The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-01-18
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER

OF PELICAN OIL REFINING COMPANY,
State Of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans, City
OF New Orleans.
BE it known. that on this sixth day of the
month OF December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and
Of the Independence of the United States
Of America, the one hundred and forty-first,
before me- Andrew NJ Buchanan, a notary
public duly commissioned and qualified in
and for the parish of Orleans, therein resid-
herein after named and undersigned, person
ally came and appeared;
Mr.. Edwin NJ. Telle. of full age and
resident Of this city, herein appearing in
his capacity as secretary of the Pelican Oil
Refining Company, Inc, and secretary
Of a meeting of the stockholders OF the said
corporation held on August 81, 1910, herein
after referred to, who declared that as will
appear by a certified copy OF the proceed.
ngs thereof, annexed hereto, a meeting of
the stockholders of the Pelican Oil Rein
ing Company, Inc, was held at the office
Of the said corporation, No; llO5 Hennen
Building, in this city, on August 81, 1916
at which meeting there were present and
represented all of the shares Of the capital
called for the purpose of considering an
amendment to the charter of the said cor
poration, particularly Article III thereof rel
alive to the capital stock OF said corpora
ZION, ana al WHICH meeting, AFTER motion
duly made and seconded, the following res
olutions were unanimously adopted, viz:
Resolved: That Article III of the Char
ter of this corporation, being an act passed
before Lewis Rossner Graham, a notary pub
lie for the parish Of Orleans, on the 18th
day of July, 1915, be amended and readopted
so to read as follows:
Article III.-The capital stock of this cor.
poration shall be one hundred thousand dol
lars GlOO,OoO.OO),, divided into one thousand
shares OF the par value OF one hundred dol
lars $4,000 each. Fifty thousand dollars
($50OOO.0O thereof shall be preferred stock
ten per cent annual dividends out of the
earnings and profits of the corporation before
any dividends shall be paid on the common
stock, which said dividends on said pre-
ferred stock shall be cumulative The re-
mander of said stock shall be common stock,
and said stock shall share equally with the
preferred stock, all dividends that may be
earned and declared in excess of the ten
per cent dividend on preferred stock.
BE it further resolved that the chairman
and secretary of this meeting, or either of
them. be and they are hereby authorized
and directed to appear before a notary pub
lie to publish and authenticate and place
Of record the foregoing amendment of the
charter of this corporation"
And the said appearers further declared
that by virtue of the authority in him vested
by said stockholders at said meeting held
| on the 3lst day of August, 1916, and for and
in behalf of said corporation and in order
to carry out the purposes of said meeting
and to give the alteration, change and
amendment adopted at said meeting full
legal force and effect, he does declare
publish and give notice to the world that
Article III Of the charter of the Pelican Oil
Refining Company, Inc, executed before
Lewis Rossner Graham, notary public, on
the 18th day Of July, 1915 was amended and
the same is hereby amended so as to read
as follows, to-wit:
Article III-The capital stock of this cor
poration shall be one hundred thousand dol
lars (Sl0O0O00O), divided into one thousand
shares of the par value of one hundred dol.
S5O,O0O0) thereof shall be preferred stock
and the shall be entitled to receive
ten per cent annual dividends out of the
earnings and profits Of the corporation be
mon stock, which said dividends on said
| preferred stock shall be cumulative The
remainder of said stock shall be common
| stock, and said stock shall share equally
| may be earned and declared in excess Of the
| ten per cent dividend on preferred stock
| The said appearer further declared that he
does hereby authorize and require the said
| duly incorporated into notarial form and Il
be recorded and published according to Law
| to the end that the same may be operative
and binding upon all persons whomsoever.
Thus done and signed at my Office in the
| city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, II
| the presence Of May A. Keir and Joseph l.
Mott, yr., competent witnesses, residents oil
the City Of New Orleans, who have here
unto affixed their signatures together with
the said appearers and me, notary, after due
| reading of the whole
(SignedJ E. NJ. TELLE, secty.
| Witnesses: May A. Keir, JOS. L. Mott Jr
| ANDREW NJ. BUCHANAN, Not. Pub
| l, the undersigned recorder Of mortgages
| in and for the parish of Orleans. State o.
of Incorporation Of the Pelican Oil RefninI
Co, Inc, was this day duly recorded il
my Office, in book 1901, folio s91.
New Orleans. December 2, 1916
(SigneO EMILE J. LEONARD. by. R
| true copy.
ANDREW NJ. BUCHANAN, Not. Pub
| Dec q % jan II Is Is