The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-10-14
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF
SINCLAIR MOTORS INC

United States Of America. state of Lou
! isiaua. City Of New Orleans. lie it known,
| Ihat on this seventh day Of the month of
September, in the year of our Lord. one
thousand nine hundred and twenty. and
of the Independence Of the United States
Of America, the one hundred and forty
fifth, before me, Arthur John Peters a
Notary Public. duly commissioned and
qualified, in and for the City of New Or
leans, in the Parish of Orleans, and State
of Louisiana, dOmiCiliatcd in the said city.
Parish and state, and in the presence Of
the witnesses hereinafter named and I'M
derSiEned, personally came and appeared
MeSSrS. Alfred & Sinclair and Francis j
S"mmcS. both OF the full age of majority
and residents of this city. herein acting
for and in the name and on behalf OF
sinclair Motors. Inc" a corporation or
gained under the laws of this State. and
dOmlCIled in New Orleans. La. created by
an act passed before William Mel. Fays-
SOuN, Notary Public. of this Parish and
State. on October 4, 1919. recorded in the
Mortgage office of this Parish and State
in Book 1871, Folio 456 and also recorded
in the office of the Secretary of
state. at Baton Rouge, La, the said ap-
bearers acting in their respective capaci-
ties Of President and Secretary of said
corporation, under and by virtue OF a res
olution adopted at meeting of the stock
holders of said Company. held on January
20, 1920. a certified copy whereof is hereto
annexed and made part hereof And the
said appearers, acting in their said respec-
tive capacities, declared that:
Whereas, at the aforementioned meeting
of the stockholders of the said sinclair
Motors, Inc the first paragraph OF Ar
ticle III Of the Act Of incorporation of
said Company, was amended SO to in
crease the capital stock of the corporation
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
CSlJO,OOOOO), thus making the total cap
italiZatiOn of the Company five hundred
thousand dollars (S5O0,OO0OO)
And whereas, the said resolution directed
he, IA kpu IN
carry into effect and to place the said
amendment in proper, legal and authentic
form.
Now. therefore. the said appcarers. act
ing in their aforesaid respective capaci-
ties, declared that the first paragraph OF
Article III Of the Act of Incorporation OF
the said Sinclair Motors, Inc" as amend
ed shall hereafter read as follows to-wit
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at the sum of five hun
dred thousand dollars $500, 100000, divid
ed into and represented by two thousand
(2,OOOD shares of common stOcE. nOn-as-
sesSable, of the par value of twenty-five
dollars $4,000 each. Gne capital stock
may be increased 10 the sum Of one mil
lion dollars $1,000 100000. Preferred stock
may hereafter be issued by this corpora
ton under the privileges and laws of Lou
isiana"
The rest of the Article to remain as
originally written.
Thus done and passed, in my office at
.
month and year, herein first above writ
ten, in the presence Of Hugh NJ. Wilkinson
and Van Buren, Harris, competent wit
nesses, who hereunto sign their names
with the said appearers and me, Notary,
after reading of the whole.
(Original signedD \. c. Sinclair, Pres
ident. + Jos. Semmes Secretary.
Witnesses: Hugh VI. Wilkinson, Van
Buren, Harris.
\. J. PETERS. Notary Public.
!, the undersigned. Recorder of Mort
cages, in and for the Parish of Orleans,
State of Louisiana, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Act of Amend
ment to Incorporation of the Sinclair Mo
tors, Inc, was this day duly recorded in
my office, in Book 1916, Folio 2i2.
New Orleans. September 9th, 1920.
EMILE J. LEONARD, ID. Il. VI
true copy. New Orleans La, Sept.
-, 1920. (Seal)
A. J. PETERS, Notary Public.
Sept. 16-Oct. 81.