The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-04-10
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF GuATE'
MALA-AMERICAN COFFEE CO.,

1r,;.sd States Of America. State OF Louis
lana. Parish of Orleans, City of New or-
leans. Be it known, that on this thirty
first day of the month OF January; ~ !" bu ,ne
bred and nineteen; before me, Charles
Schneidau, a Notary Public, duly commits
stoned and qualified in and for the Parish
of Orleans, State of Louisiana, therein re-
siding and, in the presence OF the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned; per
sonalfy came and appeared, VIM. Z. Ooeb
her, the President. and A w. Bohning, the
Secretary. who each declared that they rep
resented the Guatemala-American CoIIee
Co, Inc, a corporation, IN their capacl-
ties above set forth, said corporation oelns
organized under the general laws Of the
| State of Louisiana by an act before Charles
Schneidau, Notary Public. dated April Il:
| 1917. registered in the Mortgage Ottice OF
this Parish in Book 1906, Folio ST, and they
severally declared, under oath that they nave
\ executed and hereby execute on behalf OF
said corporation, to-wit: Guatemala-Ame
can Coffee Co., Inc, this certificate, snow
said corporation, and they do hereby sever
| ally certify as follows:
We. the undersigned, VIM. c. Goebber,. ant
A. w. Bohning respectively. the presiden
and Secretary of the Guatemala. American
Coffee Co, Inc, do hereby severally certlt!
that on January 90 1919. at II o'clock noon
there was held general meeting OF IN
| stockholders of said corporation, at ITS OF
flee in the City of New Orleans, which sai
! meeting was held for the purpose OF acun
mon the amendments TO the charter herein
: after set forth, increasing the powers
J the corporation and the number of director
as specified in Articles ii and ~, OF IN
original charter, of which meeting prope
notice, in accordance with the provisions
, the charter and the general law relative
l generations. was given. We do further &c
t;fy that there were present in person. q
I following stockholders, to-wit: -, VIM.
Goebber owner of 49 shares; A. w. bonnlIi
$ owner OF 4o shares; w. II. Bohning, own'
: If share: R. d. Bowen, represented by WI
c. Goebber, by proxy. owner OF snare.
}. We do further certify that at said meeun
d said VIM. c. Goebber was elected ohairn1S
: OF the meeting, and the undersigned a. =, y
o said meeting of stockholders of said corp
o rat;on. the following resolution was du
It adopted by the affirmative vote OF the stoc
e hoIders owning 100 shares of the capt
:, stock. being all the stock OF said corpofal'o
: to-wit: oxr,ox
v Resolved, That Article II of the chart
II be amended so as to read as follows:
y ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purpos
IS for which this corporation is ORGANIZED, al
ST the nature of the business to be carried
Of hv II. are declared to be the following, vi
\. To purchase and sell, at wholesale and
tail. coffee, tea and dry groceries, OF eve
re kind and description, to Import ana expo
a. the same. and, in Connection with us ou
i ness, to issue notes. bonds or other eyidenc
lie Of Indebtedness, and to do and perform
II other things necessary or convenient to
able il TO carry out the objects and p'
IN poses. above set FORTH and further the p'
or poses of this corporation.
be Be it Further Resolved, That Article,
.. of the charter be amended, so as to real
a follows:
n ARTICLE Iv.-The corporate powers
Mt this corporation shall be vested in and
p ercised by Board of Directors compos
lie of not less than four stockholders,
in shall be elected annually by the stockho
"a. ers on the first Tuesday in May IN e;
In and every year, at an annual meeting
m be held at the office of the company, at