The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-18
STATE OF LOUISIANA, }
PARISH OF ST. NARY.

Be it known, That on this second day of
August, 1918, before me, Paul Kramer. 4
Notary Public, duly commissioned and
qualified within and for the Parish of st.
Mary, State If Louisiana, and III the pre-
>euce Of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, personally came and
appear ed: \. NJ. Underwood and Adam
short. both residents Of the Parish of st.
Mary. state of Louisiana, herein appear
ing in their capacities President and
Secretary Treasurer. respectively, of the
BELLEVIEW PLANTATION COM
PANG, Ito. corporation duly organl-
zed under the laws OF the State Of Loul>i
ana by an act executed before Charles +.
Borah, Notary Public, III and for the Pa
rish of st. Mary. State aforesaid, on the
lOtn. day Of July, 1906, and recorded in
Book - of Mortgages, Folio 40. Entry
No. 322,3D0, of the CLERKS Office, 1t. Mary
Parish. Louisiana: who declared that. at
Il meeting of the stock holders of the BE le-
view Plantation Company. Ltd, held at
its do1nicile on Beiievlew Plantation. st.
Mary Parish. Louisiana, on the End. day
Of August. l9lJ. for the purpose OF con-
>derlng 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 Corpora ton was
amended by the vote Of each and every
stakeholder Of said Corporation cOnstitut-
ing the entire capital stock of said Corpor-
alton, and the said \. NJ. Underwood and
Adam Short further declared that at said
meeting they We're authorized and directed
to appear before some competent notary
public, commissioned and qualified within
and for the Parish of 81. Mary, louisiana
! 10 execute the proposed notarlal act and
declaration Of said amendment, required
by law. for the purpose Of atfordlng 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, 1913, Article
of the Charter OF the Belleview Plau1a>
ton Company, Ltd, was amended 50 as
hereafter to read and be, a> follows:
ARTICLE Y.
All the corporate powers OF this cOrpor-
alton shall be vested in Board of Direc.
tors to be presently composed of three 60
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 1917, and shall hold
their respective offices until their success
sors are elected and qualified. AL such
elections shall be by ballot, and each
stakeholder shall be entitled to one vote
for each Share of stock standing in his
,
which vote shall be cast i'll person or by
proxy, and it shall require majority of
the stock present or represented TO elect.
No person shall be member of the
Board of Directors OF this company who
is not Il stakeholder i'll SAID company.
The Board of Directors, while presently
established at three. shall. upon Il two-
thirds (2-3) vote of the stock of the com
pany. be increased to i've should the
stockholders Of said company be increased
to that or Il greater number. Should the
Directorate be increased to four or five,
it shall require three to constitute a
quorum.
In all matters relating to the manage
meut and general business of said COM
pany that may require an action Oh the
Board of Directors, a 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 evl-
dence of Indebtedness for or on behalf of
said company. it shall require two thirds
i2-3) vote of the stockholders of said coGl-
pany at a meeting called for that purpose
upon the written request of the holder
or holders of not less than twenty-five
f2Jl per cent. of the outstanding stock of
said corporation after notice duly given
in writing by the Secretary to every
stock holder 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 holder, 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 wrt>
ten in the presence OF \. q. Reeves and
W. +. Dnkins, 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:
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