The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-12-20
November 9th, 1917.
AMENDED CHARTER OF rHs
YAZOO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAN,
ROAD COMPANY.

United States of America. Stat, AZ ruis
ana, Parish OF Orleans, City Of NH
BE 1t known, That on this 9th day d 4,
month OF November, in the year Of our Iol
one thousand nine hundred and scy,rra
and Of the independence Of the Uni.ed S,s
OF America, the one hundred and fosy
second.
Before me, Arthur A. Moreno, a r,zr
Public, duly commissioned and qualified i
and for this city and the Parish Of 0rlt,uA
therein residing and in the presence Of hs
witnesses hereinafter named and undr
signed, personally came and appeared:
Hunter c. Leake, who declared a. n
general meeting Of the Stockholders 4
The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Ralsi
Company, a corporation organized under h
laws of Louisiana and domiciled 10 The civ
Of New Orleans, which said meeting w
duly held at the Office Of the C5mpsny q
Union Station, New Orleans, La, on Or
Der 10th, 1917, after proper call, Tor he
purpose of amending the charter Of the ak
The fazoo & Mississippi Valley Ralrsi
Company and increasing the capital sax
thereof, he was elected chairman 81 ~
stockholders meeting, as viii more falr
appear by a certified copy Of the nir1lu
Of said meeting annexed hereto for gti;u
reference. That the said appearef, Is char
man of said Stockholders netting, VA y
thorizd and empowered to take such srs
as may be necessary and proper % l,r
the charter of the said The. Yaroo ~
sissippi Valley Railroad Company susldn
in accordance with the resolutions passed
said stockholders meeting, held tor the pn
pose of amending the charter and incfeis4
the capital stock of the said The faie
Mississippi Valley Railroad Company pT
pursuant to the laws of Louisiana. And "
said appearer, as chairman Of SAD hcf
holders meeting and acting in bis np's,
sentative capacity and on behalf ~
corporation and the stockholders ihtrea
virtue of the authority conferred upon ~
at the general meeting Of said stoekns5,
ers. declared that the charter Of the az
The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley ki1''.
Company, as constituted by the ania5
consolidation dated October "a lDA ~
between the Louisville, New Orleans -
as Railroad Company and The fs'" ~.
Mississippi Valley Railroad Company ~, a.
been changed, altered and AMENDED n.
Article in its entirety viii reaa
lows: -
Article III.-"The capital stock q iss ~
consolidated Company shall be S<,' 49,
to be divided into two hundred niIe' 1rss,i,
sand, FIVE hundred and thirty-tnrse -. .ss,o
shares of $1,000 each; but the san S 80
ration may at any time increase q 80
ish the amount of its capital S0'A
ing to law" s..t.,5
And the said appearer moreover oes', "a
that in consequence of the fofesoik q
pursuant to the authority in him Ses'jr ~
the stockholders of said The faio0 N,
sissippi Valley Railroad Company, ..E
hereby formally declare publicly ana ~, -
known that in the manner prescribe. y. Ar
and aRreeably to the provisions o, ,t..;..;ou;
ter Of the said The Ysroo nis, ,IT Z
Valley Railroad Company, Article - vi.
the charter of The Yazoo 4 MisAssy .,,,d
lev Railroad Company has been - NJ
altered and amended as neis a..~s~ dirrc
forth and written, and he does ns a,. ehsrr
and require that the allow, ~. ~ cssr
and amendment Of Article II v.,Isr Kf;l
ter Of The Yazoo & Mississipp, '...si;shs1 b
road Company be recorded ana AZ su1
that the said change and amenonsss. .,, u
after and at all times be as hefeins ~ 90
forth. as regards all persons VA a he
or NAV hereafter become stocKno''
aforesaid Company. oHcs. 10 .:
Thus done and passed, at ny ons "a snd
c;tv az New Orleans on the day "a" - srtt
vesr herein first above written " - Z
ence of Louise Wingerter anJ hrrvsss
Bell. competent witnesses, VIZ .sorrsS
sign their names with the sa,s ~
and me, Notary, after 'ss'
whole. ,,,,urrp c LEANr
Witnesses: Louise Wingef'ei'
Bell. ,,,o No.ary Pubis
CERTIFICATE. :. usscs.:
I. the undersigned Reeords, .s = ssis =
in and for the Parish Of ofi ssas de az.
Louisiana, do hereby certify ' arsi.is II (
and foregoing amendment % vn;ssissigi VI
the charter Of The Ya1Oo 4 n'S -, ia -
ley Railroad Company was AZ lRs for Dc Pr
recorded in the mortgage on, oinee f.l;c o.
ish Of Orleans. in Book lzi "a ISL isr.
New Orleans, November y az py
EMILE J. LEoNnn;nns 70 ,
hereby certify the toiss'n asssinsl |"
true and correct copy Of me -.
on ME a " MORENO, No'sD
Nov % 9 Dec - 70 "