The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-02-09
AMENDMENT
TO THE
CHARTER
OF THE
ST. NARY HARDWARE COMPANY.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. MARY.
Before me, the undersigned Notary
Public, duly commissioned and qualified
in and for the Parish of st. Mary. State of
Louisiana, personally came and appeared
Mr.. Donelson Gallery, resident Of New
Orleans, Louisiana. and Messrs. John NJ.
Caffery, George Perret and Robert E.
Brumby, all Of Franklin, Louisiana, who
severally 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
Janusry 23rd, 1913. certified copy OF
which is hereunto annexed and made
part, it was their wish and the wish
Of said Company to amend the Charter
theI eof, and that accordingly in accord.
ance with the laws of the State of LOUISE
ana, they had and do hereby agree to aud
do hereby amend Articles II, III aud Nv
adopted on Dec. %. 1907. and recorded in
Book "a Of Mortgages, page, Entry No.
33,3l7, SO as to read as follows:
ARTICLE II.
This corporation Is organised for the
purpose and object OF carrying on a gene.
raj hardware business; either wholesale
or retail or both; to buy and sell all
classes of all farm and plantation supplies,
implements and machines; to handle aud
deal In mill supplies; to engage ia and do
general or special contracting and build.
ing business; to engage in aud do general
wholesale and letail merchandise bust.
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 a corr
poration to engage in under one Charter
whether specifically included above or
not; it shall likewise have the power to
contract, sue and be sued and stand in
Judgment; to adopt bylaws as well as
such other further powers as are useful or
incidental to corporations in general.
ARTICLE Ill.
The capital stock of this Corporation is
hereby increased to and fixed ut Twenty
Five Thousand Dollars ~, OUO) repre-.
scented by Two Hundred Fifty 25O) shares
of One Hundred Dollars 5000 each.
Said shares shall be fully paid and nom
assess bIe, transferable only on the books
of the Company in accordance with law
and may be paid for in cash or issued for
other property at not less than par. Such
stock shall be issued aud sold upon resO.
lullVu VI luO DUAL " Va DuONtVios
ARTICLE Nv.
All corporate power shall be vested in
aud exercised by Board of Directors
consisting of not less than three(3J nor
more than i've Coy stock holders as may be
determined by the stock holders ut their
annual meeting. A moi Jrlty of their
members to constitute quorum
Such Directors shall be elected at the
annual meeting to be held on the second
Tuesday Ut Janulry, 1919, and annually
thereafter to serve for one year and until
their successors are chosen, at which elec-
ton each stock holder shall be 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.
medi,tely after the annual stockholders
meeting and shall organize for the en-
sung year by e!ecting from among their
number . President, Vice. President, u
secretary and q Treasurer, provided that
any of two said offices may be combined
at the option of the said Board; said CT.
fcers shall have the powers usually Incl
dent to their positions. together with such
additional authority rs may he conferred
upon them by resolution of the Board, or
general by laws of the Company.
All vacancies on the Board shall be Tiled
by the remaining Directors. Until the
meeting above provided for is held, the
following shall c institute the Board Of Di-
rectors aud officers:
Robert II. Brumby. President.
DOnels0a Gallery, Vice.President.
John N. Gallery, Secretary and Treas
urer.
Thus done and signed In the presence
of Miss Jessie 81 lck and +. n. Darnail,
competen: witnesses, and me, Notary. this
9th day Of January. 1918.
a,iguedl kOBr. K. bRUMbY,
DONELSON CAFFtkY,
JOHN N. CAFFEkY,
GEO. L. PERkET.
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