The herald., 1918-07-18
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF
LANE COTTON MILLS COMPANY.
United States of America, State of LOuiSi-
ana, Parish of Orleans, city of New
Orleans.

I I a.
ana. Parish of Orleans, city of New
! Orleans.
! BE il known that on this twenty sixth
day of the month of June in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
Ieighteen and of the Independence of the
United States of America, the one hundred
land forty third, before me, Henry l.. Dart,
IJr., Il Notary Public, duly commissioned
and qualified, in and for this city and the
Parish of Orleans, therein residing, ana
| in the presence Of the witnesses herein
after and undersigned, personally came
and appeared:
| Sigmund Odenhcimer and Harry L.
! Howard both. of age and residents of the
| their capacity as President ana Secretary
! Treasurer respectively OF Lane Cotton
Mills Company, corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Louisiana,
and dOmiciled i'll the city of New orleans.
| VINO declared, that as will appear by
! the certificate hereto annexed, Il meeting
OF stockholders of Lane Cotton Mills Com
pany was held in the directors room OF
New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday.
June 10Th, 1918 lat the hour OF o'clock
Up. m. That there were present and rep
resented at said meeting 1920 shares of
| the capital stock of said corporation, out
of. a total of 1880 shares issued and out
standing. That the said meeting of stock
holders was held after due notice given in
accordance with law and with the charter
of this corporation to each and every
stakeholder.
That said meeting was called for the
purpose of considering certain proposed
amendment to the charter of the said cor
pOratiOn, which amendment was i'll due
course unanimously adopted by the said
Injecting. That at said meeting the appear
ers were appointed committee for the
purpose of causing to be embodied In due,
| formal and legal shape the amendment TO
the charter of Lane Cotton Mills Company
adopted at the said meeting.
And the said appearers declare that by
virtue of the authority in them vested by
said stockholders at said meeting held
on Wednesday, June 26, 1918, and for and
in behalf of said corporation, and i'll order
| TO carry out the purposes of said meet
ing and TO give the alterations, changes
and amendment adopted at said meeting
full legal force and effect.
They do now declare, publish and give
notice to the world that Article Nv of the
lcharter of Lane Cotton Mills Company
eXeCuted before Henry L. Dart, Jr., No
tary Public. on December End, 1916, was
amended and the same is hereby amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows
to-wit:
| Article Iy-"The capital stock of this
corporation is fixed at the sum of two
million two hundred fifty thousand dol
lars (S2,2J0,000) divided into and repre-
lsented by twenty-five thousand hVe hun
dred O., 500 shares of the par value Of
one hundred dollars, four thousand nyt
hundred shares OF WHICH snail DE anu COh'
stitute the preferred stock, and the re-
naming eighteen thousand shares shall b'
land constitute the common stock of this
corporation.
said stock shall be paid for in casl
and at such time and in such installmepti
las the Board of Directors may determine
or same may be issued for property OF
rights actually received by this corpora
ton. The common stock may also be Is
sued by this corporation in payment O
dividends declared and to be declared Dy
lit. The preferred stock shall be entitled
Ito preference and priority over the com
lmon stock in the distribution of dividend!
and i'll liquidation and the dividend oil
said preferred stock is hereby liked anC
Limited to seven per cent per annum anC
shall. be cumulative.
"AIl transfers of shares in the capita
stock of this corporation shall be entered
on the stock book and no transfer of stool
lShall be in any manner binding on TINS
corporation until registered i'll said stocl
book.
This corporation shall become a gOing
Iconcern, and may commence business when
one hundred thousand dollars (Sl00,OOOl OF
Its capital stock shall have been subscribed
for
Appearers further declare that they dc
thereby authorize and require the SAID
lchanges and amendments TO be duly IN
lcOrpOrated into nOtarial shape and to b'
recorded and published according to law
Ito the end that the same may be operative
ana binding on all persons whOmsoever
| Thus done and passed in my office al
New Orleans, one the day, month and
lyear herein first above written, and IL
1.-THE presence of William Herman Dart anC
Louis j. Gelpi, competent witnesses, who
lhave hereuntO signed their names, toSeth
ler with said appearers, and me, Notary.
Sigmund Odenheimer, III. 7. Howard.
Witnesses: William Herman Dart, Louis
~. Gelpi.
HENRY =. DART, JR., Not. Pub
l. the undersigned, Recorder of Mort
cages in and for the Parish of Orleans
State of Louisiana, do hereby certify tina
1.-THE above and foregoing act or incorpor
alton of the amendment of Lane Cotton MILL
company was this day duly recorded IL
lmy Office in book 1922, folio 194,
| New Orleans, June %, 1918.
(Signed) EMILE ]. LEONARD, by. Il
(seaD A true copy.
, HENRY Z. DART, JR., Not. Pub
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