The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-09-25
Amendment to Charter
Bank Of COIfa<
Louisiana
State of Louisiana, }
Parish of Grant.


Parish of Grant.
Before me, j. B. Roberts Notary
Public duly commissioned, sworn and
qualified in and for the Parish of Grant,
Louisiana, personally came and appear
ed, on this the 18th day of Aug. 1920.
E. B. Gray and I. Fl. MeNeely, who
declared unto me Notary, in the pres
ence of the undersigned two compe-
tent witnesses that they were chair
man secretary, respectively, of the
meeting of the stockholders of the
Bank of Colfax, convened and held ac-
cording to law aud the charter Of the
said bank, at Colfax, Louisiana, on the
18th day of August. 1920, at the domi-
cile of the said banking corporation,
and that the capital stock of the said
bank at the time of the said meeting
was Thirty Thousand Dollars. and that
there was present at said meeting
either in person or by proxy stock
holders owning Twenty Two Thousand
and Seven Hundred Dollars ($22, 700. 00l
of the said capital stock; that the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted at the
said stockholders meeting:
Be it resolved by the stockholders of
the Bank of Colfax now in session at
its banking house at Colfax, Louisiana.
that Article / of the charter of the
Bank of Colfax be amended so as to
read as follows:
ARTICLE
The name or title of this corporation
shall be BANK OF COLFAX Its domi-
cile and place of doing banking bust
ness shall be in the Town of Colfax,
Parish of Grant, State of Louisiana,
and its capital stock shall be and is
hereby fixed at Seventy Five Thous-
and Dollars divided into $50 shares of
one hundred dollars each, the appear
ers herein being stockholders, and the
place of residence and the number of
shares and amounts held by each of
them respectively being set forth OPP
posite the signature of each of them,
which amounts of said shares are to be
paid for in cash as called for by the board
of directors. Said Board of Directors
is hereby empowered and directed to
locate branch banks in the Parish of
Grant according to law. That total
227 shares out of a total of three hum
dred shares of the capital stock, as ex-
isting OH the adoption of the said
amendment of Article / of the charter,
voted in favor of the said resolution
and by subsequent resolution adopted
by the same vote, the said appearers
were authorized to appear before a
Notary Public of the Parish of Grant
and execute, according to law, the
said amendment of Article of the
banks charter, increasing the capital
stock of the bank from thirty thousand
dollars to seventy-five thousand dollars
and empowering it's board of directors
to establish and locate branch banks in
in the Parish of Grant, according to
law.
In testimony whereof, the said L. B.
Gray chairman of the stockholders
meeting and the said T. Hunter Nc
Nicely secretary of the stockholders
meeting attach hereto a certified copy
of the resolutions above referred to
and have executed this certificate of
amendment of the charter of the Bank
OF Colfax at my notarial office in the
Town of Colfax, Grant Parish Louisi-
ana, on this the 18th day of August,
1920, in my presence and that of the
two undersigned competent witnesses.
e. B. GRAY,
Chairman Stockholders Meeting.
T. Fl. MCNEELY,
Secretary Stockholders Meeting.
J. B. ROBERTS,
Notary Public
Witnesses:
R. C. BENNETT,
n. q. MCKNIGHT. tseall
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Grant,
] hereby certify that the within and
foregoing to be true and correct copy
of the Amendment of the Bank of Col |
fax, Colfax, Louisiana, as now filed in
this office under Register No. $3.50 and
recorded in Book of Charters at page
l02 ct seq on the 1st day of September
A. d. 1920.
Witness my hand and official seal of |
office at Colfax, Louisiana. thiathe lst |
iay of September A. .. 1920.
c. d. LACROIX,
Clerk and Ex-ofiicio Recorder.
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