The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-02-07
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER

OF SOUTHERN COOPERATE COMPANf.
United States OF America, State of Louisi-
ana, Parish q Orleans City OF New
Be it known, That on this fifteenth day
of the month of January in the year OF our
Lord nineteen hundred and eighteen, and OF
the independence of the United States of
America the one hundred and forty-second
Before me, ]. Henry Forcelle, Jr., notary
public in and for the Parish of Orleans,
State of Louisiana, aforesaid, duly commits
stoned, sworn and qualified and in the pres
ence of the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned; personally came and appeared:
Chris. Reuter-, President, and Raoul ID.
Viosca, Secretary of the Southern Cooperage
Company, of this city, a corporation organ
passed before Charles Schneidau, Notary
Public of this City, on June IS, 1907, re-
corded in the mortgage Office of this parish
in book SSl folio Al, who severally declared
that:
Whereas, the Board of Directors of the said
Southern Cooperage Company did, at ses-
sion of said Board held November 80, 1917,
at the Office of the Company, Nos. 3l34-6O
Chartres street in this city, authorize the
calling and did call special and general
meeting Of the stockholders of said Company,
| to be held on the End day of January, 1918.
at 10 o'clock A. NJ, for the purpose OF
| submitting to them for their consideration
| Three" to enlarge the objects and purposes
of said Corporation and Article -Four" to
| increase the capital stock from S5,OOOOO to
| 100000, as authorized by its Charter and
| by the laws of this State, notice of which
| was given by due publication in the Daily
States of this City and also by letter to each
| stakeholder.
was duly held. as aforesaid, on January End,
1918, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. at its Office in this
| City, after compliance with all of the forms
| and requirements of law; that at said meet
| ing there were present all of the stock
1 - r r
unanimously voted in favor of amending,
and did amend. said Articles of Incorporation
of said Southern Cooperage Company, passed
before Charles Scnneidau, Notary Public,
| June H. 1907, recorded in the mortgage Office
of this Parish in book Ssl folio Al, and
authorized said appearers to appear before
| me, Notary, for the purpose of putting the
| said amendments into effect by Notarial act,
as appears by a certified copy of the min
| utes of said stockholders meeting hereto at
tached and made a part hereof, and which
| amendments to Articles Three and Four of
the charter of the said Southern Cooperage
Company, so voted on and adopted by said
| stockholders meeting, are in the words and
| figures following, to-wit:
Article Three.-The objects and purposes
| for which this corporation is established and
| the nature of the business to be carried on
| by it are hereby declared to be: to manu-
afcture, buy and sell barrels and boxes, or
| any part thereof, any material used in the
| construction of the same, to carry on a
| general cooperage business; to buy or lease
timber lands. to buy, lease or build cooper.
| age mills or railroads for the purpose OF
/ handling the products of said business; and
in furtherance of the above objects and pur.
| poses to purchase, acquire, hold, own and
/ dispose of stocks, bonds and other evidence
| of Indebtedness in corporations OF like ma.
ture and purpose and in respect to any and
| all such stocks, to possess and exercise all
| the powers of individual owners thereof lex
eept the business of stock jobbing, which !:
| hereby expressly excluded); and generally
to hold and exercise all such incident pow
ers and privileges as relate to the object:
| and purposes hereinbefore set forth or thai
may be hereafter conferred by law upon thi:
corporation corporations of similar char
acter.
Article Four.-The Capital stock of this
CORPORATION shall be fixed at the sum o.
One Hundred Thousand Dollars $4,000 90
divided into and represented by 1000 shares
of the par value of Fifty Dollars CS5000
each, which must be paid for in cash or it!
equivalent issued at par in payment o
| property purchased by said corporation or 70
services actually rendered to the corporation
which said stock shall be full paid and non
assessable. All certificates of stock shall b
signed by the President and Secretary, AM
no transfer Of stock shall be binding upol
this Corporation unless made upon its books
ANY stakeholder may sell, assign or trans
fer his stock in this Corporation, provides
20 days previous notice of such intention Z
sell. assign or transfer same De gwen IN
Corporation. and the other stakeholder
thereof shall have the first privilege of pur
chasing same. at its book value after whic
20 days notice the said stock may be sol
in open market.
And the said appearers, moreover declare
that in consequence of the foregoing an
in pursuance of the authority in them veste
, by the stockholders of the said Souther
Cooperage Company, they do hereby for
mally and publicly declare and make know
that in the manner prescribed by law an
Of said Southern Cooperxge Company. Art
cles Three" and -Four of said chartei
passed before Charles Schneidau, Notar,
|. Public. June 18th. 1907. recorded in the mort
Il gage Office in book Ssi, folio Il. has beef