The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-09-19
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF
MENGE MARINE HARDWARE &
CuppTy IN INC

United States of America. state of Louisiana,
Parish Of Orleans, City OF New Orleans.
Be it known, that on this Path day Of the
month Of July, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and of
the Independence Of United States of Ameri-
ca, the hundred and forty-third
Before me, Henry p. Dart, .Jr., a 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 hereinafter and undersigned,
Personally came and appeared, the persons
whose names are hereinafter subscribed who
declared that they are all Of age and resi-
dents Of the City of New Orleans and stock
holders of the Menge Marine Hardware G.
Supply Company: Inc, and as such stock
holders, own and possess between them the
entire capital stock of the said corporation
issued and outstanding, viz: Two Hundred
shares of the par value Of One Hundred Dol
lars $4,000 each. amounting 70 total Of
Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,OO0O0).
That a meeting of the stockholders Of the
said corporation was duly held at the office
Of the. same in New Orleans, on the Path
day of July. l9lS.,
That at the said meeting, the said stock
holders added amendments to the chatter
thereof making certain changes and altera-
tions in the same.
That appearers have come before me, No.
tary Public, to preserve and embody in due
legal shape the said action of the stockhold-
ers as will appear from a certified copy Of
the resolutions adopted at the said meeting
annexed to this act.
That the said corporation was organized
under the laws Of the State of Louisiana, by
act before George Janvier, a Notary Public,
duly commissioned and qualified in and for
the City of New Orleans and Parish Of
Orleans, on December 10th, 1914. recorded in
the Mortgage Office of the Parish of Orleans,
in book ll27. folio 90
And the said appearers accordingly declare
that they have appeared before me, Notary
Public, under the authorization aforesaid, for
the purpose of eTnbodying in proper and au-
thentic shape the action OF the said meeting
of the stockholders of the Menge Marine
Hardware & Supply Company, Inc
And the said appearers say and declare that
at the meeting of the northumberland,
the charter Of the Menge Marine Hardware
& Supply Company, Inc, was changed, al.
tered, amended and modified so as to read
as hereinafter set out.
That the following articles are to be
amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE III.EThe object and purpose.
for which this corporation is organized and
established and the nature of the business Il
De carried on by it, are hereby declared Il
| be, to engage in general furnishing and
supply business, as principal and as agent
| in hardware. ship chandlery, paints, railways
mill supplies, supplies of merchandise, food
refreshments and stimnlents for ships 4
engage in the business Of selling goods
wares, products and merchandise, as prin
! cipal on commission, or both, and to &C
as general selling agents; to import and ex
port goods wares, produce and merchandise
of every description and kind, and particu
larly to act as agent, agents and broker
for the selling commiss on or otherwise o
said goods, wares and products; to engage il
| a general furnishing and supply business a
| principal and as agent, in hardware, shi
| chandlery, paint, railways, mill supplies
| ship supplies and in connection Herewith
to engage in general businesses at wholesal
and retail in all lines of hardware and sup
plies for painters, mills, railways, ships an
| all other things of similar character, an
carry on the business Of the corporation il
United States, and foreign countries; an,
/ generally to do and perform all things peril
nent and incident and which may be prope
and necessary TO carry out and execute tn
| objects and purposes of this corporation.
| ARTICLE As to be amended TO read a
| follows:
ARTICLE 4.-The capital stock of this cor
poration is hereby fixed at the sur
divided into and represented by Six Hun
bred shares of the par value of One Hun
bred Dollars $4,000 each. The said stocl
shall be paid for in cash or in such install
| ments and in such time and after such no
/ tice to subscribers as the Board of Director
| may fix; or the same may be issued at n
| less than par for labor done. services per
| formed for the said corporation, or for tn
| property or rights actually received by tn
| said corporation, or the same may be issue
as a dividend from the earnings Of the cor
poration and may be accepted by the stock
holders after ratification at a meeting dull
assembled by a majority of them, in share
of stock as full payment of the said divi
dend The capital stock may, after a NEE;
ing duly assembled. be increased 10 On
Hundred Thousand Dollars (sl00,0O000).
| All transfers Of shares of the capital stoc
of this corporation shall be made and enter
ed on the stock book of the corporation an
no transfers shall be in any manner bindin
on this corporation, unless entered.
The capital stock of this corporation is /:
sued and held under the irrevocable agree
ment. contract and condition. that the hole
ers of the majority of the stock now or here