The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-03-09
AMENDMENT
TO TIE
CHI RTER
OF TIE
ST. NARY HARDWARE COMPANY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
PARISH Oh ST EAIpN

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. MARY.
Before me, the undersigned Notary
Public, dui: commissioned and qualified
in and for the Parish of st. Mary. state of
Louisiana. personally came aud appeared
MIR. DOnelson Caffery. resident of New
Orleans, Louisiana. and Nes>rS. John n .
Caffery. George reiret aud Robert F..
,, Brumoy. all OF Franhiin, Louisiana, who
severa!ly and jointly declared unto me-
Notary. that as owners OF all the capital
stock OF the st. Mary Hardware Company :,
Limited. and in accordance with the tenor
OF the resolution of the meeting of the
stock holders of SAID Company. held on
;; JanuPry 23rd, 1913, Il certified copy of
which is hereunto annexed and made
part, it was their wish and the wish
OF said Company to amend the Charter
thereof, and that accordingly in accord {.
ance with the laws of the State of Louisi.
ana, they had and do hereby agree to and
do hereby amend Articles II, Ill and Nv
of the Charter of 1.-THE said Corporation
adopted on Dec. %, 1907, and recorded in
Book 54 OF Mortgages, page, Entry No.
81, BIZ. so as TO read as follows:
ARTICLE II.
This corporation is organized for the
purpose and object OF carrying on gene
raj hardware business; either wholesale
classes of all farm and plantation supplies,
implements and machines; to handle and
deal in mill supplies: to engage III and do
general or special contracting and build.
Ing business; to engage in and do general
wholesale and retail merchandise busi-
ness; and to deal in, buy and sell any and
all kinds OF goods, wares and merchandise !;
to buy, lease or hold. sell and dispose Of
property movable, immoYable or mixed:
to pledge. mortgage or hypo:hecate its
property or to accept such on property of
others; and generally to do and carry on
any and all business as is lawful for y cor.
porationi to engage in under one Charter
whether specifically included above or
not; it shall likewise have the power to
judgment; to adopt by.laws as well as
such other further powers as are useful or
incidental to corporations in general.
ARTICLE LII.
The capital stock Of this Corporation is
hereby increased to and fixed at Twenty
Five Thousand Dollars t$25,OOO) repre-.
sented by Two Hundred Fifty ,25D) shares
of One Hundred Dollars 5000 each.
Said shares shall be fully paid and nom
of the Company in accordance with law
and may be paid for in cash or issued for
other property ut not less than par. such
stock shall be issued and sold upon res0.
luton of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE Nv.
All corporate power shall be vested in
and exercised by Board of Directors
consisting of not less than three I'D nor
more than five (5) stock holders as may be
determined by the stock holders ut their
annual meeting. A majority of their
members to constitute quorum.
Such Directors shall be elected at the
annual meeting to be held on the second
Tuesday Of January, 1919, and annually
thereafter to serve for one year and until
their successors are chosen, at which eIec.
'tion each stock holder shall lie entitled TO
one vote for each share of stock standing
in his name on the books of the Company,
said voting to be cumulative il desired.
Said Board of Directors shall meet i'm.
mediately after the annual stockholders
meeting and shall organize for the en-
suing year by electing from among their
number President, . Vica- President,
secretary and Treasurer, provided that
any of two said offices may be combined
at the option of the said Board; said ct.
ficers shall have the powers usually Incl.
dent to their positions. together with such
additional authority AS may be conferred
upon them by resolution of the Board, or
general by laws Of the Company.
All vacancies on the Board shall be filed
by the remaining Directors. Until the
Mcctiu8 auOvc PEOSiueu AoT IL utlu, inc
following shall Constitute the Board Of Di
rect0rs and oficers:e
Robert E. Brumby. President.
Donelso2 Cafferv, Vice President.
John NJ. Caffery, Secretary and Treas>
urer.
Thus done and.rsigned in the presence
of Miss Jessie Black and K. II. Darnali,
competen: witnesses. and me, Notary. this
9th day of January, 1918.
fSignedl KOBT. b. BRUMBY,
DONELSON CAFFEKY,
JOHN n. CAFFEkY,
GEO. L. PERKEC.
Witnesses:
JESSIE BLACK,
&. =. DARNALL.
PERCY SAINT.
Notary Public. ,,