The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-10-30
STATE OF LOUISIANA, |
PARISH OF ST. MARY.

Be it known, That on this second day OF
August, 1915, before me, Paul Kramer, q
Notary Public, duly commissioned and
qualified within and for the Parish Of st.
Mary, State Of Louisiana, and in the pre-
sence Of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, personally came and
appeared A. NJ. Underwood and Adam
Short, both residents OF the Parish of St.
Mary, State of Louisiana, herein appear
ing in their capacities as President and
Secretary Treasurer, respectively, of the
BELLEVIEW PLANTATION COM
PANY, LTD, corporation duly Organi-
zed under the laws Of the State Of Loulsi-
ana by an act executed before Charles r.
Borah, Notary Public, iii and for the Pa
IRISH of st. Mary. State aforesaid. on the
10th, day OF July. 1906, and recorded in
Book 80 Of Mortgages, Folio 40. Entry
No. 81 800, Of the Clerks Office, st. Mary
Parish, Louisiana; who declared that, at
meeting OF the stockholders OF the Belle
view Plantation Company, Ltd, held at
its domicile on BellevIew Plantation, St.
Mary Parish. Louisiana, on the End, day
of August. 1915, for the purpose OF con-
sidering the amendment of Article V OF
the Charter Of said Corporation, held
after due compliance with all of the pro
visions Of law and the requirements of the
Charter OF said Corporation, Article ' Of
said Charter OF said Corporation wa,
amended by the vote OF each and every
stakeholder OF said Corporation constltut-
ing the entire capital stock Of said COrpor-
alton, and the said A. NJ. Underwood and
Adam Short further declared that at said
Meeting they were authorized and directed
70 appear before some competent notary
public. commissioned and qualified within
and for the Parish of ST. Mary, Louisiana.
to execute the proposed nOtarial act and
declaration of said amendment, required
by law, for the purpose OF affording auth
entic evidence and permanent record,
Wherefore, the said appearers declared.
in pursuance Of the authority thus con-
ferred on them, that. at the said meeting
held on End, day of August, 1918. Article
V of the Charter Of the i5elleview Planta-
ton Company, Ltd, was amended 50 as
hereafter to read and be, as follows:
ARTICLE V.
All the corporate powers of this corpor-
alton shall be vested in "A Board of Direc-
tors to be presently composed of three 60
stock holders, two Of whom shall constitute
q quorum, who shall be elected annually
on the first Monday in August of each
year beginning with the first Monday in
August Of the year 1907, and shall hold
their respective offices until their success
sors are elected and qualified. All such
elections shall be by ballot, and each
stakeholder shall be entitled to one vote
for each share of stock standing in his
name on the books of the corporation;
which vote shall be csst in person or by
proxy, and it shall require a majority Of
the stock present or represented to elect.
No person shall be 4 member of the
Board of Directors of thi, company who
is not a stakeholder in SAID company.
The Board of Directors, while presently
established at three, shall, upon two
thirds (2-3) vote OF the stock of the com
pany, be increased to five should the
stockholders of said company be increased
to that or greater number. Should the
Directorate be increased to four or five.
1t shall require three to constitute
quorum.
In all matters relating to the manage
ment and general business of said COM
pany that may require an action OF she
Board OF Directors, maj rity of the
Directors shall control; but should 1t be
desired to buy or sell real estate, or
mortgage or otherwise hypothecate same,
or to pledge or hypothecate the crops
grown by said company. or to borrow
money " to issue any note or other evil
dence OF indebtedness for or on behalf of
said company, it shall require twO-thirdS
(2-3) vote OF the stock Of said con-
pany at meeting called for that purpose
upon the written request Of the holder
or holders OF not less than twenty five
(25l per cent. of the outstanding stock of
said corporation after notice duly given
in writing by the Secretary to every
stakeholder in said corporation not less
than ten [l0l days prior to the date of
said proposed meeting, unless such notice
be waived by all OF the holders of the
stock Of said corporation.
Thus done and passed at my office, at
Franklin, st. Mary Parish. Louisiana, on
the day, month and year first above writ>
ten in the presence Of A. q. Reeves and
W. Z. Dinkins, two competent witnesses,
who have hereuntO signed their names
with said appearers and me- Notary,
after due reading of the whole.
Signed) A. NJ. UNDERWOOD,
President.
ADAM SHORT,
Secretary Treasurer.
Witnesses:
A. q. REEVES.