The herald., 1919-04-24
CHARTER
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF MENGE
MARINE HARDWARE & SUPPLY

Lord one thousand nine hundred ana NM
teen and Of the Independence. OF United
Sat- If America. the one hundred and forty
third. Before me, Henry J.. Dart IL
Notary Public, duly comm'ssiGneA a"N
qualified, III and for this cry ana tNt Pc ~
ish OF Orleans, therein residing anu "a 49,
pressurc Of the witnesses hcTcInalie: anu vi
dersiyuet: Personally came and appeal y,
the persons whose names are "e' S' ma -
subscribed. who declared that tAey arc o. a.
OF age and residents Of the City OF NC" NJ
leans and stockholders 81 ' t-o-'n,ny Inc,
inc Hardware and supply COMPANY, 80
,nJ as such stockholders own ana pJs'1sS?
I,,,oa., -her1 the entire capital sIoCH VI
The aid corporation issued ana ;,
viz. SIX Hundred shares OF the par ,l,a,,rt.
o.. rIr~arrd tSIIOpO Dollars eaCh' an1 NO. ~,
;,, ~ 4 total Of Sixty Thousand NSyJ'VJJJ'oo,
Th,a-s That a meeting OF the stocEhQ,uels ;
81 The said corporation was duly "g1u %
~ nffsre II the same on the ililH uI' -
NJ 100 That at the SAID meetlS ~
NI al III .f1-rs unanimously voted 70
a,n,I the charter thereof, SO as 70 % ~. 1
w. c1oirgl stock from sixty r.
SsSo naor0 Dollars to One hundred Ior r
sand $500 CgOW Dollars ana in't .'1 !r,,b.
som IL.i Lcrc. come before me, Notary LuoI
~; =, rrrscrve and embody IN aug rs
- rIe said action OF the st'eNUo1u .%a
Lii 7rDea- from certiitd copy - IN
resolutions adopted at the 9aniGt ar+ That
.,J >, and made part OF TINS aI';; u
n ,eNN:E corporation was organized u"uC,
me me ,s,.. ~ he State OF louisiana Dy 80 az
- George Janvicr, Notary ~ - for
All commissioned and quaihiea IN 9rIaars
Iu.' GO. NJ New Orleans, Parish OF " ".
inc r ~ 10 1914. recorded in the NOT M
~ 0ff;rr IN the Parish OF orleans,
u Folio W. 676. That the Sha' -
al r,rpo~ation was amended Dy a. ~
Henry r Dart r., Notary t ta 60 Il New
mrissns. Parish Of Orleans. July -, Pc Pc,
oFleaisi =, he Mortgage Office IN ne 30 30
n-rs,rs Book No. D. Folio No. ar
e 1niy 26. 1918 And the said "Ppp[a.,-.
accordingly declared ,ha' pic under the
"a before me. Notary Puhllc, ~ of en-.
euS;,,tio, aforesaid for the purpose % ~ ~
auSn:. -; pr1ner and authentic shape ,y
.c,;or Of the stockholders Of tInc 49, Inc
80 Hardware and Supply C9mI'aIIS tb0t
ia the said aypearers say ana , 9eI'a,~ Ar,
ana INC IA ,nertinp Of the stockholders Al
NJ ~ NJ the charter OF the
ION was changed. altered amend, ameI,usN
,,oJified so as 10 read as ioloMs ,bis
iSHup5TICTF IV.-The capital stock o. ''' -
AK IL hereby fixed at the sum OF
S u,,Jred thousand C$lOOIOJD po'.a.S ;;
J;dad int, and representing One t,IIo,,rIreG
slares OF the par value OF ~ nav.
UIno nOl Dallars each. The caPHdl sod
- a meeting duly assembled pc ny TI,9r,-
are, ,,T, of One Hundred and tiity mo-
" DolIars All transfers OF sULiTTi he
81. canital stock Of the company .Se
ID and entered on the StoCh O =; any
cornoration and no transfer sn"La -; Unless
49, binding on this corporatioii "-1
ma ..,.a The capital stock OF TINS co.
