The herald., 1916-10-26
AMENDMENT TO
Charter
OF LAFAYETTE FIRE INSURANCE COM.
PANY.

| CHARTER.
OF LAFAYETTE FIRE INSURANCE COM
! PANY.
United States of America. State OF I.ouisi-
| ana, Parish OF Orleans, City of New Or
| leans.
| BE it known, that on this twentieth day
| of the month Of October in the year Of our
| Lord one Thousand nine hundred and six.
States OF America, the one hundred and
| fOTty-iirst, before me, Henry =. Dart, IT,
notary public. duly cornmissiobed and
| qualified, in and for this city and the Parish
| OF Orleans, therein residing, and in the
| presence of tfhe witnesses hereinafter named
| and undersigned. personally came and ap-
| Peared: !. John y Wegmann; and ,. Charles
| A. Gordon, both of age and residents of the
City OF New Orleans, here appearing in their
capacity as president and secretary. re-
| spectively, OF the Lafayette Fire Insurance
company. corporation organized under the
laws OF the State of Louisiana and domcied
| in the City OF New Orleans; who declared
that will appear by the certificate hereto
annexed. meeting of the stockholders of
the Lafayette Fire Insurance Company was
held at the Office of the corporation, No.
2lB Magazine street, on Wednesday, Octo-
Der II, 1910, at the hour of eleven o'clock
a. m. That there were present and repre-
sented fourteen hundred and twenty nine
0429) shares Of the capital stock of said
corporation out of fifteen hundred shares
issued and outstanding. That said meeting
was called for the purpose of considering
certain proposed amendments 10 the Charter
of the said corporation. which amendments
were in due course adopted by the said meet
ing That at said meeting the appearers
were appointed a committee for the purpose
OF causing to be embodied in due formal and
legal shape the amendments to the Charter
of tfhe Lafayette Fire Insurance Company
adopted at such meeting.
And the said appearers further declared
that by virtue Of the authority in them
vested by said stockholders at said meeting
held Wednesday, October II. 1916, and for
and in behalf of said corporation. and in
order to carry out the purposes Of said meet
ing and 10 give the alterations, changes and
amendments adopted at said meeting full
legal force and effect. they do now declare.
Article II of the Charter of the Lafayette
Fire Insurance Company, executed before
John J. Ward. notary public, the 2lst
day of November, 1894. was amended. and
the same is hereby amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows to-wit:
ARTICLE II.-This corporation is created
for the purpose OF transacting the business
Of insurance against loss or damage to prop
erty by hre, Lightning, windstorm or lorna
does, and to do any and all things necessary
to accomplish and sustain the said objects
and purposes.
THE corporation may cause itself to be
reinsured against any risk upon which it
may have made or shall make insurance"
Said appearers further declare, publish and
give notice to the world that Article III of
the Charter of the company as executed be-
2lst day OF November, 1894. was amended,
and the same is hereby amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows, to-wit:
Article lll.-The capital stock of this cor
poration shall be two hundred thousand dol
lars tS20,O000O). divided into and represented
by two thousand shares of one hundred dol
lars (SlOOOO each, TO be paid for in cash
at the time OF subscription.
mo, fractional shares shall hereafter be
issued.
The fractional parts of share, now exist.
ing shall not be entitled to a vote.
provided such transfer shall be made on |
the books OF the corporation and upon sur. !
render of the certificate thereof"
Appearers further declare that they do |
hereby authorize and require the said |
changes and amendments to be duly incor- |
porated into notarial shape and TO be re- |
corded and published according to law, to |
binding on all persons whomsoever
Thus done and passed at my office at New
Orleans. on the day, month and year herein |
hrst written, in the presence of H. p Dart |
and W. n. Dart, competent witnesses, who I
have hereunto signed tleir Names together
with the said appearers and me. notary.
(Signed): John X. Wegmann, Charles A. !
Dart
HENRY p. DART, JR., Notary Public
L, the undersigned recorder of mortgages,
in and for the parish of Orleans, State OF |
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the act Of
amendment to the charter of the Lafayette
Fire Insurance Company, was this day duly
recorded in my Office in book 1901, folio =.
(Signe0 EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R.
HENRY p. DART. JR., Notary Public
Oct 20 nov 10 q 30