Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-12
Al TO REDUCTION OF
CAPITAL STOCK
of


Jerome Iill e Company. a corporation
organized and existing under and by
virtue Of the provisions OF An act Of the
General Assembly of the State of Delaware.
entitled AN act providing general
poration law approved March 10. 1909.
aud the acts nmendatory thereof and sup
Elemental thereto. tho certificate Of iBcor.
poration of which was filed In the office OF
the Secretary Of state Of i.l, Dslaware re on on
nice of the Recorder Of Deeds for New
Castle county. state OF .iS Deiaiwara, on On
t3s etc does hereby certify
First-That at meeting OF the board OF
directors of said Jerome nm & Company.
duly convened and held. a resolution was
duly adopted setting forth an amendment
proposed To the certificate OF Incorporation
of said corporation. for tho purpose OF re-
dueing the capital stock OF said corpora
ttOn. rs follows.
That the certificate of Incorporation of
said company he amended by striking out so
much Of the paragraph or article thereof
numbered Fourth as roads ss follows
The amount of tho total authorized
capital stock Of the corporation SHAH be
5000 600 divided into 1000 shares OF The
par value of stno each" and by Inserting
In lieu thereof. he following
The amount Of tho total authorized
capital stock OF the corporation shall bo
$4,000 divided vI.o 800 shares Of the par
the proposed amendment be submitted 70
the Stockholders for action thereon
Second THAT thereafter a meeting Of the
pany was duly held in accordance with law
and the bylaws Of said corporation. at the
burgh. Penus ylVania. on the 9Th day OF
December. 1917. at $50 o clock, y. m. at
which all Of the stockholders Of said cor
poratton were preseat in person or ny
proxy. That at said meeting vote uf the
stockholders by ballot, I'm person or by
proxy was taken for and against said pro
posed amendment. which vote con
Quoted by MessrR Jerome Hill and Thrus-
ton Wright. two Judges appointed for that
meeting by vote conducted as sfore-
said. said amendment adopted. the
persons or bodies corporate holding the ma
iOrity Of stock IF said corporation voting
for said proposed amendment. 70 wit.
2 400 shares Of stock were voted for said
amendment and shares oF stock were
voted against the same said 900 shares Of
stock being all Of the stock issGcd and ont
standing. al Of which appears by tho dupd-
cate certificates made by said Judges. ono
Of which is hereto attached. made part
hereof. and marked a"
Third That all Of tho debts Of said Jer-
ONE Hill 4 Company have been paid or
adequately and fully secured
Fourth That the name Of the president
of Jerome Hill g. Company is Jerome Hin
Fifth That the names of the directors of
| Jerome lTill & Company are Jerome Hll
Thruston Wright and Geo ~ Rarstow. Jr
In witness whereof. the said Jerome HiiI h
| Company has caused It's corporate seal IN
10 hrreunto affixcd and this certificate 10
be signed by is president and It's secretary.
| this 10th day of January. 1918
JEROME NIL Il COMPANY.
ny Jerome nm President
| Attest. Thrsston Wright secretary
TiffgaT TTHRusT6N * " WRIGHT seal seal
GEO. Il. BARsTOW. JR (seal)
Directors
Jerome I'M & Company
Corporate Seal
1915
Delaware. u. =. \.
JEROME HIz.I K COMPANY
IN9pEt TORS CERTIFICATE
We. the subscribers. inspectors or eiec-
| tIon appointed tn act at he meeting 1T the
| stockholders Of the above named corpora
tIon held this 27th day Of Decen ber 1917.
do report that. having taken an oath
| irupartfafIy to conduct the election we did
| receive the votes Of the stockholders By
| We report that the entire 1000 votes
/ were cast In favor Of the resolutions follows
| Resolved, That the proposal Of the board
| OF directors that the certificate Of incor-
! poration of Jerome Hill K Company be
amended byst-iking out SO much Of the
which reads as follows ne amount Of
/ he total authorized capital stock Of the
corporation shall be Two hundred thousand
| 500. .0OO.0Ol dollars. divided into two
! thousand t2.OO0I shares Of the par value
| of one hundred 100000 dollars each -
and by inserting in lieu thereof the fol-
! lowing The amount Of the total au-
/ thorized capital stock Of the corporation
shall be ATTY housand $50 600 90 dollars
divided into FIVE hundred 500 shares
| of she par value Of one hundred $4,000
dollars each. be and the same il hereby
! adopted and approved and that said
/ certificate of incorporation be and il hereby
/ i amended accordingly.
Resolved That the decrease of capital
/ stock Of the company this day authorized
! be effected by the purchase by the cor
| poration. at not above par. OF certain
shares OF stock for retirement
Respectfully submitted
THRUSTON WRIGHT
JEROME HILL
State Of pennS yIvania
! County OF Aieg heny
| BE II remembered that on this 10th day of
| January. 1918. personally appeared before
] the undersigned notary public in and
/ for said county and state. Jerome Hill
| Thruston Wright and George E Barstow
| Jr directors of Jerome Hill 81 Company
and parties 10 the foregoing certificate
known to me personally to he such and
] 10 afea atkxgnraI1v asku Ie.Ya has n