The herald., 1916-03-02
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER
STANDARD BANANA COMPANY.

| United States Of America. State of Louisiana
Parish OF Orleans, City of New Orleans
BE Il known. that on this seventh day OF
the month Of February. in the year one thou
| sand nine hundred and sixteen, before me
| Robert legICr, notary public, duly com
| n SSioned and qualified IN and for the parish
| of Orleans, state Of Louisiana, aforesaid
| therein residing. and IN the presence OF The
witnesses hereinafter named and under
! signed, personally came and appeared,
| Messrs. John Beninato and Joseph Bonanno,
| both OF the full age q majority and resi-
dents Of this city. Herein acting in their
| respective capacity Of president and secretary
| of the STANDARD Banana Company, a cOrpor-
| alton organized under the laws of this state
| and d1wiciled IN this city, instituted by an
| act passed before George W. DearIng, Jr.,
J late notary public, in this city, on May Is,
1871, recorded IN mortgage Office, book 81,
folio 80
| And the said aprcarcrs. acting in their
aforesaid respective capacities, declared that
| at meeting OF the stockholders OF the said
| company held on February :. 1910. and at a
meeting OF the board of directors of said
company held on February 7, 1916. as will
more fully appear by reference 10 the
neNed certified extract from the minutes
thereof, the charter of the said Standard
after fully set forth, and that they said sp-
bearers. were authorized and empowered TO
cause the said amendment to the charter Of
the SAID STANDARD Banana Company 10 be
embodied n a nOtarial act.
Now, therefore, IN accordance with the said
resolution. they, said appearers, acting in
their aforesaid respective capacities, have
appeared before the undersigned notary for
the purpose OF placing said amendment to the
charter of the said Standard Banana Com
pany IN authentic form by notarial act, and
hereby declared that Article | of the char
ter o. SAID company shall hereafter read as
Article The name and style of this
corporation shall be the Producers Distri-
buting Company and under that name it shall
have and enjoy all the rights advantages
and privileges granted by law to corpora
lions; II shall exist for a period of ninety
nine years from the date hereof; il shall
have power and authority to contract, sue
and be sued IN its corporate name; 20 make
and use corporate seal and the same 10
break or alter at pleasure; to hold receive,
purchase, convey, mortgage, hypO;hecate or
pledge property, real, personal or nike; to
issue bonds notes or other obligations; to
have and employ such managers, directors |
officers, agents and other employees as the |
interest and convenience OF said corporation |
may require or demand, and to make and |
establish such bylaws rules and regul atoms |
Tor the corporate management and control |
of the business and affairs of the corporation |
as may be deemed necessary or expedient" |
Thus done and passed at my office, in the |
city OF New Orleans, on the day, month and |
ence of Theodore A. Beck and Edward Burke,
both OF this city, competent witnesses. who |
have hereunto signed their names with the
said appearers and me, notary, after due
reading OF the whole
Original signed: Jno. Beninato. Pres.
los Bonanno, Sect T. A. Beck, Edward
Burke.
ROBERT LEGIER, Not Pub.
|, the undersigned recorder of mortgages
n and for he parish of Orleans, State of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
md foregoing amendment to the charter of
ne Standard Banana Company was this day
July recorded in my Office, in book ll95
olIo -. New Orleans. La. Feb s, 1916.
EMILE J. LEONARD, by. r.
true copy from the original act
ROBERT LEGIER, Not. Pub.
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