The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-12-27
AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER
OF THE CONTINENTAL INVESTMENT
COMPANY, INC.
United States of America, State of Louisiana

United States of America, State of Louisiana.
Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans.
Be it known, that on this the eleventh day
OF December in the year of Our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and
of the Independence of the United States OF
America the one hundred and forty-second,
before. me, James J. A. Forter, a Notary
Public, duly commissioned and qualified
within and for the parish of Orleans, State
OF LOUISIANA, therein residing and in the
presence OF the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned: Personally came and ap-
peared
Messrs. Irving Moss and Walter H. We'll,
residents of the city of New Orleans, State
OF LOUISIANA, OF full age. herein appearing
and acting for and in behalf of The CONT
mental Investment Company, Inc, a Lou
Isiana corporation, domciled in the City of
New Orleans, organized by act before Me-
i9ncy I. Soniats Notary Public, in and for
the parish OF Orleans, on the 18th day of
the month of April 1915, and duly recorded
on the 18th day of April, 1915, in the mort
gage office in and for the parish of Orleans,
IN Book lla. who declared that at a general
meeting of the stockholders of said CORPORA.
ton convened on the 18th day of November,
l9lI, which had been convened for the espe-
clal purpose, and which was attended in
person by every stakeholder of the company,
the following amendment to the charter Of
said corporation was adopted, to-wit:
Article IV.-"The capital stock of this cor
poration is hereby declared to be the sum
of Fifty Thousand ($5OOO0OO) Dollars, rep
resented by. Five Thousand 5000 shares of
the par value of Ten $1,000 Dollars per
share. All stock shall be common stock and
shall be payable in cash. services rendered
or other valuable consideration.
The capital stock of this corporation may
be increased to One Hundred Thousand Dol
lars by vote OF two-thirds of the stock of
this corporation at a meeting of the stock
holders duly called for that purpose.
No transfer of stock shall be admitted or
held to be valid or binding, so far as the
company is concerned, unless made upon the
books of the company. No sale of stock shall
be valid unless such sale is accompanied by
a written certificate signed by the President
or VicePresident and ecretary-Treasurer
OF the company to the effect that said stock
IS offered to the remaining directors through
the Board of Directors at its book value for
a period of ten days and they have failed
or declined to purchase same"
The whole as in full appears by the an
nexed certified copy of the minutes of said
stockholders meeting held on the 18th day
Of November 1917.
And the said appearers having requested me-
Notary, to put the said amendments in au-
thentic form, l did in these presents. receive
said amendments in the form of this public
act to the end, that said amendment may be
promulgated and recorded and thus be read
into the original charter passed before
Meloncy c. Soniat, Notary Public on the
18th day of April, 1915,
city Of New Orleans, on the day and date
first hereinabove written, in the presence of
Louise Jacobs and Helen Schmid, competent
witnesses. who hereunto sign their names,
with said appearers and me, notary, after
due reading of the whole.
Original Signed
w. IRVING MOSS,
w. II. WE'LL
JAMES J. A. FORTIER, N. P.
l, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgages,
in and for the Parish of Orleans, State of
Louisiana. do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing amendment of the charter of
The Continent Investment Company, Inc,
was this day duly recorded in my Office in
Book 1919, Folio s..
New Orleans. La, December 18th, 1917.
EMILE J. LEONARD, by. Rec
/ hereby certify that the above and fore
going is true and correct copy of the orig
inal on file in my notarial record.
JAMES J. A. FORTIER, Not Pub.
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