The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-08-16
AMENDNLNT TO CHARTER OF ALEX.
ANDRIA 4 WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF RAPIDES.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF RAPIDES.
CITY OF ALEXANDRIA.
BE it known that, on this 3lst day of
July, A. D., 1918, before me, Ralph s.
Thornton, Notary Public, duly com.
Parish Of Rapides, State of Louisiana,
and in the presence of the witnesses here
inpfter named and undersigned, person-
ally came and appeared:
r. Cheney Lawless, acting for himself
and as the duly authorized agent and at
torney -in.fact of William f. Stewart,
whose written proxy or procuration was
Varietur" by me, said notary, to identify
them herewith; and also personally came
and appeared Mrs. Maggie Hanson Law
less, acting for herself and a. the duly
authorized agent and attorney in fact Of
Mrs. Minnie Hanson Connolly, whose proxy
or prOcuration was by her produced and
was paraphed ''Ne Narietur" by me. said
Notary, to identify same herewith; and
also personally came and appeared Pete
Cherry and T. Clarence Lawiess and
William E. Gardner; all Of said sppearers,
and all of said parties represented by
said appearer>, being residents OF the
parish of St. Mary. State Of Louisiana;
and said appearers declared and acknow.
lodged unto me. said Notary, that they
standing capital stockA being One Thou
sand and Eleven (!0lI shares of the
Alexandria Il Western Railway Company.
a corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Louisiana, and heretofore
domiciled in the Parish OF Rapides, Louis
siana, as follows. VIZ:
T. G. Lawless, Fifty Four (5) shares;
and Twenty-S Six t526) shares; Mrs. Mag
yie II. Lawless, Four Hundred and
Iwenty-Seven (42') shares. William Z.
Gardner, One o. share: William +
Stewart, One % share; T. Clarence Law.
less, One (D share: and Pete Cherry, one
% share.
Aud the said appearers further declared
aud 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
| the said Alexandra & Western Railway
| Company. at the Office Of the corporation.
as designated in its Charter, in the City OF
| Alexandria, Louisiana. on this 3lst day OF
July. 1918, after due notice to all of the
stockholders had been published in the
| "Weekly Town Talk" q weekly news
paper published in the City Of Alexandria,
| Louisiana, in its issues Of Saturday, the
2Sth day of June, and the 5th. 18th, 18th
and 26yh Of July. 1913, clipping of which
publication is hereto attached, paraphed
| "Ne Varietur" by me, said Notary, for
| Identification herewith.
And that they, said appearers, had, "
| the affirmative vote Of all OF the said
| capital stock owned and represented by
| them, amended and re-enacted Article III.
w, 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 18th day of September, 1903.
so as to read AS follows. respectively, viz:
| ARTICLE II.
| "The place chosen for the domiclle 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 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
domicile of the Company.
| An lCLL ' L.
"The corporate powers OF this corpora.
| ton shall he and are vested in a Board OF
Directors, composed Of Five (5) stockhold
ers. The Board Of Directors as now con-
stituted is composed of the following
stockholders: T. Cheney Lawess, Will
liam E. Stewart, Pete Cherry, Mrs. Minnie
| H. Conolly and 7. Clarence La" less, 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 i'll Nov
| ember, 1913. On which date, aud annual
| ly thereafter, q 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,
| Louisiana, for full ten tl0) days prior
| thereto, or it may be given by personal
! service on each stockhOlder or by letter
mailed to each stakeholder in the U. s
Mail addressed to him or her at his or her
pOstOfice address, and without publica'
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 al
1 such elections, and each stockholder 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 indueted into
office. The Directors shall elect one OF
their members to be President Of this com.
pany and another to be Vice >PIe SideD.
and they shall elect from among theil
members, or from others who are mol
directors, one person to be Secretary ant
another to be Treasurer Of this corpora.
( tion, or one person to fill both positions
Said Board of Directors may also appoint
an Assistant Secretary. and the person st
appointed need not be stockholder ol
director of this company. Said board may