The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-12-27

%hH SOAAIhNI.
United States of America. STATE AZ Isr;,L
ana, Parish of Orleans, City Of Ne
BE 1t known, That on this 9th day Al 4,
month Of November, in the year Of cur III
one thousand nine hundred and sev,u.,,s
and OF the Independence of the United sa:s
second. am WY
Before me, Arthur A. Moreno, y,s1
ru9Iie' duly commi ssioned and qualified d
ana tor this city and the Parish Of Orl,frl
therein residing and in the presence ol et
witnesses hereinafter named and uudts
signed, personally came and appeared
Hunter {. Leake, who declared fha &
a, general meeting of the stockholden 4
Inc 1azoo & Mississippi Valley Rirui
company, corporation organized under IL
laws OF Louisiana and domiciled in Il. diy
OF New Orleans, which said meeting W
duly held at the Office Of the COMPANY q
Union Station, New Orleans, La, on On
Der 10th, 1917, after proper cali, for ts
purpose of amending the charter Of de nd
Ihe fazoo & Mississippi Valley RiHuit
Company and increasing the capital sock
thereof, he was elected chairman Of sli
stockholders meeting, as viii more lnlly
appear by a certified copy Of the niauiu
OF said meeting annexed hereto for greater
reference. That the said appearer, a. chair
man OF said stockholders netting, wa ~
thorizd and empowered to take such step
as may be necessary and proper 70 have
the charter Of the said The Yaroo NJ
sissippi Valley Railroad Company sufrdn
IN accordance with the resolutions passed q
said stockholders meeting, held for the ~
pose of amending the charter and ineressF
the capital stock of the said The Yssp
Mississippi Valley Railroad Company rr
pursuant to the laws of louisiana And %
said appearer, as chairman Of said si'iE'
holders meeting and acting in his ftpfst,
sentative capacity and on behalf Of az
corporation and the stockholders therro ~
virtue of the authority conferred upon nin
at the general meeting of said stosknole,,
ers, declared that the charter Of nc n1
The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley k,ii's
Company, as constituted by the articles
consolidation dated October "A, 1872 ~ tna
between the Louisville, New Orleans isi.
as Railroad Company and The fazoo :
Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Z.
been changed, altered and amended 50 vi =,
Article in its entirety viii resd " !"
lows: q,
Article III.-"The capital stock Of The !. s y
consolidated Company shall be Tlr'N'ssA,T
to be divided into two hundred hieen a.. I'm -,
sand, FIVE hundred and thirty-three 49, -,
shares of $1,000 each; but the sa'a 81.
ration may at any time increase Or 49,
sh the amount OF its capital stock aeso'@
ing to law" ,A..d
And the said appearer moreover deei..ii
that in consequence Of the foregot 4,
pursuant to the authority in him veseJu ~.
the stockholders of said The fzzoo q -
sissippi Valley Railroad Company 1' ~,
hereby formally declare publicly and ~ - ~
known that in the manner preserioeo W a..
and agreeably to the provisions Of INC - -;
ter of the said The Yazoo Misy III K
Valley Railroad Company, Article - vi.
the charter of The Yazoo 4 MisasaYr .,,d
ley Railroad Company has oeen 80 ri
altered and amended as nereinDs.a ;,,ef
forth and written, and he does neIsV ,s,rrt
and require that the aoovs, "a. -. chsr
ter of The Yazoo & Mississippi VaIisy = |.
road Company be recorded and puOnsssa y. I'd
the manner prescribed by law, 20 ~ h,,s-
that the said change and amenoinshL vi
after and at all times be as hsfelns =, 400
forth, as regards all persons INA, a De
or may hereafter become stoekn0
aforesaid Company. scr. Ia he
Thus done and passed, at my ofnes, .,s sud
city of New Orleans on the Gay IN" ~. pr,s.
year herein first above written ~ pnhef Z
ence Of Louise Wingerter ana bsreunis
Bell, competent witnesses, VII ,ooesrefs
sign their names with the ss,S q TIE
and me, Notary, after rsa0ins
whole. -~,rrp r IEAKE.
Witnesses: Louise Winger'ef'
Bell. n.,,,v Pubic
CERTIFICATE. ,,.-,scs
I. the undersigned Recorder o. h SAFE q
Louisiana, do hereby certify t aalscis III 4
t tbe c iDrfsq q The YazOO M;:i,'.a ssa
ley Railroad Company was ms 1 =, he Par
recorded in the mortgage oince s.i;o So
ism of Orleans, in Book i2la ''I iS7
New Orleans, November I'm n,n py. r
EMILE J. LEoNAks;DDs; I'll Be I.
hereby certify the f0, 8. ooshsini nov
true and correct copy Oh "' -
on file a & ny z. o MORENO, Notary f'''@
Nov p g Dec 10 % ~