The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-09-27
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER

OF NICHOLAS BURKE COMPANY, LTD.
United States Of America, State OF LOUIS.
ana, City OF New Orleans.
Be il known, That on this thi-ty-tirst day
Of the month Of August, in the year one
thousand, nine hundred and seventeen, be-
ioFe me, Henry r Dart, IT, Notary Pub
lic duly commissioned and sworn in Tor the
Parish Of Orleans and City OF New Orleans,
therein residing personally appeared
William Burke and George Swarbrick,
OF age and residents Of New Orleans, who
declared that a: general meeting OF the
stockhol de-S .: Nicholas Burke Company,
Limited, held at the Office OF the company
IN the City OF New Orleans, August 81, 1917
preceded by public notice published in the
New Orleans Tines icayune for ten days as
required by the Charter of said company
there we're present or represented by proxy
four hundred Shaes OF stock of said c0rpo-
ration, being the entire capital stock issued
and outstanding. That at said meeting the
original charter OF said company was amend
ed altered changed and re-enacted in the
particulars hereinafter set out and none
other, and the appearers were elected and
appointed a committee OF two for the pur-
pose OF formulating and placing in legal
shape the amendments thus adopted, the
whole as will more fully appear from a Ger
| tIhed copy OF tfhe minutes OF the stock
holders meeting hereunto annexed in the
margin as a part OF this act.
And thereupon the said appearers further
ucC4dreu that Inc Nhdfter OF Nlclolas burke
Company. Limited, executed before James
Fahey, Notary Public, August 10. 1888. as
amended by act before said notary on Feb
| ruary y, 1899. and as further amended by
act before said notary November 5. 1894, be,
ard the same is hereby amended, changed,
altered and re-enacted in the following par.
tculars, and none other, to-wit:
! Article The name and title OF this cor.
! porati'n shall be Nicholas Burke Company,
! incorporated.
Article III-The capital stock of this cor
Poration is hereby increased and declared
70 be the Of two hundred thousand dol
lars (s2O.00OOO), divided into two thousand
shares OF one hundred dollars each, whereof
forty thousand dollars (s40,OOOO0) has been
previously subscribed and paid for in cash
at the time OF the organization of this cor
poratlOn and the remainder, one hundred and
sixty thousand dollars tsl60O0OO) shall be
paid for in cash at the time Of subscription.
Article Iv.-Two directors shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction sf all business
The election shall be under the supervision
OF two persons, one Of whom shall be q
stocksoldcr.
The secretary-treasurer need not be a
stakeholder.
The annual meeting and election Of board
Of directors shall be held on the first Mon
day in February in each year.
Article VII-Article VII is repealed and
the following substituted therefor:
This act Of Incorporation may be changed
modified or altered with the consent OF three
| fourths Of the capital stock represented al
| any general meeting of the stockholders of
| the corporation convened for such purpose.
This corporation may be dissolved and its
| affairs liquidated in the manner now pro-
| vided or as may be hereafter provided by
| law"
Article Ix-Artiele TX is repealed and re.