The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-08-28
STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
PARISH OF ST. MARY, |

L hh1Ch VI AL
Be 1t known, That on this second day of
August, 1915, before me, Paul Kramer, a
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 respectively, of the
BELLEVIEW PLANTATION COM
PANY, LTD, corporate On duly Organ-
zed under the laws of the State Of LOUISE
ana by an act executed before Charles +.
BOrah, Notary Public, in and for the Pa
IRISH Of st. Mary, State aforesaid. on the
10th, day Of July, 1906, and recorded in
Book 81 of Mortgages, Folio 40. Entry
No. % 800, of the Clerks Office, st. Mary
Parish, Louisiana; who declared that, at
a meeting of the stockholders Of the Belle
view Plantation Company, Ltd. held at
its domicle on Bellevlew Plantation, st.
Mary Parish. Louisiana, on the 2nd day
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 v Of
said Charter of said Corporation was
amended by the vote of each and every
stakeholder Of said Corporation, CONSTITUTE
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
to 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
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entic evidence and permanent record.
Wherefore, the said appearers declared,
in pursuance of the authority thus con-
ferred on thsm, that. at the said meeting
held on 2nd, day of August, 1915. Article
V of the Charter Of the Belleview Planta>
ton Company, Ltd, was amended so as
hereafter to read and be, as follows:
ARTICLE V.
All the corporate powers of this corpor.
alton shall be vested in Board of Direc-
tors to be presently composed of three (3)
stockholders, two OF whom shall constitute
a 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
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 a member of the
Board of Directors of this company who
is not stakeholder in said company.
The Board of Directors, while presently
established at three, shall, upon a 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,
it 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 twO-thirds
t2-3) vote OF the stockholders of said cocl-
pany at meeting called for that purpose
upon the written request Of the holder
or 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 tlO] 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. Il. 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.