The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
STATE OF LOUISI ANA.
pa RISH OF ST, MARY.

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Berit known. That on this second day Of
August. 1915 before me. Pau! Kramer, 4
Notary Public. duly commissioned and
oualifi, I'D within and for the Parish of st.
Mary. State of Louisiana. and in the pre-
seuce of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, personally came ana
appeared: A. NJ. Underwood and Adam
short, both resident, of the Parish of 81.
Mary. State of Louisiana, herein appear
ing in their capacities a, President and
Secretary-T Ire qsurer. respectively, OF tue
BELLEVIEW PLANTATION CON-
PANY. LTD, corporation duly organl-
zed under the laws OF the state OF Loul,l-
ana by an act executed before Charles +
Borah, Notary Public. ia and for the Pa
rish of ST. Mary. State aforesaid. on the
1Oth. day of July. 1906, and recorded IN
Book - of Mortgages. follo 40. Entry
No. 81 800, of the Clerks once, st. Mary
Parish louisiana: who declared mat. at
| a meeting of the stockholders OF the belle
| view Plantation Company. Ltd, held At
its domicile on Bellevlew Plantation, 81
Mary Parish. Louisiana, on the 2nd. day
| of August 1915. for the purpose OF con
.idering the amendment of Article ' 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 V of
| sad Charter of said Corporation wa-
| amended by the vote of eacn and every
| .,toe kholder of said Corporation, constItut-
| irg the entire capital stock OF said CorPor, +,
| atom. and the said A. II. Underwood and
} Ad am Short further declared that at saltt
meeting they were authorized and directed
| 20 appear before some competent notary
| nublic. commissioned and qualified within
! aud for the Parish of ST. Mary, Louisiana,
| va execute the PrOposed notarlai act ana
| declaration of said amendment, required
by law. for the purpose of atfordlng auth
| entie evidence aud permanent record.
| Wherefore, the said appearers declared
| in pursuance OF the authority thus con-
ferred on them. that. at the said meeting
held on 2nd, day of August. 1919. Article
! Y of the Charter of the Belleyiew Planta-
ton Company, Ltd, was amended 50 as
hereafter to read and be, as 1olloWs:
ARTICLE '.
All the corporate pow ers of this corpor.
alton shall be vested in Board of Direc'
tors to be presently composed of three 81
| Stockholders, two Of whom shall constitute
= quorum, who shall be elected annually
on the first Monday in August of eact
year beginning with the first Monday II
ty.uaust of the year 1897. and shall hole
ar respective offices until their success
tn are elected and qualified. All sucl
sors v. shall be by ballot, and eaci
. eIectio 'sf shall be entitled to one vot'
stockhol. .rs of stock standing IN nj
Tor each sh books OF the corporation
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which vote shal. require Il majority o
| proxy, aud it shai. represented to elect
the stock present or member of th'
| No person shall be 4 company VIII
| Board OF Directors of thu company.
| is not stakeholder in said 'e present.
| The Board OF Directors, whl. two
established at three, shall, upo. A2m
| thirds (2-3) vote of the stock of tn, Ia
pany. be increased to five shoulu 't
stockholders OF said company be increas.
| to that or q 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 the
Board of Directors, majority 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 or to issue any note or other evil
dence Of Indebtedness for or ON behalf of
said company, it shall require Il wo-third,
t2-3) vote of the stockholders OF said co,a-
pany at meeting called for that purpose
upon the written request of the holler
| or holders OF not less than twenty-five
(25l per cent. of the outstanding stock of
said corporation after notice daily given
in writing by the Secretary to every
stockholder 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
+, he day, month and year first above wrt>
ton in the presence of a. &. Reeves and
W u. Dinkins, two competent witnesses.
wbo h ave hereunto signed their names
witb =, III appearers and me, Notary,
after due ~eading of the whole.
1Signed A. Vi. UNDERWOOD,
N-Ac"~Nj