The herald., 1919-04-17
CHARTERS

i hereto anu Hvduc part HcIcOIs anu lHdt d.
E said meeting it was unanimously agreed and
: decided by the Directors of said Association
5 that Article V of the Act of Incorporation
4 Tor Charter) of said Association be changed,
altered and amended in the following par
! ticuars, to-wt:
n That Article V be changed altered and
! amended SO as to read as follows:
d ARTICLE V.-Government Except as re-
e CARDS the terms and conditions upon which
membership may be acquired or forfeited all
$ powers shall be vested in the following:
1 % The General Officers; 2) the Board
n of Directors; 90 the General Executive Com
o mittee; "a the State Executive Committees,
z there being for each state through
, which the highway is to pass; CD the Coun-
, ty Associations there being one for each
, county through which the highway is to pass.
= Cd The general officers shall consist of a
o president, vice pre- sident, secretary and a
4 treasurer They shall be elected by the
e board of directors at their annual meeting,
I as is hereinafter fully set forth, and
= shall have such powers and duties as usually
attach to their respective offices and such
} be vested in them by the board of directors
or the executive committee. Any vacancy
shall be filled by the board of directors for
: the unexpired term. All legal process against
E dent or secretary or other agent specially
authorized TO accept service by action OF
the board of directors.
(2) The board of directors shall be com
posed OF the general Oll'Scts, the wee -pIeSl-
dent and the three committeeman from each
state A quorum shall consist of not less
than seven % members, representing not
less than three CD states. Directors may
vote by written proxy at all called meet
ings The president any other general
officer shall notify each member of the
Board of Directors by letter wire at his
last registered address at least ten ClOl
days prior to. the annual meeting, which may
he held either at the dOrlicile of the AssO-
citation, at such other place as may be
selected by the Board of Directors The
Board Of Directors at the annual meeting
shall elect president, vice-president, a sec
rotary and a treasurer, from the general
membership and take up all other business
coming before the meeting relative 10 the
welfare OF the Jefferson Highway The
Board OF Directors OF the general executive
committee is empowered to employ a sec
rotary and an engineer and such other en-
plOyees as may be required in their judg
ment, and to fix their salaries and define
their duties
Special meetings of the Board of Directors
may be held at the domicile of the AsSo-
citation or at such other place as may be Sc
lected by the Board of Directors. at the
call of the president. or OF any other gen.
eral officer, provided a written notice or
other general officer to each member of the
Board at least five 90 days prior to the
meeting, stating object time and place OF
meeting. Vacancies in the Board of Drec
tors shall be filled by the state executive
committee in the state from which the va
cancy occurred.
| (s) The General Executive Committee
shall consist of the president, vice president,
secretary and treasurer, and the state vice
presidents. A quorum shall consist OF not
: less than three 81 members The duties of
the General Executive Committee shall be
TO consider and pass upon all matters laid
before them relative to the Jefferson High
way In case of conflict between the Execu-
. -, ON a-,l ii rs
tors the latter shall rule.
(l The State ce-president or the State
Executive Committee of each State shall is.
sue a call for State convention to be held
at a convenient date, and in said call shall
designate the time and place of the said
meeting. The first State Convention can
not be held until at least three fourthes OF
the county delegates for that state shall
) have been chosen by their respective coun-
ties. The State Convention shall be com
posed of delegates elected by each county
convention and of the members of the State
Executive Committee. Each delegate shall
have one vote in the election OF the State
Vice President and the three State Com
mtteemen and any other matters coming be-
fore the State Convention. The State Con-
vention of each State is empowered to pro-
vide for its organization and for the annual
election of the State vice president and the
three State Committeeman. These four Of
ficials shall constitute the State Executive
Committee for that State. The members of
the State Executive Committee TO be mem
bers of the, board of directors of the General
} Association.
(0 There shall be maintained County
Association in each county through which
the Jefferson Highway passes of which the
officials shall consist of a chairman, vice
chairman secretary, treasurer and three ad-
vsory members. The officials of the Coun-
ty Association shall meet at the call of the
chairman ice-presdent whenever in their
opinion the interest of the road requires such
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perform the functions and duties of his Of
flee. An annual convention shall be held
in each county through which the Jefferson
Highway passes The convention is to be
held at the county seat in the county court
house other suitable place for the pur
pose Of electing the county officers and for
considering ways and means for best promot
ing the interest of the road in that county,
during the coming year also for the election
: of the three delegates to attend the JeffeI
, son Highway State Convention for the pur
! pose herein stated. Each member of the
! Jefferson Highway Association shall be en-
titled to vote in the County Convention
} in the county in which he resides. The
l first County Convention shall be called at
a date to be fixed by the president and in
the county seat of each county. At the
T first meeting shall be elected the first coun-
ty officers and the first county organization
perfected. All subsequent meetings to take
place as provided for in the preceding Sec
: ton.
, Thus done and passed at my office in New
Orleans, Louisiana, on the day, and in the
month and year herein first above written
in the presence of Messrs. Azzo J. Plough
, and George {. Merkel, competent witnesses
. of lawful age, residing in this City, who
have hereunto signed their names with said
appearer, and me, Notary, after due reading
OF the whole.
Witnesses: Geo. c. Merkel, Azzo J.
l Plough.
Original Signed Walter Parker
HENRY G. MCCALL.
Notary Public.
CERTIFICATE.
!, the undersigned, Recorder of Mortgages
ia and for the Parish of Orleans State of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Act of Amendment of Incor-
poraton of the Jefferson Highway Associa-
tion was this day duly recorded in my Of
flee, in Book l22S. Folio 49,
New Orleans, March l4th. 1919.
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONRD, Dy. R.
CERTIFICATE.
| hereby certify the above and foregoing
to be true and correct copy of the orgi-
nal act of record and on file in my office
HENRY G. MCCALL.
Notary Public.
Mch. 2-April 2May l.
/ CHARTER OF BLoDGETT NAVAL
STORES COMPANY, INC.
United States of America, State OF Louis