The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-02-28

/ United States OF America, State OF Loulst
ana, Parish of Orleans, City OF Ne"
Orleans.
| Be it known, That on this fifteenth day
| OF the month OF January in the year OF ou
Lord nineteen hundred and eighteen, and o.
/ the Independence of the United States o
| America the one hundred and forty second
/ Before me, J. Henry Forcelle, IT,, 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 an'
u undersi gned; personally came and appeared
4 Chris. Reuter-, President, and Raou! ID
+. Viosca, Secretary OF the Southern Cooperag
! Company, of this city, a corporation organ
lied under the laws OF this state by &C
passed before Charles Schneidau, Notar!
Public Of this City, on June Is, l'V' re
corded in the mortgage oftce OF this pdrlsi
in book Ssl folio a, who severally declared
that:
Whereas. the Board of Directors of the sale
| Southern Cooperage Company did, at a ses
/ sion of said Board held November 30, 1917
| at the office Of the Company Nos. 3l3+-6
/ Chartres street IN this city, authorize The
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
and vote certain amendments TO Article
Three 10 enlarge the objects and purposes
Of said Corporation and Article -Four to
increase the capital stock from $4,000 -
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.
And whereas said stockholders meeting
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
inn th.- all Df the stock
holders OF record OF said Company, who,
unanimously voted in favor OF amending,
and did amend, said Articles Of Incorporation
OF said Southern Cooperage Company, passed
before Charles Schneidau. Notary Public,
June Il, 1907, recorded in the mortgage Office
Of this Parish in book 3Sl folio IL, 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 part hereof, and which
amendments TO Articles Three and Four of
the charter Of the said Southern CoOperage
Company, so voted 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 10 be carried on
by il are hereby declared to be: TO manu-
afcture, buy and sell barrels and boxes, or
any part thereof, or 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 a like ma
ture and purpose and in respect to any and
| all such stocks, to possess and exercise al
| the powers of individual owners thereof lex
| cept 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 herenbefore set forth or thai
may be hereafter conferred by law upon thi:
| corporation or corporations of a similar char
acter.
Article Four.-The Capital stock of thi.
Corporation shall be fixed at the sum OF
One Hundred Thousand Dollars (SlOOOOOOOl
divided into and represented by 1000 shares
Of the par value of Fifty Dollars (S50.O0)
each. which must be paid for in cash or its
equivalent or issued at par in payment oil
property purchased by said corporation or for
services actually rendered to the corporation
which said stock shall be full paid and nom
assessable. All certificates of stock shall be
signed by the President and Secretary, and
no transfer of stock shall be binding upon
this Corporation unless made upon its books
Any stakeholder may sell, assign or trans
fer his stock in this Corporation, provided
30 days previous notice of such intention to
sell, assign or transfer same be given the
Corporation, and the other stockholders
thereof shall have the first privilege of pur-
chasing same, at its book value after which
80 days notice the said stock may be sold
IN open market"
And the said appeareGcs, moreover declared
that in consequence of the foregoing and
in pursuance of the authority in them vested
by the stockholders of the said Southern
Cooperage Company, they do hereby for
mally and publicly declare and make known
that in the manner prescribed by law and
agreeably to the provisions of the charter
| of said Southern Cooperage Company, Arti
cles Three" and -Four" of said charter
passed before Charles Schneidau, Notary
| Public, June 18th, 1907, recorded in the mort
gage Office in book S8l, folio ii. has beer
changed. altered and amended as hereinabov,
| set forth and written, and they do hereby
| direct and require thar the above change,
and amendments Of Articles Three and Fou
OF the charter of said Southern Cooperagt
| Company, be recorded and published in IN,
manner prescribed by law, to the end tha
| the said changes and amendments hereafter
and at all times be as hereinabove set forth
| as regards all persons that are now or ma,
hereafter become stockholders of the afore
said Company.
Thus done and passed, in my office, at tn,
| City of New Orleans, on the day, month
| and year herein first above written, in pres
ence of Messieurs Guy J. Neral and Georg,
| hereunto signed their names with the sale
appearers and me, said notary, after du,
reading of the whole.
Original Signed: Chris. Reuter-, President
R. d. Viosca, Secretary.
Witnesses; Guy ]. Neral, Geo. NJ. Barnett
J. II. FORCELLE, JR., Not. Pub
], the undersigned, Recorder of Mortgages
| in and for the Parish of Orleans, State OF
louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act of Amendment of the
Southern Cooperage Company, was this day
duly recorded in my Office in Book 1919
folio 1875.
New Orleans. January 18th, 1918
(Sgned EMILE J. LEONARD, by. Rec.
n true copy.
J. II. FoRCELLE, JR., Not. Pub.
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