The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-07-11

United States of America, State of LOuiSi-
ana, Parish of Orleans, City Of New
Orleans.
he it known that on this twenty-sixth
day of the month of June in the year OF
our Lord one thousand ninr hundred and
leiGhtcen and of the Independence OF the
United States of America, the one hundred
and forty third, before me, Henry i. Dart,
Jr., IA Notary Public, duly commissioned
and qualified, in and for this city and the
Parish of Orleans, therein residing, and
in the presence of the witnesses herein
after and undersigned, personally came
and appeared:
Sigmund Odenheimer and Harry T.
Howard, both of age and residents of the
City of New Orleans. here appearing III
their capacity as President and Secretary
Treasurer respectively OF Lane Cotton
Mills Company, Il corporation organized
under the laws of the state OF Louisiana,
and dOmiCiled i'll the city OF New Orleans.
Who declared, that as will appear by
the certificate hereto annexed, meeting
of stockholders of Lane Cotton Mills Com
pany WAS held i'll the directors room of
the Whitney Central National Bank, AT
New Orleans Louisiana, on Wednesday,
June 10Th, 1918 lat the hour -Ot o'clock
In. III. That there were present and rep
resented at said meeting E.2I1 shares OF
the capital stock of said corporation, out
of a total of 1880 shares issued and out
lstanding. That the said meeting of stock
holders was held after due notice given in
accordance with law and with the charter
! of this corporation to each and every
stakeholder.
That said meeting was called for the
purpose Of considering Il certain proposed
amendment to the charter of the said cor
poratiOu, which amendment was in due
lcOur>e unanimously adopted by the said
meeting. That ut said meeting the appear
lcrS were appointed a committee Tor the
purpose oI causing TO be embodied in due
formal and legal shape the amendment TO
/ the charter OF Lane Cotton Mills Company
IadOpted at the said meeting.
And the said appcarcrS declare that by
virtue of the authority in them vested by
said stockholders at said meeting held
on Wednesday, June 20, lbs, and for ana
to carry out the purposes of said meet
| ing and to give the alterations, changes
and amendment adopted at said meeting
full legal force and effect.
| They do now declare, publish and give
notice to the world that Article " of the
Ichartrr of Lane Cotton Mills Company,
IeXecuted before Henry L. Dart, Jr., No
ltary Public on December Ind, 1916, was
| amended and the same il hereby amended
and re-enacted so as TO read as follows
lto-wit:
Article IV-"The capital stock of this
lcOrpOraton il fixed at the sum of two
million two hundred fifty thousand dol
lars tS2.2JU,OOOD divided into and repre-
scented by twenty-five thousand five hun
ldrrd (22,jOO) shares OF the par value OF
one hundred dollars, four thousand hNt
hundred shares OF which snail De ana con
Stitute the preferred stock, and the re
manning eighteen thousand shares shall D'
land constitute the common stock OF thli
corporation.
said stock shall be paid for in casl
, land ut Such time and in such inSta llmcnt
as the Board of Directors may determine
/, lOr same may he issued for property %
rights actually received by this corpora
ton. The common stock may also be Is
sued by this corporation in payment o
. dividends declared and to be declared by
/; lii. The preferred stock shall be entitled
Ito preference and priority over the com
mon stock in the distribution of dividend
! and in liquidation and the dividend oil
said preferred stock il hereby fixed an'
limited to seven per cent per annum an'
shall be cumulative.
, "All transfers of shares in the capita
p lstock of this corporation shall be entcre'
on the stock book, and no transfer OF stool
shall he in any manner binding OH thi
lcorporation until registered i'll said stool
t book.
This corporation shall become a goint
] concern. and may commence business whel
one hundred thousand dollars (SlOO.UOOl o
; its capital stock shall have been subscribed
! for"
. Appcarprs further declare that they d.
, hereby authorize and require the sal'
, lchanges and amendments to be duly IN
; lcOrporated into nOtaTial shape and TO b.
, recorded and published according TO law
to the end that the same may be Operative
and binding on all persons whomsoe'er
, Thus done and passed in my office a
, New Orleans, one the day, month am
year herein first above written, and II
q the presence of William Herman Dart AM
! Louis J. Gelpi, competent witnesses, VIII
! have hereuntO signed their names, togeth
q er with said appearerS, and me, Notary
Sigmund Odenheimer, ii. I. Howard.
: Witnesses; William Herman Dart, LOU
; J. Gelpi
I HENRY Z. DART, JR., Not. Put
: l. the undersigned, Recorder of Mort
cages in and for the Parish of Orleans
. Estate of Louisiana, do hereby certify tina
, the above and foregoing act or incorpor
q alton of the amendment of Lane Cotton Mill
lCompany was this day duly recorded i
: Inv office in book 1222 folio 1874,
New Orleans, June q, 1913.
y (SjgnedD EMILE J. LEONARD. by.
= (seaD a true copy.
v HENRY l.. DART, JR., Not. Pull
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