The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-05-10
AMENDMENT
OF THE CHARTER OF TIE NATIONAL
SULPHUR COMPANY. INC.
United States OF America, State Of LoulSl-
ana. Parish 81 Orleans, City OF New oE-

OF THE CHATTER OF Ilik NAilONAL
SULPHUR COMPANY, INC.
United States OF America, State Of LoulSi-
ana. Parish 81 Orleans, CITY OF Ne" oI-
leans.
Be II known, -h., on this the seventeenth
dsv Of the month Of April. in the year o!
Dri- ord one thousand. nine hundred and
seventeen, and OF the Independence of the
United States OF America the one hundred
and forty-trsi: before me, Alexis hriah, !
notary public duly comm, ,'onci ana qua
fed. within and for the Parish OF Orleans
State Of Louisiana, therein residing ana =
-. presence OF the witnesses hcEe'aa;;cr
n',r.a and undersigned: Personally came AID
aopcarcd Mr. William i. Luck and Nj.
| F W Gaudln. residents OF The Par!sA o.
| Orleans, State OF Louisiana, OF iul4 age,
herein appearing and acting IN their cap"
cities as President and Secretary, respect
| ively, OF the meeting Of :he stockholders OF
| the National Sulphur Company, lncoTPoTa'ed'
| a Louisiana corporation domICi!ed II the cay
| OF New Orleans, organized by act passed 2c-
| fore the undersigned notary. on March 81;
! 1917, and pursuant to resolution OF sald
,tockholder, meeting convened on the ION
| day OF April, 1917. a certified copy OF when
| minutes Is hereto annexed, a. part hereof:
| Who declared. that a, a genera! meeting o.
| the stockholders Of SAID coEPo'auGH' son.
| vrucd on the 10Th day OF April, 1917, when
| in accordance with law. Article IN OF the
| SAID charter of SAID corporation "de die''u
ed, 50 a, to read. As i'llo%s' to,w.i:. 49,
| Article IN.-The capital stock Of ms
| corporation is hereby fixed al two hundred
| thousand dollar, 100000. divided into
| and represented by forty thousand shares OF
| The par value OF i've dollar, each; with the
| right to increase said capital stock 10 no;
| more than five hundred thousand dollars
| CSanOOQm), upon complying with the re-
quiSiteS Of the law.
classes, preferred and common. The pre-,
ferrrd stock shall consIe; OF thirty thousand
| shares and the common stock OF ten th0n-
sand shares All stock OF the company
--aH a-
| same voting power. that i 10 say eacl
share OF stock shall be entitled 70 one Tote
upon questions coming before HtoGkhotaefs
meetings The preferred stock shalL De en-
!, | titled - receive Seveu-eig hthS OF the avn
; bends declared by the SAID corporation. ahI
; | to seyen.eighrhs OF the net proh's and o.
the assets OF the company upon me u's SOY,
ton oi the corporation; that IS TO say, upon
: the declaration OF any dividends al any ti'h'
| BY the said corporation scven-elgnthS 'Ae't
OF shall be set aside and distributed P'o
4 rata among the holders Of the said PreteTTet
stock. and one-eighth thereof shall be DIS
= | tribu,ed among the holders Of the SAID com
d mon stock; and likewise upon the diSaoi1,Iio
n Of the said corporation al an! l'ne, az :
; | the assets and things OF value then OelonSii
. 20 said company shall be distributed IN IN
proportion OF seven.eighths 10 the hoIdeT>
! The preferred stock, and one-eighth 10 N
: holders OF the common stock.
y The Subscriptions opposite the signature
;: | Of the subscribers 10 this charter show ih1
= the entire amour; OF the capital stock hd
subscribed.
i. 10 be paid for by the said subscribers by III
+ transfer ard delivery TO this corporation,
,e the placer and non.Ineial.!c minera! Iigh
W following to-wIt: -.
:. All the placer and non-metallic miner
r | rights TO which the original locator and a.
!. plicant therefor is entitled under the pr
5, visions OF the mining law, adopted by q
A. | regular session OF the Thirty Third Leg
:. lature OF the State OF Texas, Chapter II
"a AcrS OF 1913, upon two hundred acres OF Ian
I situated partly in the West Half Of the We
IS half of Section No. - and partly an =
i Public School land, in Cul5erson Count
Il Texas: the said two hundred acres OF lar
- | consisting OF five mineral claims designate
Al as Willis No. /. Willis No ?, Willis No.
v. Willis No. and Willis No ;: OF forty acre
each; said Willis Claim No. being locate
u larIlv in Section "A and partly IN Sectlo
- | y and the remaining claims, 10 wit: VIII
| No , Willis No. J. Willis No. and VIII
;. W. being located entirely IN Section
y Block ll3, as per field notes and plan OF u
N said mineral surveys and CLAIMS mac
70 " z. Thaxton. Surveyor OF CutoeTs1
e, County. Texas, dated January SlSt, 9n na.
- lie in the records OF the General Land Ono
:. at Austin, in the State Of Texas.
:. said lands are dry rolling prairie, unlr
al lroved and are supposed 10 contain sulpnu
e | Ill and other minerals. The SAID miner
- 4eh,s on said lands have been appraised
!. he board OF directors hereinafter named
"A ne full value of two hundred thousand Dc
a. ars ($1C0,Ooo0O).
S,l All shares of stock Of this corporation shs
in De fully paid and non assessabie.
sell The whole as will more fully appear
;s -eference 10 the annexed certified copy
~. he minutes Of said stockholders meetir
toi And the said sppearerS having request
u re, notary, TO put the said amendment
"a. luthen;ic form, do, BY these presents,
IRE ,eve said amendment in the form OF Il