The herald., 1917-01-11
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER

OF PELICAN OIL REFINING COMPANY,
INC.
State Of Louisiana, Parish OF Orleans, City
OF Nw Orleans.
Re it known. that on this sixth day of the
month Of December, in the year of Lord,
one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and
Of the Independence Of the United States
II America, the one hundred and forty-frst,
before me, Andrew NJ. Buchanan, a notary
public duly commissioned and qualified in
and for the parish of Orleans, therein resid-
ing, and in the presence OF the witnesses
herein after named and undersigned, person
ally came and appeared:
Mr.. Edwin NJ Telle. of full age and a
resident Of this city, herein appearing in
his capacity as secretary OF the Pelican Oil
Refining Company, Inc, and as secretary
oi a meeting OF the stockholders Of the said
corporation held on August 81, 1915, herein
after referred to, who declared that as will
appear by certified copy OF the proceed.
ngs thereof, annexed hereto, a meeting OF
the stockholders of the Pelican Oil Rein
ing Company, Inc, was held at the Office
vi the said corporation, No. ll03 Hennen
Building, in this city, on August 81, 1916.
at which meeting there were present and
represented all of the shares of the capital
stock Of said corporation; that said meeting
was called for the purpose of considering an
amendment to the charter OF the said cor
poration, particularly Article III thereof rel
ton, and at which meeting, after motion
duly made and seconded, the following res
olutionS were unanimously adopted, viz:
Resolved; That Article III of the Char
ter Of this corporation, being act passed
before Lewis Rossner Graham, notary pub
lie for the parish of Orleans, on the 18th
day Of July, 1915, be amended and readopted
50 as to read follows:
Article IlI.-The capital stock of this cor
poration shall be one hundred thousand dol
lars CSl00,0O00),, divided into thousand
shares Of the par value of one hundred dol
lars $4,000 each. Fifty thousand dollars
and the same shall be entitled TO receive
ten per cent annual dividends out of the
earnings and profits OF the corporation before
any dividends shall be paid on the common
stock, which said dividends said pre-
ferred stock shall be cumulative. The re
mainder of said stock shall be common stock
and said stock shall share equally with the
preferred stock, all dividends that may be
earned and declared in excess OF the ter
per cent dividend OF preferred stock
BE it further resolved that the chairman
and secretary of this meeting, either Of
them, be and they are hereby authorized
and directed to appear before a notary pub
lie to publish and authenticate and place
Of record the foregoing amendment of the
charter OF this corporation"
And the said appearers further declared
that by virtue of the authority in him vested
by said stockholders at said meeting hello
on the 3lst day OF August, 1916, and for anc
| in behalf Of said corporation and in order
to carry out the purposes of said meeting
and to give the alteration, change and
| amendment adopted at said meeting full
legal force and effect. he does now declare
publish and give notice 10 the world tina
Article III of the charter Of the Pelican Oi
Refining Company, Inc, executed before
Lewis Rossner Graham, notary public, or
the 18th day OF July, 1915, was amended anC
the same is hereby amended so as TO reaC
as follows, tO-wit:
Avfir N Il
poration shall be one hundred thousand dol
lars (SlOOOOO0, divided into one thousand
shares OF the par value Of one hundred dol
lars $4,000 each, Fifty thousand dollar:
and the same shall be entitled to receiv,
ten per cent annual dividends out of tn,
earnings and profits Of the corporation be
fore any dividends shall be paid on the com
mon stock which said dividends on sale
preferred stock shall be cumulative. TIL,
remainder of said stock shall be common
stock, and said stock shall share equally
with the preferred stock, all dividends tina
may be earned and declared in excess Of thu
ten per cent dividend on preferred stock
The said appearer further declared that h,
| does hereby authorize and require the sal,
alteration, change and amendment to b,
duly incorporated into notaral form and 4
be recorded and published according to Law
! to the end that the same may be operative
and binding upon all persons whomsoever.
Thus done and signed at my Office in thu
| the presence Of May A. Keir and Joseph L
| Mott, Jr., competent witnesses, residents o
| the City Of New Orleans, who have here
unto affixed their signatures together witt
the said appearers and me, notary, after du,
| reading of the whole.
(Signed) f. NJ TELLE, Secty.
Witnesses May A. Keir, Jos. L. Mott, Jr
ANDREW NJ. BUCHMANN, Not. Pub
| I, the undersigned recorder of mortgages
in and for the parish Of Orleans, State o
| Louisiana, do hereby certify that the &C
| d Incorporation of the Pelican Oil Refinini
| Co., Inc, was this day duly recorded il
my Office, in book 1901, folio sol.
| New Orleans, December T. 1916
lSigned) EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R
ANDREW NJ. BUCHANAN, Not. Pub
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