The herald., 1915-08-26

power to borrow money, execute mortgages,
issue bonds. make contracts and do all things
they may deem necessary, and generally L.
DO all things and acts in all matters pertinen.
70 me objects and purposes of which Or
may be permitted by the laws applicable =,
corporations, as also to issue and deliver full
pald shares of this stock or the bonds or OBJ
hsations OF this corporation, for labor done
money or rights IN property actually re-
| ceived. But no bond shall be issues and no
mortgages executed without the assent and
! authorization OF the owners of two-thirds Of
Ihe STOCK represented at a meeting OF stock
holders n convened for that purpose after prior
notice shall have been given as provided
ABOVE IN daily newspaper published in the
city OF New Orleans; except such mortgages
as 1t may be necessary to execute in order
~b; secure IRE me deferred payments on property
"nlCh may be acquired by the company.
That Article VIII was amended so as to
| read as follows
Article NlII.-Ths act of incorporation nav
be changed, modified, or altered the capital
STOCK OF the company may be decreased, or
SAID corporation may be dissolved, with the
assent OF the owners of twO-thrds of the en-
tire capital stock given at general meeting
OF the stockholders convened for such pur.
poses, after previous notice OF such meeting
shall have been published once a week for
| thirty days in daily newspaper published in
| the city of New Orleans
The capital stock of this corporation may
De increased from time to time, to any
amount the board of directors may find nee
| esSary, by complying with the requirements
| OF an act OF Legislature of this State entitled
| An Act to Provide the manner in which cor
porations may increase their capital stock
ana TO carry into effect Article $50 of the
| constitution, approved on the 23rd of June,
| 1882.
Whenever any increase of the capital stock
| shall be duly authorized, thirty DAYS notice
| OF the same shall be given in one of the
| daiiy newspapers IN the city Of New Orleans,
I within which time stockholders shall first
have the first privilege of taking the addi-
! tionaI shares in the proportion which the
shares held by them bear to the capital stock
] OF the company previous to such increase, and
( any shares not taken at the expiration of that
time may be disposed of by the directors for
/ the benefit Of the corporation
Whenever any decrease shall be determined
upon, thirty days notice of the same shall be
gwen by publication in one of the daily
! newspapers of New Orleans
! linus done and passed at my Office, in the
parish OF Orleans, State of Louisiana, on the
/ day and Ia the month and year herein FIRST
above written, IN the presence of Messrs. Azzo
! j.. Plough and Irwin A Beyer, competent
witnesses OF lawful age, residing in this city
who have signed their names with said APP
pearers and me, notary, after due reading OF
1 the whole
Original signed: l. L. Lyons, president;
!. l.. Lyons, Jr., secretary. Witnesses: Azzo
J. Plough, Irwin A. Boyer.
HENRY G. MCCALL, Not. Pub.
CERTIFICATE
/ l, the undersigned recorder of mortgages
f. IN and for the parish OF Orleans, State o.
/ louisiana, do hereby certify that the abov,
and foregoing act of amendment of incorpora
tion of the Southern Mineral & Land I'm
/ Provement Company this day duly re.
! corded in my office in book 49, folio -
New Orleans, August ?, 1915.
(Signed) EMILE !. LEONARD, by. X.
l do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy of the
J original act of amendment to the act of in.
corporation of the Southern Mineral & Land
| Improvement Company, together with the Ger
tIhcate OF the recorder of mortgages for the
parish of Orleans thereto appended, on file
and of record in my notarial Office
New Orleans, Aug. ?. 1915.
HENRY G. MCCALL, Not. Pub
STAMP
aug II 20 26 sept 2 9