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close said lien and dissolve the said corpora-

| close said lien and dissolve the said corpora
| ton and upon such dissolution recover the
| par value OF such stock and cumulative dIvI-
| dends.
The amount of preferred stock shall never
! be increased except by the unanimous consent
: OF all OF the holders and owners Of said pre-
/ ferrcd stock
J In the event Of the liquidation or disso,u-
| ton or winding mp (whether voluntary IN
voluntary OF the corporation the preferred
/ stock shall be entitled to be paid in fall, DOJr
/ the par value oG their shares and unpaid
| dividends accrued thereon before any amour,
| shall be paid 10 the holders OF common srUc',
| and alter payment TO the holders oil the pre-
| teTrcd stock OF its par value and the unpaio
! accrued dividends thereon, the remaining -
/ sets shall be divided and paid to the holders
| OF common stock pro rata according to then,
| respective shares.
| Zach and every certificate of preferred stock
| shall he subject 10 redemption and may at
| the option OF the directors on any annual
| dividend date after the year 1910 be calico
| and retired Al the price OF one huuirc- ana
| two dollars tSlO2uOD for each share and me
amount of dividends accrued and unpaid at
! the date Of redemption.
! Notice OF intention to call and retire any
! certificate shall be given 20 the holders there
| OF ten days before the annual dividend due
date Al winch Luc same J. 40 be retired such
notice shall be deemed given when served
| personally upon the owner of the certificate,
| or when placed in envelope, postage pre-
| paid, addressed TO the holder IT the certificate
| and deposited IN any United States post office
or mail chute.
Stock called for redemption shall be enti-
| tied to dividends up to the date OF redemption
| fixed IN the call thereof, but shall not after
! SAID date earn or receive any other fur
| Their dividend unless the corporation shall fail
| 10 redeem or to be ready, able and willing TO
| redeem IN accordance with the call.
| No certificate OF stock shall be ISSUED until
' fully paid. No transfer OF stock shall be
admitted held to be valid or binding so
far the corporation Is concerned, unless
made upon the books Of the corporation"
And said appedrer further declared that the
| above amendment Of Article ~ OF said char
ter was adopted at said meeting Of the stock
holders which was convened and held in ac-
cordance with the provisions Of said charter
at which meeting all the stockholders OF this
corporation were either present or represented
| and voted unanimously for the adoption OF a
resolution whereby the capital stock Of this
corporation was reduced from fifty thousand
I (S5OOoOU) dollars, to twenty-five thousand
! ls25,UOuOl dollars, and amending said Article
: ~, to read as above set forth, as will more
fully and at large appear from duly CertI-
/ hed copy OF said resolution which is hereto
annexed and made part hereof.
And the said apPearer did further declare
( that the decrease III the capital stock of this
| corporation does not reduce same to a sum
! less than the corporate Indebtedness of this
company.
| Wherefore, in accordance with said reso-
! lutionS adopted at a meeting Of the stock
&
/ in the city of New Orleans, on the 18th day
| OF June, 1915, that said appcarer acting in
J his aforesaid capacity as president and pursu-
/ ant to the authority conferred upon him in
J said resolution, he does by these presents
+ adopt the above recited amendment of Article
! ~ Of said charter, as part OF the original act
| of m 2orpuratIon Of the said Wilcox Mercantile
/ Agency, passed before Frank Edward RaInOld,
late notary public in this city, on the 9TH Of
May, 1914.
I Thus done and passed, in my Office in the
city OF New Orleans, on the day, month and
| year herein first above written in the caption
| hereof i'll the presence OF Messrs. Charles
Stiffell and James Z. Canine, competent wit
nesses who have signed these presents to.
gether with said appearer and me, notary,
/ after due reading of the whole.
/ Original signed: {. o. Wilcox, president.
| Witnesses: Chas. Stiffell, Jas. f. Canine.
X. a. TICHENOR, Notary Public
! |, the undersigned recorder of mortgages
| in and for the parish of Orleans, state OF
| Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act of amendment TO the charter
| Of Wilcox Mercantile Agency was this day
recorded in the mortgage Office of the parish
| OF Orleans, in book ll57, folio -.
| New Orleans, June 81, 1915
| (Signed) EMILE ]. LEONARD,
Deputy Recorder of Mortgages
R. 4. TICHENOR, Notary Public
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