The herald., 1918-08-01
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF
LANE COTTON MILLS COMPANY.

United States of America. State of Loui~i
ana. Parish OF Orleans, City OF New
Orleans.
BE it known that on thi. twenty sixth
lday OF the month of June in the year Oi
Jour Lord one thousand nine hundred and
lelGhtecn and of the Independence of IN,
Tinted states of America, the one hundred
land forty third, before me Henry T. Dart
DR. Il Notary Public. duly commits stoned
land qualified, in and for this city and the
Parish of Orleans, therein residing. and
lin I'll" presence of the witnesses herein.
after and undersigned, personally came
land appeared:
Sigmund Odenhcimer and Harry II
Howard both of age and residents of the
lCity of New Orleans. here appearing in
their capacity as President and Secretary.
Treasurer respectively of Lane Cotton
Mills Company, Il corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Louisiana
and domiciled i'll the city of New Orleans
| Who declared, that as VIII appear by
the certificate hereto annexed, Il meeting
of stockholders of Lane Cotton Mills Com
4 pany was held in the directors room of
the Whitney Central National Bank, at
New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday,
June 18th, 1918 at the hour of O'ClOCk
p. N. That there We're present and rep
Resented at said meeting 1920 shares of
! the capital stock of said corporation, out
of total of - 800 shares issued and out
standing. That the said meeting of stock
| holders was held after due notice given in
Iaccordance with law and with the charter
! of this corporation to each and every
stakeholder.
| That said meeting was called for the
purpose of considering Il certain proposed
amendment to the charter of the said cor
poratiOn, which amendment was in due
course unanimously adopted by the said
meeting. That at said meeting the appear
ers were appointed Il 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 ut 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 20, 1915 and for and
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 " of the
charter of Lane Cotton Mills Company,
executed before Henry l.. Dart, Jr., No
ltary 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 Iv-"The capital stock of this
corporation is fixed at the sum of two
million two hundred fifty thousand dol
lars (S2, 25O,OOO) divided into and repre-
scented by twenty-five thousand five hun
dred (22jOOl shares of the par value of
one hundred dollars, four thousand five
stitute the preferred stock, and the re-
naming eighteen thousand shares shall be
and constitute the common stock of this
corporation.
said stock shall be paid for in cash
and at such time and in such installments
as the Board of Directors may determine,
or same may be issued for property or
rights actually received by this corpora
! ton. The common stock may also be is
sued by this corporation in payment of
dividends declared and to be declared by
| it. The preferred stock shall be entitled
/ to preference and priority over the com
mon stock in the distribution of dividends
and in liquidation and the dividend on
said preferred stock is hereby fixed and
limited to seven per cent per annum and
shall be cumulative.
"All transfers of shares in the capital
stock of this corporation shall be entered
on the stock book, and no transfer of stock
shall be in any manner binding on this
corporation until registered in said stock
book.
This corporation shall become a going
concern, and may commence business when
one hundred thousand dollars 100000 of
its capital stock shall have been subscribed
for"
Appearers further declare that they do
hereby authorize and require the said
changes and amendments to be duly in
OrpOrated into notarial shape and to be
recorded and published according to law,
the end that the same may be operative
and binding on all persons whomsoever.
Thus done and passed in my Office at
New Orleans, one the day, month and
year herein first above written, and in
the presence of William Herman Dart and
Louis j. Gelpi, competent witnesses, who
have hereuntO signed their names, tOgeth
er with said appearers, and me, Notary.
Sigmund Odenheimer, IL. L. Howard.
Witnesses: William Herman Dart, Louis
]. Gelpi.
HENRY 2. DART, JR., Not. Pub.
ha of MArf-
cages in and for the Parish of Orleans,
State of Louisiana, do hereby certify that
he above and foregoing act or incOrpOr-
alton of the amendment of Lane Cotton Mills
ny Office in book 1922, folio 1914,
New Orleans, June %, 1918.
Signed EMILE j. LEONARD, by. II.
seaD A true copy.
Jly 1-1S-25 Aug 1-S-15