The herald., 1917-01-18

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 of December, in the year OF our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and six
teen, and of the independence of the United
States of America, the one hundred and
forty-hrst, before me, Henry p. Dart, Jr.,
a notary public, duly commissioned and quail
fled, in and for this city and the parish of
Orleans, therein residing, and in the pres
ence of the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and appeared:
l. Sigmund Odenheimer and 2. Harry I.
Howard, both of age and residents of the
City of New Orleans, here appearing in their
capacity as president and secretary-treas-
urer respectively of Lane Cotton Mills Com
pany, corporation organized under the laws
Of the State of Louisiana and domiciled in
the city of New Orleans;
Who declared, that as will appear by the
certificate hereto annexed, a meeting Of the
| stockholders of Lane Cotton Mills Company
was held in the directors room of the Com
rcial-National Bank, at New Orleans, Lou
| isiana, Wednesday, November %, 1916,
at the hour Of two o'clock p. m. That there
were present and represented at said meet
| ing 1913 shares of the capital stock of said
corporation out of total of 1000 shares is.
| sued and outstanding. That said meeting of
stockholders was held after due notice given
| in accordance with law and with the charter
of this corporation to each and every stock
| holder.
That said meeting was called for the pur-
pose OF considering certain proposed amend
| ment to the charter of the said corporation,
which amendment was in due course unan-
imously adopted by the said meeting. That
at said meeting the appearers were appointed
| a committee for 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
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
| Charter of Lane Cotton Mills Company, ex-
public, on October 26, 1910, was amended and
| the same is hereby amended and re-enacted
| so to read as follows, to.wit:
"Aticle IV.--"The capital stock of this
corporation is fixed, at the sum of one mil.
| IS, 35O,OOo0O), divided into and represented
| by thirteen thousand FIVE hundred Q3,500)
shares of the par value of one hundred dol.
| lars, four thousand FIVE hundred shares Of
| which shall be and constitute the preferred
shares shall be and constitute the common
| stock of this corporation.
said stock shall be paid for in cash anC
| at such time and in such installments a:
| the board of directors may determine, Of
same may be issued for property or right,
common stock may also be issued by thi.
corporation in payment of dividends de-
clared and to be declared by it. The pre-
ferred stock shall be entitled to preference,