The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-11-22
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER
GULF & VALLEY COTTON OIL COM
PANY, LTD.

United States of America, State of Lousi-
ana, Parish of Orleans.
Be it known, That on this 9th day of the
month of November, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and seventeen
C9l7), and of the Independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and
forty-second; before me, Watts X. Leverich,
Notary Public, duly commissioned and
qualified, in and for the aforesaid Parish and
State, therein residing, and in the presence
of the witnesses hereinafter named and un:
dersigned; personally came and appeared:
Albert P. Sanchez and J. Blanc Monroe,
herein appearing in their respective capaci-
ties as the duly authorized chairman and
secretary OF meeting of the stockholders
of the Gulf & Valley Cotton Oil Company,
Ltd. held at the Office of the Company at
its domicie in the City of New Orleans, on
the 9th day of November, 1917, here in ap-
pearing by virtue of resolutions adopted at
the said meeting, a certified copy of which
is hereunto annexed in the margin for ref
erence;
Who declared, That meeting of the stock.
holders of the Gulf & Valley Cotton Oil
Company, Ltd, regularly held at the Office
of the Company in the City of New Orleans,
its dornicile, on the 9th day of November,
1917. at which the entire body of stock.
resolved, by a vote Of the entire body Of
stockholders of the company, to amend Arti.
Gle Nv of the charter of the Company 30 that
it will hereafter read and be as follows,
to-wit:
Article w. The capital stock of this
corporation shall be One Hundred Thous and
(sl00,O000O) Dollars, divided into One Thou.
sand Q000) shares of the par value of One
Hundred C$loooO Dollars per share. The
certificates representing said stock shall be
signed by the President or Vice-President
and Treasurer, or in case of the inability
OF said officers, or either of them, to sign
the certificates, the said certificates shall
be signed by such officers as the Board of
al de-
The certificates shall be transferable only
on the stock transfer book of this corpora
ton, on surrender or proof of loss of the GER
tifcates; and no transfer of stock shall be
valid and binding this corporation unless
the same shall have been entered on its
books.
This corporation shall have lien and
pledge on all shares Of stock to secure any
Indebtedness due to the corporation by the
owner thereof
ANY shareholder wishing to sell his share
or shares of stock in this corporation, shall
give the remaining shareholders in the cor
poration, in proportion to their respective
holdings, the privilege of purchasing the
shares, at such prices as shall be bona fde
offered therefor by any outsider; which Of
fer shall be in writing, and shall be accepted
or rejected within three days by the other
shareholders"
And the said appearers declared that they
appeared before me, in accordance with the
authority reposed in them, in order that the
said amendment might be properly declared
and recorded in accordance with law.
thus done and passed in my Office in the
City of New Orleans, on the day. month and
year herein first above written, in the pres
ence of Messrs. Isaac S. Heller and VIM.
Nugent, competent witnesses, who have here
unto signed their names together with me.
| notary, and said appearers, after due reading
of the whole.
A. p. SANCHEZ.
,,. ]. BLANC MONROE.
Witnesses: Isaac S. Heller, VIM Nugent.
WATTS X LEVERICH, Notary Public.
/, the undersigned Recorder of MORTGAGES.
in and for the Parish of Orleans, State of
Louisiana. do hereby certify that the above
and foregoins act of amendment to the char.
ter of Gulf & Valley Cotton Oil Company,
hce in Book 1912, folio -.
New Orleans, November. 1917.
EMILE J. LEONARD, D. R.
A true copy
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