The herald., 1917-11-22
AMENDED CHARTER OF
MERCANTILE REALTY COMPANY, ]
CORPORATED

OOhfOKAl ED.
United States of America, State OF Louisi-
ana, Parish OF Orleans, City Of New
Orleans.
Be it known, That this nineteenth day
Of the month OF November, in the wear OF
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen. and Of the Independence of the
United States OF America the one hundred
and forty -frst, before me, Francis p. Burns,
notary public, Oily commissioned and
qualified, in and for this city and the Par
lsh OF Orleans, therein residing and in the
presence OF the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, personally came and ap-
peared Edgar NJ. Rea, President, and Peter
J. Stouse, Secretary, who declared that at
special meeting al the stockholders of the
Mercantile Realty Company, incorporated,
corporation organized by an act passed be-
April Sth, 1917, recorded in NJ. o. B. l2O6,
folio $50, and as amended by an act of
amendment before the same notary public
on October sth. 1917, recorded in NJ. .. B.
l2l2 folio 5S4, held at the office of said
Mercantile Realty Company, incorporated, on
November 10Th, 1917, they were authorized
as president and secretary, respectively, of
said Mercantile Realty Company, lncorpor-
ated, as appears by certified copy of the
minutes of the stockholders meeting hereto
attached and made part hereof, to appear
before me, notary, for the purpose of amend
ing the said charter of the Mercantile Realty
Company, incorporated.
And the said appearers, as president and
secretary, respectively, of the said Mercan-
tile Realty Company, Incorporated, and act
ing in said capacities aforesaid and on be-
half of said corporation by virtue of the
authority conferred upon them at the afore-
said special meeting of the stockholders of
the Mercantile Realty Company, Incorporat-
ed, declared that Article Four of the charter
Of said Mercantile Realty Company, Incor-
porated, passed before me, notary, on April
5th, 1917, and as amended by act of
amendment passed before me-. notary, on DC:
tober 9Th, 1917, has been changed, altered
and amended to read as follows, to-wit:
Article IV.-"The capital stock of this cor
poration is hereby fixed at the sum of thirty
thousand tS30OOO.00) dollars, divided into
three hundred 600 shares of the par value
of one hundred $4,000 dollars each, pro-
vided that the amount TO which the capital
stock of this corporation may be increased
shall be one hundred thousand (S100O00.0O
dollars.
Fifty per cent of the capital stock of this
corporation must be subscribed for before the
filing of the articles of Incorporation. The
subscribed capital stock of this corporation
shall be payable in cash.
No stakeholder shall ever be held liable
or responsible for the faults, contracts or
debts of this corporation in any further sum
than the unpaid balance due the corporation
on the shares of stock subscribed for by him,
ganization have the effect Of rendering this
charter null of exposing any shareholder
to any liability whatsoever"
And the said appearers moreover declared
that in consequence of the foregoing and pur-
suant to the authority in them vested by the
stockholders of said Mercantile Realty Com
pany, Incorporated, they do hereby formally
declare publicly and make known that in
the manner prescribed by law and agreeable
to the provisions of the charter of said
Mercantile Realty Company, Incorporated,
Article Four of said charter, passed before
me, notary, on April sth, 1917, and amended
by an act of amendment passed before me,
notary, on October 9Th, 1917, has been
changed, altered and amended as hereinabove
set forth and written, and they do hereby
direct and require that the stated change and
amendment of Article Four of the charter
of Mercantile Realty Company, incorporated,
be recorded and published in the manner
prescribed by law, to the end that the said
change and amendment hereafter and at all
times be as hereinabove set forth, as regards
all persons that are now or may hereafter
become stockholders of the aforesaid COM
pany.
Thus done and passed at my Office in the
City of New Orleans, on the day, months
and year herein first above written, in the
presence of St. Clair Adams and Guy Hop
kins, competent witnesses, who hereunto sign
their names with the said appearers and me,
Notary, after a reading of the whole.
(Signed) E. NJ. REA, P. J. STOUSE.
Witnesses: St Clair Adams, Guy Hopkins.
FRANCIS p. BURNS, Notary Public.
/, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgages,
| in and for the Parish of Orleans State of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Act of Amendment of Incor-
poration of the Mercantile Realty Vo., Inc,
was this day duly recorded in my Office, in
Book 1912 Folio -.
New Orleans, Nov. 10th, 1917.
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R.
A true copy.
FRANCIS P. BURNS, Notary Public.
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