The herald., 1917-11-15
CHARTERS.
AMENDMENT OF CHARTER
OF LEvERT. MORvANT PLANTING

OF LEVERT- INFORMANT PLANTING co.
United States Of America, State of LouiSi-
ana, Parish Of Orleans, City Of New
| Orleans.
BE it known, That, on this Path day of
| the month OF October, in the year nineteen
suudred and seventeen, before me, Henry
q. Bloch, notary public, duly commissioned
| and sworn, IN and for the Parish OF Or
| leans, City Of New Orleans, therein Tesd-
| ing, personally came and appeared John H..
| Lcvert, and Herman g. Won Berries, both
| OF age and residents Of the city Of New Or
| leans, chairman and secretary respectively
| OF meeting OF the stockholders OF the
| LevcTt-M OTvdnt Planting Co., held October
| ll,h, 1917, heIcin acting as a committee ap-
| pointed at said meeting OF the Stockholders,
| 10 appear before notary and put the amend
| mcnt TO the charter Of the Lcvcrt- Morvant
| Planting Co., adopted at SAID meeting OF the
/ stockholders in the form required by law
| And the said appearers declared that
| whereas, the Levert-Moryant Planting Co,
| a corporation organized under the laws Of
| this State. domIcied IN the city Of New
| before Frederick G. Marx, Notary Public,
| on March 9th, 1907, held meeting OF the
| stockholders OF said corporation on the 18th
| day OF October 1917, that l42S l2-l4ths shares
son or by proxy, ont Of a total OF stock issued
and outstanding of 200 shares; that II was
| resolved to amend Ar.icle Y Of the charter
50 as 70 increase the number Of members
Of the Board OF Directors from six 90 to
seven o..
The said appcarcrs further declared that
SAID amendment OF article OF sand charter
va, made and adopted by a vote Of all stock
present. which was 1923 l2-l4ths, will ap
pear from the annexed certified extracts from
the minutes Of said corporation, setting forth
the proceedings had and the actions taken
At said meeting.
And the said appcarer further declared, as
Will appear from the annexed certified eN-
tracts from the minutes Of said corporation,
Article Of the charter Of the Leyert-M Nor
want Planting Company was amended as
20 read follows:
Article V.--All the corporate powers OF
this corporation shall be vested in and eX-
ercISed by Board OF Directors composed |
Of seven ~ shareholders 70 be elected an
uually N the Second Monday OF April, in
each year, the first election 10 be held IN
the year 1903. All such elections shall be
conducted under such rules and regulations
the Board Of Director, may prescribe, OF
which election ten days prior notice shall |
have been given in writing by the Secretary |
unto each shareholder by mailing the same
u his last known address or place of bus |
ness. Each shareholder will be entitled to !
cast one vote, either in person or by proxy, |
on each share OF stock held and a majority |
Of the votes cast shall elect.
The Directors thus elected shall serve and |
continue in Office until their successors shall |
have been duly elected and qualified. y
failure 20 hold the meeting on the date above |
specified shall not dissolve the corporation, |
but the then directors and officers shall con |
time to hold their Offices until their sue
ccssors shall have been elected and quail !
ned.
Vacancies occurring in said Board of d. |
-ectors from any cause shall be filled by |
the remaining Directors. Three Directors
shall constitute ! quorum for the transaction
Of any business. The said Board Of Direc-
tors shall make all bylaws, rules and reg
ulations for the proper government Of the
business and affairs OF the corporation, and
alter, amend and change the same at pleas
IRE. They shall have power TO buy, sell,
property, real, personal or mixed, corporeal |
o. incorporeal whenever in their judgment
they may deem such acts necessary and
proper, 70 issue bonds and obligations and
70 assume the same 10 make all contracts,
leases and agreements as may be necessary.
The officers Of this corporation shall be
President. a Vice-President, a Treasurer and
a Secretary, all OF whom shall be elected
by the Board Of Directors. at its first meet
ing after its own election. The Secretary
need not he a shareholder or director. The
Board OF Directors shall have the power 10
.lect any one person TO fill any two of the
above named offices. if i. desires.
The following named persons, to-wit: John
-evert Jr., Emile L. Morvant, Henry c. ,
Iorvaut and Walter Morvant. with Emile
:. Morvant as President. John B. Levert
!, Vice, President and as Treasurer :, and John
| q,
ire hereby constituted the first Board OF
Directors, and shall hold their Offices until
he Second Monday in April, 1903, and until
heir successors are duly elected and quail |
fed The salaries of all officers and EN-. | :
'oyees shall be fixed and changed by a
ote Of four-ffths Of the Board of Directors q
Thus done and passed in my Office in the p,
'ity or New Orleans, on the day, month and
ear herein first above written. and in the
reSenCe Of Gertrude Cowan and May Lorio
orpetent witnesses, who have signed with !
aid appea-ers and me, notary, after reading ,
Z the whole.
(Signed) J. r. Levert. H. G. Won Berries .
Witnesses: Gertrude Cowan, May Lorio =
HENRY G BLOCH, Notary Public ,
I, the undersigned. Recorder of Mortgages. c
n and for the Parish of Orleans, State of :
.ouisiana. do hereby certify that the above d
nd foregoing act Of amendment of incor- I
Grafton Of the Levert Morvan Planting Co a
'as this day duly recorded in Book 1912, {
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New Orleans, October q, 1917
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD.
Dy Recorder.
\ true copy. II
HENRY C. BLOCH, Notary Public. a
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