The herald., 1919-04-17

United States of America, State Of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
leans. Be it known, that on this thirty
first day of the month of January, in the
dred and nineteen: before me, Charles
Schneidau. 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
hereinafter named and undersigned; per-
sonally came and appeared, VIM. {. Goeb.
Der, the President, and A. w Bohning, the
Secretary, who each declared that they rep
resented the Guatemala-American Coffee
Co, Inc, a corporation, IN their eapaci-
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 in 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
ing the amendments to the charter of the
said corporation, and they do hereby sever
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 10 the charter herein
after set forth, increasing the powers OF
the corporation and the number of directors,
as specified in Articles III and Nv, of thu
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
L.
Goebber, owner of % shares; A. w. Bohning,
owner of 4o shares; w. II. Bohning, owner
of share; R. D. Bowen, represented by VIM.
c. Goebber, by proxy, owner OF l share.
We do further certify that at said meeting,
said VIM c. Goebber was elected Chairman
of the meeting and the undersigned A. w.
Bohning was elected Secretary; that at the
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,
to-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 bust
ness, to issue notes, bonds or other evidences
of Indebtedness, and to do and perform all
other things necessary or convenient to en-
able il 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 Nv
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
Of not less than four stockholders, who
shall be elected annually by the stockhold-
ers on the first Tuesday in May in each
and every year, at an annual meeting to
be held at the office of the company, at its