The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-10-04
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER

OF NICHOLAS BURKE COMPANY, LTD.
United States OF America, State Of Louisi-
ana, city OF New Orleans
BE it known, That on this thirty-firs, day
Of the month OF August, in the year one
thousand, nine hundred and seventeen, be
fore me, Henry ?. Dart. Jr.. a Notary Pub
nc duly commissioned and sworn in for the
Parish OF Orleans and City Of New Orleans,
therein residing, personally appeared:
William + Burke and Georgc Swarbrick,
)f age and resident, OF New Orleans, who
declared that "a 4 general meeting OF the
stockholders OF Nicholas Burke Company,
Limited, held at the office OF the company
in the City Of New Orleans, August 20. 1917,
preceded by public notice published III the
New Orleans Times Picayunc for ten DAYS as
required BY the Charter OF said company,
here were present or represented by proxy
four hundred shaes of stock OF said corpo-
ration, being the entire capital stock issued
and outstanding. That a; said meeting the
original charter of said company was amend.
ed, altered changed and rc-enscted in the
particulars hereinafter set out and none
other, and the sppesreTs were elected and
appointed a committee OF two for the pur.
pose Of formulating and placing in Legal
shape the amendments thus adopted, the
whole as will more fully appear from GER
lined copy Of tfhe minutes Of the stock
holders meeting heTeuuto annexed in the
margin as a part of this act
And th--eupon the said appearers further
declared that the Charter of Nicholas Burke
Company, Limited, executed before James
tdhey, Notary Public, August 10, 1888, as
amended by act before said notary on Feb
ruary l., 1890, and as further amended by
act before said notary November 5, 1894. be
and the same is hereby amended, changed
altered and re-enacted in the following par
ticularS, and none other, to-wi::
Article THE name and title of this cor
poration shall be Nicholas Burke Company
Incorporated
Article III.-The capital stock OF this cor
pOration i hereby increased and declared
% be the sum of two hundred thousand dol.
lars (S9n.UOO0l, divided into two thousand
shares of one hundred dollars each. whereof
forty thousand dollars (S4OOO00O) has beer
previously subscribed and paid for in cash
at the time Of the organization OF this cor.
poration and the remainder, one hundred and
sixty thousand dollars (sl6O,GO0W shall be
paid for in cash a. the time OF subscription
Article IE.-Two directors shall constitute
quorum for the transaction 81 all business
The election shall be under the supervision
Of two persons, one of whom shall be 6
stocksolder
The secr.tary-treasurer need not be Z
stockholder.
The annual meeting and election Of board
Of directors shall be held on the first Mon
day in February in each year.
Article VII-Article VII is repealed anC
the following substituted therefor:
This act of incorporation may be changed
modified or altered with the consent of three
fourths OF the capital stock represented a
any general meeting of the stockholders o
the corporation convened for such purpose.
This corporation may be dissolved and it
affairs liquidated in the manner now pro
vided or as may be hereafter provided b.
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Article Ix-Article TX is repealed and re