The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-25
AMENDMENT
TO
CHARTER
OF
r. B. WILLIAMS CYPRESS CO., LTD
STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
PARISH OF ST. MARY. {

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. MARY.
Before me, E. F. Marin, Deput
Clerk of Court and OK -officio a Notar
Public, duly commissioned and quail
fed, within and for the Parish Of st
Mary, State of Louisiana, PERSONAL,
came and appeared l.. Kemper Viii
liams. Secretary of F. B. William
Cypress Company, Ltd, corporation
created under the laws of the State o.
Louisiana by an act passed before Viii
bu.. Fl. Kramer, Notary Public, on the
9Th day Of April, 1909. and recorded il
the Office of the Recorder of Mortgages
for the Parish of st Mary, in Book No
IS, Folio No. 499, Entry No. 29SlO, on
April 9th, 1902, who declared and &C
knowledecd unto me, Notary, in the
presence of the undersigned witnesses:
That a meeting of the stockholders of
r. B. Williams Cypress Company, Ltd. j,
was held at the Office of said Company
in Patterson, st. Mary Parish, State of
Louisiana. on the 14th day of January,
1914, after due notice given to the stock
holders of said corporation, as required
by the charter and by law.
That at said general meeting of stock
holders held on said day, by a vote of
more than two-thirds Of all the capital
stock of said Company, Article V of the
charter of said Company was amended;
and that he, the said l.. Kemper Will
liams. ut said meeting, was authorized
and directed to appear before me, No.
tary Public, and to execute the proper
notarial act and declaration of such
amendment, required by law for the
purpose of affording authentic evidence
and permanent record.
Wherefore, the said appearer declared
in pursuance of the authority thus con-
ferred upon him, that at the said meet
ing held on the 18th day of January,
1914, Article V of the Charter of F. B.
Williams Cypress Company, Ltd, was
amended 80 as to read as follows:
PARTICLE V.
'The power of this corporation shall
be vested In and exercised by Board
Of Directors. each of whom shall own
at least one share of the capital stock of
this company, and said Directors shall
be elected by ballot and under the su-
pervision of election commissioners at
tho annual meeting of the stockholders
of this Company which annual meeting
shall be held on the second Thursday of
Ing every stakeholder shall have the |
right in person or by pro ~ to cast one
vote on each share of stock held by him. |
Two members Of directors shall COM
stitute quorum. Said board shall have
power to ill vacancies occurring on the |
Board of Officers and Directors; shall
hold and continue in Office until their
successors shall have been elected and |
IF hn |
stockholders shall be preceded by ten
days notice published in any paper in
St. Mary Parish and by notice mailed
TO the last known address OF each stock
holder at least eight days before the
meeting.
1.-THE Board of Directors shall have
full power to provide for general or
special meetings of the stockholders, or
of the Board of Directors. ANY mem
Dor of the Board of Directors who NAV
be absent from tho dcmicile of the com
pany. or who may be prevented by sick
ness from attending may give written
proxy to any othor member of said
Board OF Directors to represent him on
all matters at any meeting of the Board
OF Directors whether special or general
The first Board of Directors of this
Company who shall hold office until the
18th day OF January, 1908, and until
their successors are cleo, ed and quail.
bed shall be F. B. Williams, l.. M.
Williams and G. S. Williams, with F.
b. Williams as President, l.. NJ. VIII
lisms as Secretary & Treasurer, aad !
G. =. Williams as ice-President.
The officers of this company shall
be President and Vice President and
. Secretary & Treasurer, the Secre-
tary u Treasurer need not be share
holder or director. The Board of Di>
rectors shall at the first meeting after
their election elect all the officers Of this }
\
Thus done and passed at m office in
Patterson, st Mary Parish, State of }
Louisiana, on this 4th day of February.
d the year 1915, in the presence of V.
=. Watson and l.. l.. Dejean. residents '
II st. Mary Parish, competent wit
,esses, who have signed their names
With the said appearer and ne, Notary, '
Ifter due reading of the whole. +
(Signed) L. KEMPER WILLIAMS, a
Witnesses: +
:. L. WATSON, u
;. L. DEJEAN. J
E. F. MARIN, III
Deputy Clerk, Ex-Officio Notary Y
'ublic. '
LERKs OFFICE, g
LA.
Received and filed tor Recordation at
2S .. m. Feb. 8, 1916.
JOS. J. SCHWARTZ,