The herald., 1918-08-29
AMENDMENT To CHARTER OF John NJ
PARKER COMPANY
o'@te OF Louisiana, Parish Of Orleans. City Of

MI
PARKER COMPANY.
STATE OF Louisiana, Parish Of Orleans Civ OF
New Orleans.
be II known that this. the Goth day of
the month OF July, in the year OF our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and eighteen and Of the
independence Of the United States Of America
C 5ne one hundred and forty-third. before me.
onarIts r. tletchinger, Notary Public duly
goininissioned and qualified in and for the City.
farlSh and State aforesaid therein residing and
IN the presence OF witnesses hereinafter harmed
ana undersigned, personally came and anneared
John NJ Parker and John r. Finke T. hotb
residents Of the CITY of New OrIe,,S ho uo;n
appearing in their respective CAPACITIES "a tbo
Chairman and Secretary Of meeting % Az
stockholders of John NJ. Parker Companv n
corporation organized under the laws 90 az
State of Louisiana, having its doniciIe =; th he
Cty OF New Orleans, Incorporated bv act before
the undersigned Notary Public, OF date .I,lv o.
l9o9' recorded Mortgage Book $50, folio 40s'
as amended by another act passed heforo ~
undersigned Notary Public, of date Febr,arv 2
l9lI, recorded Mortgage Book 1906, folio 149
SAID appearers severaly declared that under and
pursuant TO resolution passed by the Board ~
Directors Of said corporation of date June n
1918, authorizing and directing the convenins
Oh meeting Of stockholders, a meeting of the
STOCKHOLDERS Of John NJ Parker Compabv was
regularly held and convened at the Office of The
Company IN the City Of New Orleans. under date
Of June 10. 1915 at which rnaet;ng thara ,a.e
present, either IN person or by proxy, each and
every shareholder Of said corporation. Said an.
PeaIers further declared that at said meeting
so held and convened. on motion being d,,I,,
made and seconded, Article " of the original
charter OF said corporation as amended was nv
the unanimous vote Of all the stockholders nresent
or represented at said meeting ordered changed
altered and amended so that said Article " Of
the charter should hereafter read as follows:
ARTICLE lV.-The Capital Stock OF tbis cor.
poration is heerby fixed at Five Hundred Thou.
sand Dollars (s500,000), divided into Five Thou.
SAND t3OOO) Shares of the par yalue Of One
Hundred (Sl00) Dollars each OF s,cb totaI
authorized capital stock Two Hundred and Fifty,
Thousand (S25O, O0O) Dollars shall be nraferred
and Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand (s25O oo01
Dollars shall be common stock The holders ~
the preferred stock shall be entitled TO receive
when and as declared. from the surplus or net
pronts OF the corporation, yearly dividends AT
the rate OF six (6) per cent, payable at s,cb
time as the Board of Directors NAV determine
All dividends on the preferred stock shall he
cumulative, and shall be paid before anv divi
dends are paid, or set apart on the common
stock. so that il in any year dividends amount
ing to (6) per cent shall not have been paid on
the preferred stock the deficiency shall be sln-
piled before any dividends shall thereafter be
set apart for the common stock When all
amounts due for preferential, cumulative divi
lends for previous years, and for preferential
dividends for the current year, shall have been
declared, set aside and paid, the Board OF Di-
ectors shall, subject to the conditions herein.
'fter recited, then declare such dividends as they