The herald., 1919-05-08
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF GUATE
MALA-AMERICAN COFFEE CO.,
INC

United States of America. State Of Louis
leans Be it known, that on this thirty
first day of the month of January, in the
dred and nineteen; before me, Charles
| Schnedau. a Notary Public, duly commits.
stoned and qualified in and for the Parish
of Orleans, State of Louisiana, therein re.
! siding, and, in the presence of the witnesses
s saSis came and appeared VIM c. Goeb
Der, the President and A. wv. Bohning, the
Secretary, who each declared that they rep
resented the Guatemala-American Coffee
! Co., Inc, a corporation, their capaci-
ties above set forth, said corporation being
! organized under the general laws OF the
| State of Louisiana by an act before Charles
| Schneidau, Notary Public, dated April II.
| 1917, registered in the Mortgage Office of
this Parish 4 Book 1906. Folio ST, and they
severally declared, under oath that they have
executed and hereby execute on behalf OF
| said corporation, to~wit: Guatemala Ameri-
can Coffee Co., Inc, this certificate, show
said corporation. and they do hereby sever
| ally certify as follows:
| We, the undersigned, VIM. c. Goebber, and
| A. w. Bohning, respectively. the President
and Secretary of the Guatemala. American
Coffee Co., Inc, do hereby severally certify
| that on January 30, 1919, at IL o'clock noon,
| there was held a general meeting of the
stockholders of said corporation, at its of
| flee in the City of New Orleans, which said
meeting was held for the purpose of acting
upon the amendments to the charter herein:
after set forth, increasing the powers of
the corporation and the number of directors,
as specified in Articles ii and ", of the
original charter, of which meeting proper
notice. in accordance with the provisions OF
the charter and the general law relative TO
corporations. was given. We do further GER
tify that there were present in person, the
following stockholders. to-wit: VIM. L.
Goebber, owner of 49 shares; A. w. Bohning,
owner of 20 shares: w. II. Bohning. owner
of share; X. d. Bowen, represented by VIM.
c. Goebber, by proxy, owner of share.
We do further certify that at said meeting,
said VIM. c. Goebber was elected Chairman
of the meeting, and the undersigned A. w
said meeting of stockholders of said corpo-
ration. the following resolution was duly
adopted by the affirmative vote of the stock
holders owning 100 shares of the capital
stock, being all the stock of said corporation,
t5-wit:
RESOLUTION.
Resolved. That Article II of the charter
be amended so as to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized, and
the nature of the business TO be carried on |
by it, are declared TO be the following. viz: |
To purchase and sell, at wholesale and re-
tail, coffee. tea and dry groceries, of every |
kind and description, to import and export |
the same, and, in Connection with its busi- |
ness, TO issue notes, bonds or other evidences
of Indebtedness, and TO do and perform all
other things necessary or convenient to en-
able it TO carry out the objects and pur-
poses, above set forth. and further the pur
poses of this corporation.
Be it Further Resolved. That Article "
Of the charter be amended, so as TO real as
follows:
ARTICLE Iv.-The corporate powers of
this corporation shall be vested in and ex:
ercised by Board of Directors, composed