The herald., 1919-03-20
CHARTER
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF THE
NEW ORLEANS EXPORT COM
pANY LIMITED,

State of Louisiana, Parish OF Orleans, City
of New Orleans. Be it known, that on this
the twelfth day of the month of March, in
the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine
hundred and nineteen, and of the 1ndepen-
dence of the United States of America the
one hundred and forty-third; Before me,
Charles F. Fletchinger, Notary Public,
duly commissioned and qualified, in and for
the parish and State oforeSaid, and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned; personally came and ap-
peared, Christian G.. Hansen and Oscar
Reeh, hereto appearing in their respective
capacities as President and Secretary OF the
stockholders meeting OF March II, 1919, OF
the New Orleans Export Company, Limited
corporation created, organized and existing
under and by virtue of the laws of the
State of Louisiana, by an act OF incorpora-
ton passed before Charles L. Soniat, late
Notary Public of the City of New Orleans,
dated October /, 1901, recorded in the Mort
gage Office for this Parish in Book 90, folio
=, which said appearers severally declared
that at special meeting of the shareholders
of The New Orleans Export Company, Lin
tied, held at the domicile of said corporation
in the City of New Orleans, under date OF
March 18th; 1919, at which meeting there
were present, in person, each and every
shareholder of said corporation. Upon motion
duly made and seconded, Articles One o.,
Two (O, Three 90 and Four "a of the ORR
ginal charter of said corporation were by
unanimous vote of all the stockholders modi-
to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and style of this
corporation shall be The New Orleans Ex-
port Company, Limited, and the place chosen
for its domicile is hereby declared to be
the City of New Orleans, State of Louis
lana, and under said corporate name this
corporation shall have the right to sue and
be sued, and to contract, and shall have all
the powers, rights and authority conferred
by the laws of the State of Louisiana on
corporations of its kind and character, and
shall have and enjoy succession for a period
of ninety nine (9e) years from and after the
date of this Act.
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
for which this corporation is established and
| the nature of the business to be carried on
| by it are declared and specified to be to
carry on general importing and exporting
| business; to buy, sell, otherwise deal in,
| prepare, manufacture, and handle cotton,
cotton goods, cotton seed products, grain,
| bran, oils and fats and all kinds of mer-
| chandise, of every character whatsoever; to
buy, sell, own, handle, manage, operate and
| charter vessels and water craft of any de-
| scripton; to act as brokers in connection
with any shipping transportation BUSH
| ness, and to act stevedores; to buy. sell,
own, lease, conduct and manage public or
| private warehouses, wharves or docks; to
| buy, sell, own, or otherwise deal in or
| handle stocks, bonds securities of all
kinds; and generally to engage in any
| business affairs incidental or germane to
| the objects and purposes hereinbefore speci-
tically expressed; and this corporation shall
have power and authority to conduct any
and all business either for its own account
or as the agent or representative of others
on commission, brokerage, or other basis of
compensation. The President, or in case of
his inability to act of the Vice Presi-
dents of the company shall be the proper per-
son upon whom citations or other legal pro-
cess shall be served.
ARTICLE IIT.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of
Two hundred and fifty thousand (S250OOO)
Dollars divided into twenty-five hundred
C25OO) shares of the par value of One Hum
dred fsl000O) Dollars each which stock shall
be full paid and non assessable at the time
of the issuance.
No present or future stockholders shall ever
validlv sell assign or transfer other than
by Inheritance, any of the capital stock of
this corporation until the same shall have
been first offered to the remaining stock
holders for the benefit of those stockholders
who may desire to purchase the same through
the Board Of Directors, for the period of ten
days. at the book value of such stock. as
shown by the books of this corporation on
the 3lst day Of MAY. last preceding the
date of such offer II shall be thu duty of
the Board OF Directors promptly upon re-
ceiving an offer of sale of any of the stock
of this CORPORATION 70 communicate the same
to the stockholders in writing: through the
Secretary OF the Company. and each of the
stockholders shall be entitled TO purchase
such prooortion of the stock so offered for
sale as the number of shares owned by him
IT the time bears to the number of shares