The herald., 1917-06-21
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER
\ ILLIANS- RICHARDSON COM



State oi Louisiana. Parish of Orleans. City
II New Orleans.
Be Il known that on this. the l4th dav
Of the. month, Of May in the year Of our Lord
one thousand, nine hundred and seventeen,
and ot the independence Of the United
States II America the one hundred and forty
mrs.. before ME, Charles F. Fle,chnge-, a
notary public. duly commissioned and quail.
ned III and for the city, parish and state
aforesaid and in the presence Of the wit.
ae,>eS hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared:
Me>>reurS Albert g. Tebo and r. Palmer
EIarile herein appearing in their respective
capacities a chairman and secretary OF a
meeting IF the stockholders OF Williams
Richardson Company Limited. a corporation
organized, created and existing under and
by virtue Of the laws Of this state. domiciled
in this city. by Act OF Incorporation passed
before John J. Ward, notary public. in this
city. Of date May 10 1898. recorded in the
Mortgage Office for this parish. in book 4SS,
amended by an act passed before the un-
dcrs gued notary public, OF date January p.
1914. recorded IN mortgage book lll9. folio 40,
which said lppcarerS severally declared that
a meeting OF the stockholders OF Williams
Richardson Company, Limited, was held at
the dpmlclle o. said corporation IN the city
OF New Orleans on April 70. 1917. pursuant
to a resolution previously passed by the
board OF directors OF said corporation under
date OF March g. 1917, and under which
written notice was given TO each OF the
Stockholders at their last known address
appearing as such upon the books OF the
corporation, at least ten full days before
said meeting was held. provided by the
charter nf said corporation: that At the meet
ing held as aforesaid there were present or
represented tweuty-uIne hundred and eighty
three (2osO out Of three thousand and SIX
$500 OF the shares Of stock, issued and out
Standing NJ said company: that, upon motion
dulv made and seconded, at said meeting an
amendment was proposed 10 Article III OF
the charter of said corporation, all as Will
more fully appear by reference TO duly
certified copy OF the minutes OF said stock
holders meeting. hereto attached and made
part hereof.
said appearers further declared that, as
will more fully appear from the minutes OF
SAID meeting, the third Article OF the char
ter OF said corporation was, by unanimous
consent Of all stockholders, present or rep
resented. changed, altered and amended so
as to hereafter read as follows:
Article III.-"The capital stock OF this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum OF
six hundred and one thousand, two hundred
(SGDl 200 dollars, divided into or represented
by six thousand and twelve (66l2) shares, OF
the par value Of one hundred dollars each, to
he issued and sold at the discretion OF the
board Of directors; said stock shall be pad
for in full, in cash, At the time OF sub
sc-iption or the same may be issued at not
less than par Tor property actually received
by said cOrporation. =.
conformity with the action taken by the
Stockholders at the meeting convened as
aforesaid and in pursuance OF the authority
conferred upon them as chairman and secre.
;arv Of said meeting, they have appeared
before me, notary, for the purpose OF placing
said Amendment to the Charter OF said cor
poration in authentic form. to serve and
avail as the future shall or may require; and
I. said notary, have drafted this Act OF
Amendment in conformity with their instruc-
tions and the action OF the stockholders IN
the premises in order that the same may be
recorded and registered in accordance with
the provisions Of the law in such cases made
and provided.
Thus done and passed, at my office in the
CITY Of New Orleans. Louisiana. on the
day, month and year first hereinabove writ
ten. in the presence Of William c. Wink
and Francis Eislcr, competent witnesses, VINO
he~euuto sign their names, together with
said appearers and me, notary, after due
reading OF the whole.
b. 7. HARDIE, Secretary.
Witnesses: William c Wink, K. Eislan:
CHAS. F. FLETCHINGER. Not. Pub.
l. the undersigned. recorder OF mortgages
in and for the Parish of Orleans, State OF
Louisiana, hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Amendment to the Act OF lncor-
poration Of Williams Richardson Company
Limited, was this day duly recorded IN my
office in book 1906. folio -
New Orleans. May IS, 1917.
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