The herald., 1919-12-11
AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF
FERD MARKS INSURANCE AGENCY,
LIMITED.

United States of America, State of Louis
| lana, Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
| leans. BE it known, that on this the 2Sth
| day of the month of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
| hundred and nineteen, and of the indie
pendence of the United States of America,
| the one hundred and forty-fourth, before
me, Raymond Ii. Saal, notary public,
| duly commissioned and qualified within
and for the Parish of Orleans, State of
Louisiana, therein residing, and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came
| and appeared Leonard NJ. Wise, and Max
Freshman. residents of the Parish of Or
leans, State of Louisiana, of the full age
of majority, herein appearing and acing
i'll their capacities as Treasurer and Secre-
tary respectively, of special meeting of
the stockholders of the Ferd Marks In
surance Agency, Limited, held on the 18th
day of November, 1919, which said com-
pany is Louisiana corporation, domiciled
in the Parish of Orleans, originally or
ganized by act before William o. Hart,
notary public in and for the Parish of
Orleans, State of Louisiana, on the 9th
day of March, 1900, and recorded in the
Mortgage Office for the Parish of Orleans,
in Book 4f6, folio 7S9; which act was
amended by authority f meeting of the
stockholders of said corporation held on
the oath day of March, 1902, by act before
John e. Dayey, Jr., notary public, on the
9th day of March, 1902, and recorded in
leans in Book 723, folio 2S9; and again
amended by authority of a general meet
ing of the stockholders of the said cor
poration held on the 18th day of August,
1903, by act before John {. Davey, Jr.,
a notary public in and for the Parish of
Orleans, State of Louisiana, on the md
day of September, 1903, and recorded in
the Mortgage Office for the Parish of Or
leans in Book $50, folio 615; their authority
in the premises being pursuant to reso-
luton passed at said stockholders meet
ing hereinabove mentioned, a certified
copy of the minutes of which meeting are
hereto annexed as part hereof.
Who declared that at the said special
meeting of the stockholders of the said
Ferd Marks Insurance Agency, Limited,
held in the City of New Orleans, on the
25th day of November, 1919, it was re
solved that the charter of the said Ferd
Marks Insurance Agency, Limited, be re-
enacted and amended in its entirety, and
that accordingly that the said stockholders
of the Ferd Marks Insurance Agency,
Limited, do by these presents adopt the
articles as the charter Of the
said Ferd Marks Insurance Agency, Lin
tied, to-wit:-
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of
this corporation shall be The Ferd Marks
Insurance Agency, Limited, and under and
by said name, unless sooner dissolved in
accordance with law and this charter, 1t
shall exist and continue, and shall have
and enjoy corporate existence and sue
years from and after the date of its in
corporation; it may have, hold, receive,
borrow, loan, exchange, acquire by grant,
gift or purchase, devise or bequest, sell,
ALLEVIATE, dispose of. convey, lease pledge,
pawn, hypothecate, cucumber or mort
gage property of any kind whether real,
personal or mixed, corporal or incor
poreal, movable or immovable, all sub
ject to such limitations as may be de-
scribed by law, 1t may make, issue and
endorse bonds or notes and other EVIL
dences of debt. 1t may accept mortgages,
pledges or other forms of security for
money loaned, or other debts 1t may
contract, sue and be sued, pleaded or be
implicated by its corporate name in any
court of competent jurisdiction. 1t may
make, adopt and use a corporate SEAL
and alter or break the same at pleasure
1t may name, appoint and employ such
managers, directors, officers agents and
other employees at its interests, business
and convenience may require, and may
fix their compensation, having due regard
to the nature, character and value Of
their services. 1t may make and establish
bylaws, rules and regulations not in.
consistent with this charter, or any exist |
ing laws, fixed or altering the manage
ment or its property, the regulation and |
government of its affairs, and the man
ner of the certification and registration of |
its stock. 1t may wind up and dissolve |
itself, or be wound up and dissolved in |
conduct business in this State or other /
states, the Federal districts, the territories |
and possessions of the United States and |
any foreign country. 1t shall have the |
power to vest its Board Of Directors with
Ill Its corporate powers, subject to such
restrictions as may be named in this
'harter, and 1t generally shall have and