The herald., 1917-01-11

United States Of America State Of Lousi-
ana. Parish Of Orleans, City OF New Or
leans.
BE It known. that on this second day Of
the month u December. ir the wear OF our
Lo-l one thousand nine hundred and SIX
teen. and Of the independence OF the United
States OF America, the one hundred and
i1rty-arst, before me, Henry P. Dart, j.,
notary public duly comm ssl0ned and quail
fled. IN and for this city and the parish Of
Orleans, therein residing. and n the pres
ence OF the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned. personally came and appeared
J. Slgwuui Oirnhe.mer and , Harry T.
Howard, both Of age and residents Of the
City ot New Orleans, here appearing IN their
capacity - president and sec-etary-treas-
u-e- respectively Of Lane Cotton Mills Com
pany. a corporation organized under the laws
of the State or Louisiana aud domlciled II
the city If New Orleans;
Who declared, that will appear by the
certificate hereto annexed, a meeting OF the
stockholders Of Lane Cotton Malls Company
vas held IN the directors room u the Com
me-Clal-Natioua. Bank. az New Orleans. Lou
.s:aua, on Wednesday, November p, 1910,
al The hour Of Two O'Clock p. n. That there
were present and represented at said meet
ing SOS shares of the capital stock OF said
corporation ont Of tOta. OF 300 shares Is
sued and outstanding. That said meeting Of
stockholders was held after due notice given
~ accordance with law and with the charter
Of this corporation to each and every stock
Tha; said meeting was called for the pur-
pose OF considering a certain proposed amend
me1t % the charter OF the said corporation,
which amendment was IN due course uuan-
imouSly adopted by the said meeting. That
al said meeting the appearers were appointed
a committee Tor the purpose Of causing TO
be embodied in due. formal and legal shape
the amendment to the charter Of Lane Cot
ton Mills Company adopted at the said meet
ing.
And the said appearers declare that by
virtue OF the authority IN them vested by
said stockholders at said meeting held on
Wednesday, November -. 1916, and for and
in behalf Of said corporation. and in order
to carry ont the purposes OF said meeting
and to give the alterations, changes and
amendment adopted at said meeting full
legal force and effect.
They do how declare. publish and give
notice to the world that Article " Of the
etuted before II. Generes Dufour, notary
public, on October %, 1910, was amended and
the same is hereby amended and re-enacted
50 as to read as follows, to;;wit:
Article lN.-"Ihe capital stock OF this
corporation IS fixed at the sum Of one mil
lion three hundred fifty thousand dollars
lSl,3900c0, divided into and represented
by thirteen thousand five hundred Q5,5O
shares Of the par value Of hundred dol
lars, four thousand FIVE hundred shares Of
which shall be and constitute the preferred
stock, and the remaining nine thousand
shares shall be and constitute the common
said stock shall be paid for in cash and
at such time and in such instalments as
the board OF directors may determine, or
same may be issued for property or rights
actually received by this corporation. The
common stock may also be issued by this
corporation in payment OF dividends de-
clared and 10 be declared by it. The pre-
ferred stock shall be entitled to preference
and priority over the common stock in the
distribution OF dividends and in liquidation
and the dividend on said preferred stock Is
hereby fixed and limited TO seven per cent
per annum and shall be cumulative.
All transfers of shares OF the capital
stock in this corporation shall be entered on
the stock book and no transfer Of stock shall
be IN any manner binding on this corpora
ton until registered IN said stock book.
This corporation shall become a going
concern and may commence business when
one hundred thousand dollars (SlOOOOOOO) of
its capital stock shall have been subscribed
Appearers further declare that they do
hereby authorize and require the said
changes and amendments TO be duly incor-
porated into notarial shape and to be re
corded and publised according 70 law, TO the
end that the same may be operative and
binding on all persons whomsoever.
Thus done and passed in my office at
New. Orleans, on the day. month and year
herein first above written, in the presence
Of William Herman Dart and Leo L. Du-
bourg, competent witnesses, who have here
unto signed their names, together with said
appearers and me, notary.
Signed: S. Odenheimer, Harry T. Howard.
Witnesses: William Herman Dart, Leo L.
Dubourg
HENRY P. DART, Jr., Notary Public.
I, the undersigned recorder of mortgages,
in and for the parish of Orleans, State of
Louisiana. do hereby certify that the act
Of amendment to the charter of the Lane
Cotton Mills Co. was this day duly record
ed in my office in book l20l, folio. New
Orleans, Dec, 1916.
(Signe0 EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R.
A true copy.
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