The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-12-28
state. of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans. Cit,
of New Orleans.

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State Of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans. City
| OF New Orleans.
BE it known. that on this sixth day of the
| month Of December in the year of our Lord
one, thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and
/ OF the Independence of the United States
! Of America, the one hundred and forty.frst
before me, Andrew NJ. Buchanan. a notary
| public duly commissioned and qualified in
ana Tor the parish Of Orleans, therein resid-
ing and IN the presence OF the witnesses
| herein after named and undersigned, person
ally came and appeared:
Mr.. Edwin NJ. Telle, Of full age and a
resident Of this city, herein appearing in
Refining Company, Inc, and as secretary
Of a meeting Of the stockholders of the said
corporation held August 81, 1916 herein
after referred to, who declared that as will
appear by certified copy Of the proceed
ings thereof, annexed hereto, a meeting of
the stockholders of the Pelican Oil REIN
| ing company, Inc, was held at the Office
OF the SAID corporation, No. ll03 Hennen
building, IN this city, on Angus; 81, 1916,
at which meeting there were present and
represented all Of the shares of the capital
stock OF said corporation that said meeting
was called Tor the purpose OF considering an
amendment to the charter of the said cor
poration, particularly Article III thereof rel
ative to the capital stock of said corpora
ton, and at which meeting, after motion
duly made and seconded, the following res
olutions were unanimously adopted, viz:
Resolved: That Article III of the Char
ter OF this corporation. being act passed
before Lewis Rossner Graham, a notary pub.
lie for the parish Of Orleans, on the 18th
day of July, 1915, be amended and readopted
so as to read follows
Article III-The capital stock of this cor
Poration shall be one hundred thousand dol
lars tSlOO,OOOOO),, divided into one thousand
shares OF the par value of one hundred dol
lars $4,000 each. Fifty thousand dollars
tS5Q,0O00O) thereof shall be preferred stock
and the same shall be entitled TO receive
earnings and profits Of the corporation before
any dividends shall be paid on the common
stock; which said dividends on said pre-
ferred stock shall be cumulative. The re-
mainder of said stock shall be common stock
and said stock shall share equally with the
preferred stock, all dividends that may be
earned and declared in excess of the ten
per cent dividend on preferred stock
BE il further resolved that the chairman
and secretary Of this meeting, or either of
them, be and they are hereby authorized
and directed to appear before notary pub
Of record the foregoing amendment Of the
charter Of this corporation"
And the said appearers further declared
that by virtue of the authority in him vested
by said stockholders al said meeting held
on the 5lst day Of August. 1916, and for and
IN behalf of said corporation and in order
10 carry out the purposes Of said meeting
and TO give the alteration, change and
amendment adopted at said meeting full
legal force and effect, he does now declare
publish and give notice to the world that
Article III Of the charter of the Pelican Oil
Kehriny Company, Inc, executed before
Lewis Rossner Graham. notary public. on
the 18th day Of July, 1915, was amended and
the same is hereby amended so as TO read
as follows, towit:
Article III.-The capital stock of this cor
poration shall be one hundred thousand dol
lars Sl00,c0O0), divided into one thousand
shares Of the par value Of one hundred dol
lars $4,000 each. Fifty thousand dollars
GSO!00OO thereof shall be preferred stock
and the same shall be entitled TO receive
ten per cent annual dividends out Of the
earnings and profits Of the corporation be-
fore any dividends shall be paid on the com.
preferred stock shall be cumulative. The
remainder Of said stock shall be common
stock, and said stock shall share equally
with the preferred stock, all dividends that
may be earned and declared in excess Of the
ten per cent dividend on preferred stock.
The said appearer further declared that he
does hereby authorize and require the said
all alton, change and amendment to be
duly incorporated into notarial form and 20
be recorded and published according 10 law
to the end that the same may be operative
and binding upon all persons whomsoever.
Thus done and signed at my Office in the
city Of New Orleans, State Of Louisiana, in
the presence Of May A. Keir and Joseph l.
Mott, Jr, competent witnesses, residents Of
the City Of New Orleans, who have here
unto affixed their signatures together with
the said appearers and me, notary, after due
reading Of the whole
(Signed) f. NJ. TELLE, Secty
Witnesses: May a. Keir, Jos. L. Mott. Jr
ANDREW NJ. BUCHANAN, Not. Pub.
/. the undersigned recorder Of mortgages,
in and for the parish Of Orleans, State Of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the act
of Incorporation Of the Pelican Oil Refining
Co, Inc, was this day duly recorded in
my Office, in book l2Jl, folio 59l.
New Orleans, December 7, 1916
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R.
A true copy.
Dec p % jan II Is rs