$50, is issued and held under tu II,
favorable agreement, CONTRACT a"I ~ efork
stnt the holders of the majority VI . ~
nnw or hereafter issued anu ,;fe Of this
nhn,.er acquire and purchase the ST., "
is Lelj nv the minority stockho,,ue -
s., srv individual holder thereof, at INC sPa-c
Of One Hundred $4,000 poii arS + pI share
IS The said stock in the surplus accouno -; 80
VI ,::l.J c-ofit account of the corpor1 49,
unu -, Inv the last audit when Shdl'
,bs hook value of the stock anu Ie Tbe
and only evidence 70 be cohSIuSa - Lent
snrpIus and undivided profits may
in one or separate accounts. ,- zh,u
m. ,ro rata of each share OF STOCK s.iatI
l.. estimated by dividing the total nu"loel
90 shares issued and OutStahuihs' M
balance OF the credit OF SAID account .. a.
~,,rts The sum nus ascertalned pluS TIC
-, of one Hundred $4,000 Dollars aloIe
ia shall be the total value and PflEe %
80 stock All of which amounts snalI DC
navable TO cash within thirty DAYS dttC'
written notices OF the exercise Oh Ihls
Ice The stock shall be taken and the
hooks of the CORPORATION shall be AUDITED dS
of January lst, of each year and as SUN
as possible after the expiration Oh sdiu Gato'
No sale or transfer OF the STOCK sldll "
recoypized by the corporation unless anu
III l. shaIl have been first offered IN
NJ.
writing 10 the corporation at the price alore-
said in the preceding paragraph, Tor the use
and benefit of the other stockhoiderS VINO
are hereby granted the absolute hrst fisnt
and privilege to purchase the same at the
price stated, and TO accept such SHAH be IN
writing and pay therefor within thirty DAYS
after which offer shall have been MADE
The right and the rights conferred IN the
article of the charter shall follow the STOCK
into whatever hands it may go.
Failure of the holder or Possessor OF Ger
tficate of stock to produce or deliver the
same shall authorize the corporation to receive
in trust the price thereof to cancel such out.
standing certificates on the books OF
the corporation, and issue new certi,
ficates therefor. The stock so purchased
shall be divided among the remaining stock
holders as may be desired by them and IN
default of agreement in proportion TO thelt
several holdings, and upon payment OF the
price thereof.
This corporation shall be the agent OF
the stockholders specially empowered through
its Board of Directors, TO enforce and carry
out all of the foregoing provisions regard
ing stock in this corporation. The sub
stance of these provisions OF the charter
shall be stated briefly and succinctly Oh
the face OF each certificate OF stock and
shall be conclusive notice to all persons
dealing therein.
Thus done and passed, in my NotariaI VI
flee on the day aforesaid, the presence
of Leo L. Duborg, and Louis J. Gelpi, com
petent witnesses OF lawful age, residing IT
this City and they have hereunto signed their
names with the said appearers, who have sci
out their addresses and the number OF
shares held by them; and me, Notary, after
due reading of the whole.
Witnesses: Leo. L. Duborg, Louis J.
Gelpi.
Original Signed NJ B. Griffin. 81
shares, 1923 Carroll,on Ave; C. II. Blanchard
lOS shares, SOIL Pamela; L. E. Menge, lO4
shares, 1891 Exposition Blvd; ii. r. Mac
Leod. % shares, S04 Elm Street; Elizabeth
i. Griffin, shares, 1923 Carrollton Ave; A.
c. Bala, 100 shares, 4SS9 Canal Street; J.
H. Menge 10 shares, 1891 Exposition Blvd.
n. o. Clark, IS shares, Biloxi, Miss, Per J
H. Menge proxy attached; L. E. Blan-
chard, shares, SOIL Pamela.
(Signed) HENRY p. DART, JR.,
Notary Public.
I, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgages
in and for the Parish of Orleans, State OF
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act of Amendment to the char
ter of Menge Marine Hardware and Supply
Company. Inc, was this day duly recorded
in my office in Book 1928, Folio -.
New Orleans. La, March -, 1919.
(Signed) EMILE ]. LEONARD, by. r.
hereby certify that the above and fore
going is a true and correct copy of the orr
ginal act on file at my office.
(Signed) HENRY p. DART, JR.,
Notary Public.
April 5May g.