Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-03-06
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
OF BANK OF ERATH
Erath. La, January l9th, i'-o'

Frat h. La, .lahldIN i''H' 1900
I Pursuant to a call for a ge-c.al
shareholders meeting of the Bank
trotb to be held at tac Office
If said Bank at its domicile III me
Tovn Of Erath, PARISH Of N,r"Iii'1 D,
state Of Louisiana, on the 10Th day 81
January, 1920, due notice of 'n' II
meeting was given to all thr STOCK
holders Of said Bank by PubiIcatioA III
-, newspaper published in the PARISH
If Vcrmihon. La, the Abbcvllle ir"-
grcss, published weekly in the l'Nh
If ALbeviHc. La, which said notice
WAS published as legally required amt
IN the following form, words and Ag
urr,. which is an exact copy of the
notice 50 published, to-wit;
Erath. La, December 18th, l"l'.
NOTICE i, hereby given that, M "c-
rordaurc with a resolution adopted ny
,.,c BOARD of Directors of the Bank O.!
rr,tb at It's meeting held i'll the Town
If Erath on the Goth day Of pcremo r,
1919 a general meeting # the sock
holders of this bank Will be held AT
+a. oAfre of the Bank Of Erath II
E,otL La. between the hours OF On
aud Three clock +. tn, on tue i''H
. day of January, 1920, for the purr"''
If voting ON the Bank by increasing
;ts Capital Stock from Twenty Five
Thousand Dollars 25,OOO.00) to Fifty
. Thousand Dollars, ($50,00OOO) the al
, ditional capital stock Of Twenty rive
. Thousand Dollars t$2j,000.00) 10 be re-
presented by Two Hundred and tlfty
Shares (250) of the par value or one
Hundred ($l0O00) Dollars each, whlch
said additional capital stock OF Iwen'y
, Five Thousand Dollars (s25,0OOOO)
shall be paid for in cash out OF tn
net earnings of the Bank now on hand
at the rate of One Hundred (SlOO.OO)
! Dollars per share; the additional capi
. raj stock TO be distributed equally a
mong the stockholders now OF record
in proportion to the number OF shares
If stock now owned by them; that at
said meeting the said stockholders shall
. adopt amendments of the charter al
are necessary to increase the Capital
, Stock as above set forth, as well as tc
consider and amend any Article of In
corporation of this Bank, and to con
J slider and perform all such other acts
as they deem necessary or proper.
BANK OF ERATH,
(Signed V. L. CALDN ELL'
: President
And by mailing TO each stockholdcl
! of said Bank as legally required, di
I rected to him at his last known address
as provided by charter of said bank
due notice of said meeting an exac'
COPY of the notice, in the form, words
and figurcs as lereinabove set out, t
each of the stockholders of the Banl
s of Erath.
The following named stockholders
of the Bank of Erath, met on the sal
10Th, day Of January, 1920, at the OF
flee of the Bank of Ersth, at its domi
cile in the Town of Erath, La, at tn
2 hour of o'clock P. NJ. in person o
by proxy as hereinafter stated, an,
! who held and hold the number Of share
! of the Capital Stock of the Bank 0
, Erath, as follows, towit:
A. c. Derouen ..--......-...........-...1O Share
V. L. Caldwell ...................-l6 Share
7 Caldwell Bros.
by V. L. Caldwell ..........--72 Share
I f. p. Moresi ............,......-.......15S Share
j A. p Moresi, Proxy to 40 Share
! S. L. Leblanc ..............--.....-.... Sha
Mrs. A. c. Derouen -.....--.... --.... Share
c. G. Derouen ........-.........-....... Sharc
F. B. Williams ...............-..,..49 Share
# W. J. Broussard ,...........-.-......-.33 Share
, Leblanc Realty Co. Inc.
. By S. L. Leblanc .................. 9 Sha q
, V. L. Caldwell, proxy
Mrs Sam Weiss ..---.........-....--. Share
= Arvelien Theriot ............. ...... Shar
q Total number of shares of the Cap
q tai Stock of the Bark of Erath repre-
= scented in person or by proxy bein
. Two Hundred and Thirty (230) share!
There being stockholders pres mt
s person or represented by proxy as {
. bOve set out who together own m I
3 than two-thirds (2-3) Of all the CapitG
3 Stock of the Bank OF Erath, the meet
: ing was then organized on mott 1
4 P. Moresi duly seconded by A. C. ID,
!. rouen, electing V. L. Caldwell as Chat
man and F. B. Williams as Secretar
of the meeting.
: The purpose of the meeting was the
y read to the Stockholders by F. B. Wi
4 liams, Secretary, as set out in notice
!. copies Of which are above set fort
. herein.
Mr. A. C. Derouen then moved. whic
motion was duly seconded by Mr.. {
= L. Leblanc, that the following r,solt