders of
nls corporation, the vote Of a majority of
ne stock present or represented, shall be
lecessary to elect, and majority of the
stock of this corporation shall
'e necessary to constitute a quorum at
uah elections, and each stockholder shall
'e entitled to cast one vote for each share
If stock held by him or her, either in per-
son, Or by written proxy. All directors
hall continue IN Office until their success
ors have been elected and inducted into |
,tfiee. The Directors shall elect one of tt
heir members to be President of this com. .
)any and another to be Vice>Presideut;
and they shall elect from among their :
or from others who are not :,
directors, one person to be Secretary and Il
another to be Treasurer Of this corpora. r
ion, or one person to fill both positions.
said Board of Directors may also appoint I
IN Assistant Secretary. and the person SO
appointed need not De Il stakeholder or |
director Of this company. Said board may
.lso appoint such other officers or en-
oloyees as it may deem necessary. 1t
hall have the power to till all vacancies
occurring on the Board, to make all neces-
ary bv,laWs. rules and re on lations for the