The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-07-24
LAWRENCE NJ. IANIN.
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BUTCHERS CO.
OPERATIVE ABBATOIR,
INC.

NEW ORLEANS BUTCHERS CO
OPERATIVE ABBATOIR,
INC.
Unieid States Of America, State Of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans. City OF New Or
leans. BE it known, that on this fifteenth
day OF the month Of July IN the year Of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and nine
teen and of the Independence of the United
States of America, the one hundred and forty
third; Before me, Henry p. Dart, Jr.,
Notary Public duly commissioned and quail
fled, ii and for this City and Parish OF Or
leans, therein residing. and in the presence
OF the witnesses hereinafter and uudersg ned
Personally came and appeared, the several
persons whose names are hereunto sub
scri6ed, all being OF the age of majority and
residing IN this city and parish, who de.
clared that a general meeting of the stock
holders of The New Orleans Butchers Co.
Operative Abbatoir Company, Limited" was
held at the office of the company in the
| City of New Orleans on Monday the oath
day of May, 1919 at the hour of $50 o'clock D.
M. preceded by thirty days public notice
published required by Article 10 of the
charter OF the company, and being in CON-
pllance with all the legal requirements; that
( there were present. or representa- by proxy
/ at said meeting, the holders of 4S4 shares Of
! the capital stock of said company out of A
/ total OF 59S shares issued and outstanding
and, therefore, more than three fourths of the
/ totdl sndItnOluerS OF SAID company: that
said meeting the original charter of said
company as contained in Act before Conrad
u: Collins, Notary Public, on the 9th day
OF July, 1901. recorded in NJ. o. B. Go. Folio
/ ooo' OF the office of Recorder of Mortgages
| tor the Parish of Orleans was amended al
tered. changed and re-enacted in the particu
| lars hereinafter set out and none other and
! the appearers were elected and appointed a
committee of three for the purpose of forum.
lating and placing in legal shape the amend
/ yl,oIo
FULLY appear from a certified copy of the
minutes of the stockholders meeting aforp
SAID hereunto annexed in the margin as a
part of this Act
And thereupon, the said appearers. by viz
Tue OF the authority in them vested bv the
:tockholders OF the company as set forth
IN the minutes of the stockholders neeting
aforesaid, do hereby declare that the cb,r,e5
OF the company contained in Act before
conrad q. Collins, dated July 6. 1901 he
and the same is hereby amended, changed.
altered and re-enacted in the following par
| tlculars and none other, to wit:
That Article l of the charter is amended
SO as to read follows:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of This
corporation shall be THE New Orleans But.
| cheers Cooperative Abbatoir. Inc ,rd ~
domicile shall be and is hereby fixed in the
Ilty OF New Orleans. The said corpor, tion
| under ITS corporate name shall have nower
and authority to exist and enjoy succession
tor the full term of ninety nine years from
udle OF TINS Act; to contract, sue and be
sued; to make and corporate seal: tr
mold receive, purchase and convey. as well
as mortgage, hypothecate and pledge real
personal and mixed property; to name and
appoint such managers, directors and Officers
| as the affairs of the said corporation NAV
require, and to make and establish such bv
| laws and rules for the proper management
OF the affairs OF said corporation as NAV be
deemed necessary; and to alter, amend and
| change the same at pleasure
That Article of the charter has been
changed, altered and amended so as to read
as follows:
ARTICLE II.-The objects and purposes
! Tor which this corporation is established and
the nature of the business to be carried or
by 1t are declared to be: TO buy. sell and
otherwise deal in cattle and other food ami.
mails; to carry on the business of slaughterine
cattle, hogs, sheep and other animals for
food purposes; to pack. preserve can and
otherwise prepare and handle meats and meat
products and derivatives and to sell meats
and meat products at wholesale and retail:
to manufacture, buy, SELL and deal in meat
preservatives and all the chemicals necessary
and useful thereto, and wood, tin, glass
cloth, and other containers and cans used
IN packing and preserving, and the ma
terials thereof; TO produce, cure, prepare fin.
ish, buy, sell and deal in hides, skins, leath
er. wool, hair, oil, tallow, lard, oleomargarine
lat, horn, glue, soap, meat extracts, bone and
bone products, intestines and intestinal pro.
ducts, offal, fertilizer and other products and
by-products of the business of slaughteripg.
| to act as commission merchants, establish
stock yards and to act as consignees agents
and principals in dealing in any of the fore
going, and in general to conduct in connec
ton with the foregoing any other business
| necessary useful or both, to any branch
of the business specified implied herein.
including that of operating railroad switch
track. Except for the business being CON
Quoted by the corporation in the year 1919,
none of the objects and purposes herein.
above set out shall be begun until approved
| by vote of two-thrds of the stockholders
present or represented at a meeting called
for that purpose.
That Article 6 of the charter has been
changed, altered, amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows, to-wit:
ARTICLE VI.-All the corporate powers
shall be vested in Board of Directors COM
| posed of fifteen stockholders, each of whom
shall own in his own right at least one
share of the capital stock. The Board of
| Directors to be elected in the year 1919 shall
be composed, however, of twenty-sx stock
holders
| The Board shall be elected by the stock
holders by ballot at a meeting held at the
office of the corporation between the hours
Of one and four o'clock p. m, on the last
! houudy III May IN eacn year, under the
supervision of three Commissioners. appoint
ed by the Board and after ten days previous
notice given in daily morning newspaper
published in English in the City of New
Orleans.
AT such election. each stakeholder shall be
entitled to one vote only irrespective of the
number of shares he may own, which vote
shall be cast by him in person. majority
of the votes so cast shall elect. Upon fail
| TIRE, for any reason, to elect Board the
day here named. another election shall be
called by the Board of Directors, and ten
days public notice shall be given thereof
in the manner previously specified.
"The Board of Directors shall continue in
| office until its successor is elected and
qualified. and vacancies occurring in the
Board shall be filled by il except that va
cancies occurring during 1920 shall be fill.
ed only when the membership falls below
fifteen. At and after the annual election Of
1920. the Board of Directors shall be com.
posed Of fifteen stockholders only. elected in
the manner hereinabove provided During
the Board year 1920. eight directors shall
constitute a quorum and the same number
when the Board shall be composed Of III
teen.
The BOARD q Directors shall have th'
right 70 pay iis members . meeting Zee Of
ret more than Five Dollars &C. regular meet
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