The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-02-13
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF THE
HERMAN MIESTER INSURANCE
ACENHY INC

State of Louisiana. Parish of Orleans, City
Of New Orleans. Be il known. that on this
second day of January. in the year One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Nineteen, be.
fore me, Harry l.. Loomis, Jr.. Notary
Public duly commissioned and qualified in
and for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louis
lana. and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned. person
sIIv came and appeared: Herman Mester
Alfred Miester and Walter Miester all OF
lawful age and residents of this city, who
declared: That they hereby form themselves
and those who may become associated with
them. into a corporation, under the provis-
ions of the laws OF this state, for the purpose
of carrying on a general insurance agency,
and particularly the agency of the Mechanics
x Traders Insurance Company OF New Or
leans under the name of the Herman Miester
Insurance Agency. Inc, which corporation
! shall begin business on January 2. 1919, and
exist for twenty-five years from that date.
Its domicile shall be in the city of New
Orleans Louisiana. and its capital stock
Fifty-one Hundred dollars, divided into fifty
one share of One Hundred Dollars each:
all of which have been subscribed and paid
| for by the three appearers herein, as they
| hereby declare. in the proportion OF seven,
teen shares each. Said stock has been paid
for with the good will of the general insur'
| ance agency business at present carried or
| by the subscribers. particularly the agency
| OF the Mechanics & Traders Insurance Com
pany of New Orleans: which good will, the
said appearers, who are the directors of thi:
| corporation. value and appraise at the sun
of Fifty-one Hundred Dollars, and do by
| these presents sell. transfer and assign thu
same to said corporation. Said capitaN stool
NAV be increased to Twenty-Five ThousanC
Dollars. The business of the. corporation
shall be conducted by Board of Director
composed of three stockholders: The Boar
shall be elected asnually on the first Mon
day in January. the first election to b
held in 1920. The officers shall be Presi
dent, Vice-resident and a Secretary
Treasurer. The first Board of Directors an
officers selected to serve until the mex
g.. annual election or until their successors ar
; elected and qualified, are declared to be
, Herman Miester. President, post office ad
dress No. S25 Port street. New Orleans. L;
, Alfred Miester, Vice-President: post offic
address No. 1922 First street. New Orlean!
, Louisiana; Walter Miester. Secretary Urea:
: urer post office address No2540 Frankli
r Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. TIL
E President shall be the executive officer {
d the corporation, and in his absence, or II
7 ability to act, the Vice-President shall !
Thus done and incorporated in my offic
$ at New Orleans, aforesaid. in the present
: Of Louis F. Sauve and Wilhelmina Won Bel
= ren, witnesses, both of lawful age and res
: dents of this city, who sign these presen
t with said appearers and me. notary, Il
=. day and date first aforesaid.
d Original Signed II. Miester, Alfred Mi
+. Witnesses: ". Won Behren. Louis
: Sauve.
e IT. I. LOOMS, JR., Notary Public.
y l. the undersigned Recorder Of Mortgage
y for the Parish Of Orleans, La, do heTet
It certify the above and foregoing charter
II Herman Miester Insurance Agency, Inc. vi
+ this dav recorded in my office in Book l2Z
), Folio -. New Orleans, La, ganuai
r 2, 1919.
n CSigned) EMILE ]. LEONARD, D. R.
e true and correct COPY Of the original.
II. L. LOOMS, JR.. Notary Public.
n Jan. 9-16-23-30: Feb. 6-l3.