The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-11-09
AMENDMENT OF CHARTER
.,,prrAN NOLASSO MEAL COM.
AMENINEhA' ,-I.nnnnD ATEn

n. :, known, that on this fourth day OF
Dc .a,,b OF October, IN the year OF our
Ok mo ,housand nire hundred and SIX.
Lord Ona 81 the independence of the United
zen America, the one hundred and
SAFES VI BEFORE me. Frederic Charles Marx,
tH,,Ty public, duly commissioned and
IVA IVA in and for the Parish OF orleans,
~ al Louisiana, and IN the "a
SaN ;n.sses hereinafter named and under
ne wl'H' ooe-S,nally came and appeared:
asnso II O'Rourke and James NJ. Wyatt,
u1hs::siy the president and secretary
Tssp .,rsr Of the American Molasso Meal
5s..o.ny. Incorporated, who declared unto
=, notary, that meeting Oh tle $4,000.
~ e me American Molasso Meal company;
e. %onOrsted. was held on the 10Th day OF
nc0lPhs, iQl6 which meeting was, on &C
~. n he notice, required by the charter
@on ns;S = comnany, not having been regularly
eAlsSed in a daily newspaper OF the City
" Nv Orleans, adjourned until OctoOeI
M" the hour OF ten O'Clock a. m.
t,oS The said appearers further declared
nHS ss,,aot to said adjournment mectnS
y ~ stockholders OF said corporation was
"a an me fourth day OF October, lSlo, az
4, hour Of ten o'clock a. m. at the 0ihce Oh
psu. Sl No. I'll Camp street, after, due
M. had been given in the New Orleshs
nO' daily newspaper published IN the
E r, n New Orleans, by due publication ioI
~ consecutive days beginning on the E3rd
Day Of Septelnber 1910, ana p ;yya;ed 60 him
!. tssst ten DAYS prior to the date OF said
80 said stockholders meeting having
- cslled for the purpose OF amending Ar
- ~ OF the charter of said company pro-
s;hng for an increase OF the capltal stoSk
%sr,ef from fifty thousand dollars to sixty
uu.ns,,S aollars. so as to permit the IN
ss;ng of the number of shares OF Grass
az nerferred stock OF this company from
.. hrndred and twenty-five Q25) shares TO
,~o hundred and twenty-five (lZo) shsres;
nat al said meeting OF the stocknoloers
sa;d company SO held on the Fourth DAY
!, nctober l9l6, at 10 O'Clock a. m. It was
,.soived by the unanimous vote OF all the
sortholders present and represented at salo
neeting there being present and Represented
,,rbtythree (S3) shars Of Class a Oh hns
ureiefred stock, four ~ shares OF CiasS
z ne preferred stock and two hundred ano
s,,v t1sM shares of the common stock OIL
"a Germany. being a total OF three hundred
"a thiry.seyen (SJ) shares out OF loui
hsndred and three (400 shares OF the capita
Al aid company issued up TO the GATE o.
j aid meeting "a certlhed copy OF tne nlln
utes of which meeting is hereto anneHeul
a. Article Nv of the said charter OF saic
pmpauy DC amended as hereinafter set tortn
Ana he said Charles II. ORourke and th'
sad lanes NJ Myatt, respectively the pres
dcut and secretary -treasurer OF the hihei
lean Molasso Meal Company, lneorporatSsu
further declared to me, notary, tnat unue
due authority of said stockholders meeting
Ma on October 4, 1916, for the purpose o
smbodying the amendment TO Article ~
ne charter Of the American MoiasSo Mea
Company, Incorporated, IN notarial ioLlh
thsy now declared unto me- notary, .nS
Article ~ of the charter OF the america,
Noasso Meal Company, incorporated, snal
Be- amended so as to read as follows, towit
Article IV.-The capital stock OF I'M
corporation is fixed at the sum OF SIX.
thousand 0sHQO0.0O dollars, divided int
reierred and common stock. three hund dIe
and fifty shares of par value OF one hundre
dolars $4,000 each shall be non assessaole
cumulative, eight per cent $50 PerannuI
gsiered stock, divided into two " ciasse'
Class "A" and Class 3D." The par valu
4 stock in each class shall be one hun .hsl
mprise two hundred and twenty-five ~
shares and class "B" stock shall compris
one hundred and twenty-five Q2S) shares
Both classes shall receive eight per Ger
e%) per annum dividends, cumulative an
preferred, payable at the office OF the CON
yesr Class "B" of said preferred stoe
VII only receive dividend of eight pc
cent @b) per annum, and an allowance
oae dollar (sl.0O) per ton on each ana ever
ton Of feed bought from the company by u
original holder of class b stock or tne
II
unto such stakeholder until the total ALLOW
snce paid on each share of said stock sna
equal the par value thereof, after which TN
ne said class "B" shall only receive eigi
yer cent (sqd) per annum dividends ar
NAL not participate in any addnional olv
bends which may be declared. A speci
record shall be kept by the secretary-trea
urer Of such payments, which payments sns
aso be endorsed on the certificate OF cla
B stock and credited at the time SUI
iced is paid for. =,
Two hundred and fifty (2S0) shares OF q
par value Of one hundred dollars SlOO.o
tan shall constitute the common STOCK
ms corporation, but the common stock sns
not Participate in any dividends until att
nc profits OF this company( whether u.s.
M Improvements or extensions OF plant
retained as surplus shall exceed twenty-h
!nousand dollars ($2S,ooO0O whether earn
The certificate of stock shall be signed
ne president and by the secretary-treasuI
IN The absence or inability to act OF .
pesidens, by the vice-president and seer
1fytreasurer. Said stock shall be tran
Ia on the surrender or due proof OF 10
ne original certificate. The capital sto
sy DC increased to two hundred and nj
u.1sand dollars (s2s0,0Oo.0O).
All Subscriptions shall be paid for in cas-
hPeuy or services, at such time that I
80 o this state provide. The corporan
al oegn to do business when twenty-n
.ocsand dollars (S2S,0000O of the capri
~. mas been subscribed for, fifty per &c
~sl thereof has been paid for, and I
handler OF the authorized stock shall
AZ such time and upon such terms a
atons as the board of directors sh
smine The stock issued by this co
ny may be voted cumulatively by the no
M hereof as provided by Act No. 267
And the said appearers further declar
nc American Molasso Meal Company,
~ssted was created by an act of inc
sInnon passed before Fred c. Marx, nots
Es "a this city, on the Sth day OF Ju
and Is recorded in the office OF
s.ef o. mortgages for the parish OF
ben s, N book il1, folio 81, and has a
med AMI recorded in the Office of
,,s s'afy OF State, at Baton Rouge, LOU
81, nus done and passed at my Office in
~, y New Orleans, on the day, month @
enc, nsfe,naoove FIRST written in the pr
E Louis R Hoover and Warren
a.. Competent witnesses, who hereu
S, ~ melr names, together with the said
ne while.
sssneG: Chas. H. o'Rourke, Pres; J.
See'Treas.; Fred. c. Marx, Not. P
s.ss g Warren v Miller, L. R. Hoo,
Louisiana. Parish of Orleans.
Ie undersigned recorder of mortgae
ee,,;saa aor the parish of Orleans, do her,
mat the above and foregoing
the ACT Of incorporation OF
~ nean Molasso Meal Company, Incsr
d ~ "a mis- day duly recorded in my Of
,o a1l' folio 3H. New Orleans, o.
ns0 EMILE J. LEONARD, Dy. i
We copy.