The herald., 1919-08-14
CHARTER
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BUTCHERS CO.
OPERATIVE ABBATOIR,
INC.


day OF the month OF July IN the year OF ouI
! Lord, 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 T. Dart. Jr., a
Notary Public, duly COMM sioned 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 hereuutos sub
scribed, all being OF the age OF majority and
residing III 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
aeid at the office OF the company in the
CITY OF New Orleans on Monday, the 10Th
day OF May, 1919, at the hour Of $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 CON-
pllance with all the legal requirements; thar
there were present, or representa- bv praxy
at said meeting, the holders of 43+ shares of
the capital stock OF said company out of 4
total OF 598 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
u: Collins, Notary Public. on the 9th day
OF July, 1901, recorded in NJ. O. r. 676. Folio
6oO' OF the office OF Recorder of MORTGAGES
tor the Parish OF Orleans, was amended a.
tered, changed and re-enacted in the nartir,,-
Iars hereinafter set out and none other. and
the appearers were elected and appointed =
committee of three for the purpose of formu.
Iating and placing in legal shape the amend
. nTnt' mus adopted, the whole as will more
luIIy appear from certified copy Of the
minutes OF the stockholders ,neeting afors.
sad hereunto annexed in the margin az y
part of this Act " q"
And thereupon, the said appearers. bv viz
tue OF the authority in them vested h., ~.
stockholders OF the comparv az s.+ -
IN the minutes OF the stockholders rneetiry
aforesaid do hereby declare that the cbar,rr
o. me company as contained in Act before
conrad u Collins. dated July 6, 1901, be.
ana lne same is hereby amended, changed.
altered and re-enacted in the following 0ar.
tlcuIars and none other, TO wit:
mat Article ! of the charter is amended
so as to read follows:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title Of This
corporation shall be "The New Orleans Rrt5
S I cooperative Abbatoir, Inc" and its
domlclle shall be and is hereby fixed in the
City OF New Orleans. The said Corporation
uhder lis corporate name shall have nower
ana authority to exist and enjoy succession
Tor the full term of ninety-n nine wears from
udte OF TINS Act; to contract sue and be
bnid 20 make and use a corporate seal; to
nolu' receive, purchase and convey, as well
ds mortgage, hypothecate and pledge real.
personal and mixed property; 10 name and
appoint such managers, directors and officers
as the affairs OF the said corporation NAV
require, and TO make and establish such Nv
laws and rules for the proper manapement
OF the affairs of said corporation as NAV be
deemed necessary; and to alter, amend and
cnange the same at pleasure
mat Article of the charter has been
as follows: ~ iS"u
ARTICLE II-The objects and purnoses
Tor which this corporation is established and
the nature OF the business to be carried on
Dy II are declared 10 be: to buy, sell and
otherwise deal in cattle and other food ami;
mails; to carry on the business of slauehtering
cattle, hogs, sheep and other animals for
1000 purposes; to pack, preserve can and
otherwise prepare and handle meats and -re,t
products and derivatives and to sell meats
ana meat products at wholesale and retail.
to manufacture, buy, sell, and deal in meal
preservatives and all the chemicals necessary
ana useful thereto, and wood tin glass
cloth, and other containers and cans used
IN packing and preserving, and the ma
terlals thereof; to produce cure preDare fin.
ish, buy, sell and deal in hides. skins. Ieatb.
er, wool, hair, oil, tallow, lard, oleomargarine
iat' NORM glue, soap, meat extracts bone and
Done products, intestines and intestinal pro-
uucts' o1fal, fertilizer and other products and
oy-Pioducts OF the business of slaughtering:
10 act as commission merchants establi sh
STOCK yards and 10 act as consignees agents
ana principals in dealing in any of the fore.
gong and in general to conduct in connec-
tlon with the foregoing any other business
necessary or useful or both, to anv branch
of the business specified or implied herein
including that of operating railroad switch
track. Except for the business being con.
quoted by the corporation in the wear 1919.
none OF the objects and purposes herein,
ABOVE set out shall be begun until approved
by vote of two-thirds of the stockholders
present or represented at a meeting called
for that purpose.
That Article of the charter has been
changed, altered, amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows, to-wit:
ARTICLE VI.-All the corporate now.rs
snail be vested in a Board of Directors com
posed OF fifteen stockholders, each of whom
snail own in his own right at least one
snare OF the capital stock. The Board of
directors 10 De elected in the year 1919 shall
De composed, however, of twenty-six stock.
holders. '''SN
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 OF one and four o'clock p. m, on the last
MONDAY In May in each 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 stockholder 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. A majority
OF the votes so cast shall elect Upon fail
ure, tor any reason, to elect Board on 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 it except that va
cancies occurring during 1890 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 1890, eight directors shall
constitute a quorum and the same number
when the Board shall be composed of fif
teen.
The Board of Directors shall have the
right to pay its members a meeting fee or
not more than Five Dollars for regular meet
ings, and also for not more than two special
meetings. The members of the Finance Com
mittee shall be entitled to compensation at
the discretion of the Board of Directors. but
not in excess of Twenty Dollars each per
annum, payable quarterly
AT its first meeting, the Board of Direc-
tors shall elect from its members, a presi-
dent, first and second vice presidents, and a
treasurer. 1t shall also elect secretary
who shall not be member of the Board
The Board of Directors shall appoint from
time to time and dismiss at pleasure, such
managers, clerks, agents and other employees
of like grade, as it may deem necessary for
the business of the corporation, or to carry
out its objects and purposes.
at shall make, establish, alter and amend
any and all bylaws, rules and regulations
necessary for the manapement NJ ,he sff,;,e