The herald., 1919-07-31
CHARTER
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BUTCHERS CO.
OPERATIVE ABBAToIR,
INC.

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., a
Notary Public, duly commissioned and quail |
fled, in and for this City and Parish OF Or
leans, therein residing, and in the presence
of the witnesses hereinafter and undersigned, |
Personally came and appeared, the several
persons whose names are hereunto sub |
scribed, 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 10Th !
day of May, 1919, the hour of $3.50 o'clock p. |
| m, preceded by thirty days public notice
published as required by Article 10 of the
charter of the company, and being in COM
pliance with all the legal requirements that
there were present, representa- by proxy, |
| at said meeting the holders of 434 shares OF
| the capital stock of said company out OF a
| total of 500 shares issued and outstanding
and, therefore, more than three fourths of the
| total shareholders of said company; that al
| said meeting the original charter of said
| company as contained in Act before Conrad
G. Collins. Notary Public, on the 9th day
of July, 1901, recorded in NJ o. b. 90, Folio
/ $50, OF the office of Recorder of Mortgages
| for the Parish of Orleans, was amended, al
tered, changed and re-enacted in the particu.
l hereinafter SET out ana none other, and
the appearers were elected and appointed a
committee of three for the purpose of formu-
lating and placing in legal shape the amend
ments thus adopted, the whole as will more
fully appear from certified copy of the
minutes Of the stockholders meeting afore.
said hereunto annexed in the margin as
part of this Act
And thereupon, the said appearers, by viz,
tue OF the authority in them vested by the
stockholders of the company as set forth
in the minutes of the stockholders meeting
aforesaid, do hereby declare that the charter
OF the company as contained in Act before
Conrad u. Collins. dated July 6, 1901. be-
and the same is hereby amended changed
altered and re.enacted in the following par
| ticulars and none other, to wit:
!, That Article ] of the charter is amended
so as to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be ''The New Orleans But
, cheers Cooperative Abbatoir, Inc." and its
I domicile shall be and is hereby fixed in the
{ City of New Orleans. The said corporation
: under its corporate name shall have power
5 and authority to exist and enjoy succession
/ for the full term of ninety nine years from
date OF this Act; to contract, and be
sued; to make and use corporate seal; to
hold, 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
q as the affairs of the said corporation may
e require, and to make and establish such by
, laws and rules for the proper management
!. of the affairs of said corporation as may be
deemed necessary; and TO alter, amend and
9 change the same at pleasure.
A II That Article of the charter has been
= | changed altered and amended so as to read
: | as follows:
: ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
: for which this corporation is established. and
= the nature of the business to be carried or
: | by it are declared to be: to buy, sell and
!. otherwise deal in cattle and other food ami
mails; to carry on the business of slaughterinl
s cattle, hogs, sheep and other animals fol-
n food purposes; to pack, preserve anC
, otherwise prepare and handle meats and me
> products and derivatives and to sell meat
r. and meat products at wholesale and retail
i to manufacture, buy, sell, and deal in mea
!. preservatives and all the chemicals necessary
h and useful thereto, and wood. tin, glass
,e cloth, and other containers and cans uset
II in packing and preserving, and the ma
: terials thereof; to produce, cure, prepare, fin
n ish, buy, sell and deal in hides, skins, leath
n er, wool, hair oil, tallow, lard, oleomargarine
at tat, horn, glue, soap, meat extracts, bone an
,e bone products, intestines and intestinal pro
:. ducts, offal, fertilizer and other products an
:. by-products of the business of slaughtering
70 to act as commission merchants, establis
i stock-yards and to act as consignees, agent
and principals in dealing in any of the fore
going, and in general to conduct in conneC
er ton with the foregoing any other bushes
n necessary or useful or both, to any branc
r. of the business specified or implied hereir
IN including that of operating a railroad switc
ae track. Except for the business being cor
OF Quoted by the corporation in the year 1911
~ none of the objects and purposes herein
is above set out shall be begun until approve
er by vote of two-thirds of the stakeholder
er present or represented at meeting calle
n. for that purpose.
OF That Article of the charter has bee
re changed, altered, amended and re-enacted S
Sc as to read as follows, to-wit:
gs ARTICLE W-All the corporate power
hall H.. r
ng posed of fifteen stockholders, each of whoi
to shall own in his own right at least on
en- share of the capital stock. The Board
er Directors to be elected in the year 1919 sha
10 be composed, however, of twenty-six stool
OF holders.
"The Board shall be elected by the stool
We holders by ballot at a meeting held at til
by office of the corporation between the hour
ct, of one and four o'clock p. m, the la
nd Monday in May in each year, under tn
sc, supervision of three Commissioners, appoin
of ed by the Board and after ten days previor
ty notice given in daily morning newspapt
of published in English in the City of Ne
ay Orleans.
nd "At such election, each stakeholder shall
its entitled to one vote only irrespective of ii
number of shares he may own, which vol
,r. shall be cast by him in person. majorit
in of the votes so cast shall elect. Upon fai
no ure, for any reason, to elect a Board on II
he day here named, another election shall
&C. called by the Board, of Directors, and tie
- days public notice shall be given there
i'm in the manner previously specified.
rst 1.-THE Board of Directors shall continue
nd office until its successor is elected ar
ali qualified, and vacancies occurring in Il
in. Board shall be filled by it except that "
TO cancies occurring during 1890 shall be fiji
ali ed only when the membership falls belo
&C. fifteen. At and after the annual election
We 1920, the Board of Directors shall be cor
ter posed of fifteen stockholders only, elected
zee the manner hereinabove provided. Durir
m the Board year 1880, eight directors sha
M constitute a quorum and the same numb
he when the Board shall be composed of Fl
NO teen.
en THE Board of Directors shall have Il
m right to pay its members a meeting fee
yer not more than Five Dollars for regular NEE
III; ings, and also for not more than two speci
ri; meetings. The members of the Finance Cor
rst mittee shall be entitled to compensation
he the discretion of the Board of Directors, b
ali not in excess Of Twenty Dollars each p
ay. annum, payable quarterly.
ed @"At its first meeting, the Board OF Dire
ali tors shall elect from its members, pre-:
of dent, first and second Independents, and
ali treasurer. 1t shall also elect secreta
the who shall not be member Of the Boar
her The Board of Directors shall appoint fro
time to time and dismiss at pleasure, su
managers clerks, agents and other employe
re- | of like grade, as il may deem necessary
~ | the business of the corporation, or to car
l ui out its objects and purposes.
arc at shall make, establish. alter and anne
,ny any and all bylaws, rules and regulatio