The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-01-29
AMENDMENT TO
CHARTER OF THE GARDENERS AND
SHIPPERS ICE MANUFACTURE
ING co, LTD.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans,
City of New Orleans. Be Ii known, that
on this the twenty fourth day of the
month Of December, in the year of our
Lord, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and
of the Independence of the United States
the one hundred and forty fourth, before
me, Francis ID. Charbonnet, a notary pub
lie, duly commissioned and qualified, in
and for this city and parish, and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, personally came and ap-
peared Valentine thinner and Dennis J.
Hayes, respectively the president and the
secretary of the Gardeners & Shippers
Ice Manufacturing Company, Limited"
corporation of this state, domiciled in this
city, created by an act passed before me,
notary, on September Is, 1902, recorded in
the Mortgage Office of this parish in
Book 123 at folio 654, ct seq, who de-
clared that pursuant to a meeting of the
Board of Directors of said corporation,
held in this city on September IL, 1919,
certain amendments were proposed to be
made to the original charter of this cor
poration, and the same were, by said
Board, submitted to general meeting of
the stockholders of said corporation at a
general meeting of said stockholders held
In this city on October 20. 1919, ana
Who further declared that at said gen.
eral meeting of said stockholders certain
amendments, as proposed at said meeting
of the Board of Directors were adopted,
the whole as will more fully and at length
appear by reference to a certified copy of
the minutes of said two meetings, duly
authenticated, which are attached hereto
and made part hereof for greater GER
Who further declared that at said gen
eral meeting Of the stockholders Of said
company, there were present and repre-
sented six hundred and ninety shares OIL
the capital stock Of said corporation, OUT
Of q total issue Of one thousand shares,
then outstanding, and the vote on said
amendments at said meeting was as fol-
lows:
Vote in favor of adopting said
amendments and In amend
ing the original charter Of
said corporation In accord
ance Herewith. ........... 600 Shares
Vote against adopting said
amendments and in amend
Ing the charter Of said cor
poration in accordance
tnerewith ..... 1900. I.... None
Stockholders absent and not
represented. 80. 800. $40 Shares
Total ...... ............. 1000 Shares
Who further declared that pursuant to
the instructions contained in the said reso-
luton OF the said Board Of Directors and
In the resolution Of the said stockholders,
secretary, before me, notary, In order to
have the said amendments placed in au.
thentic form, therefore,
They now declare that the original char
ter OF said corporation, and particularly
Articles 2. 8. and s, Of said charter, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and pur.
poses for which this corporation is form
carried on by 1t are hereby declared to be:
the purchasing. selling, manufacturing,
dealing In ice. distilled water, mineral
water, electric light and power, soft
drinks and business incidental thereto; to
distribute said merchandise to consumers
and dealers, either for its own account or
as agents and brokers for others to op>
crate and conduct cold and dry storage
estaonshments; to operate and eonduct
coal and wood yards and maintain same
for either the retail or wholesale business
and, within the scope of said businesses
the said corporation shall have the right
TO sue and be sued and to contract I'm its
corporate name; to purchase, sell. lease,
mortgage and hypothecate, or otherwise
sonal or mixed; borrow money, issue
ponds and notes; to name and appoint
such managers, officers and EMPLOYEES as
the business of said corporation may re-
quire; and to maze all necessary bylaws.
rules and regulations for the government
OF the affairs of said corporation.
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of
this. corporation Is hereby fixed at the
sum OF one hundred thousand dollars. d.
vided into and represented by four thous-
ana shares Of the par value Of twenty five
dollars each. The capital stock may be
increased or decreased by a vote of two
tnirds OF the stock present and repre-
sented at meeting called specially for
that purpose by publication for a period
OF thirty days in one of the daily news.
papers OF this city. Said stock shall be
issued and paid for in such manner and
at such times as the Board Of Directors
SHAH determine, In and at their first meet
ing hereafter. provided that no stock
snail be issued for less than par, and ex-
cept for cash or its equivalent or for labor
or property actually rendered or trans
ferred to the corporation.