The herald., 1920-03-11
CHARTER.

fore me, Joseph Sinai, Notary Public
duly commissioned and qualified, in and
for the Parish of Orleans, therein residing,
and in the presence of the witnesses here
matter named and undersigned, person
ally came and appeared Charles y. Fred
erick and William Dalton, i'll their rcspec-
tive capacities rs President and Chairman
and as Secretary of a stockholders meet
ing of the National Weekly Sick BENEFIT
aud Accident Association, a corporation
domiciled in this parish and STATE ana
organized by act passed before Joseph
Sinai. Notary Public, in this city, Oh De
cembcr -, 1913, and recorded in the Mort
gage Office, in Book lll9, Folio 3Sl, which
said appearers declared that pursuant To
"a meeting of the Board OF Directors OF this
corporation, held on December 10th, 1919,
wherat said Board of Directors meeting
there was passed Il resolution submitting
TO the stockholders the question OF the au-
disability of changing the name OF this
corporation and the number OF members OF
the Board of Directors of this corporation;
appearerS further that in accordance
with the charter of the said Nation
al Weekly Sick Benefit and Accident As
ISOLATION, ana ia accordance with the pro
visions of the law in such cases made and
provided. notice to all stockholders OF this
corporation that meeting OF the stock
holders of this corporation would be held
At the domiCile of the corporation on Jan
uary 18th, 1920 at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon. for the purpose OF taking into con
sdcTatiOn the change OF maine of this as
suciatiOn, also change constitutional num-
her OF Board OF Directors, and any other
business that may appear, said notice haY-
ing been published i'll tn" New Orleans
Item, a daily newspaper published III the
city of New Orleans, for thirty cOnS"Cu-
tive days prior to said stockholders meet
ing, copy of which notice is annexed in
the margin hereof, as occasion may re
quirc. Whereas. At u meeting OF the stock
holders of the National Weekly Sick Bene
Gt and Accident Association. held at the
Office of said association, No. 2lOS Maya
zine street, New Orleans. Louisiana, IN ac-
cOrdance with a resolution of said Board
of directors, and the notice aforesaid. at
which said meeting OF the stockholders
aforesaid. there were present or represent
ed eight hundred and thirty seven (N5,)
shares of the capital stock of said cOrpOr-
alton heretofore subscribed out of Il to-
tai Of twelve hundred and twenty eight
U22SI shares of the capital stock of said
corporation. Whereupon, the President,
duly elected as Chairman OF said stock
holders meeting, presented to the stock
holders present. the situation as deter
mined by the Board OF Directors of said
corporation, and after full discussion 1t was
thCreupOn moved and duly seconded ana
unanimously carried by the stockholders
meeting convened a duly certified copy OF
the minutes of said stockholders meeting
being annexed in the margin hereof, that
the original charter OF said corporation
and particularly Articles | and of said
character. be so amended and re-enacted
as TO read us follows:
ARTICLE I.-Said corporation shall be
known and designated as the First Ma
tional Life. Health and Accident lnSur-
auce Company, and il shall exist and en-
10Y succession by and under its corporate
name for period OF ninety nine years
from date hereof. and il shall ENJOY ana
exercise all powers and privileges granted
now or hereafter by law unto corpora
lions; to contract, sue and be sued; 10
make and use a corporate seal, ana the
same to break or alter ut pleasure; TO
purchase, own, hold, lease, accept by dona-
ZION. or acquire IN any Other manner au-
thoRiZed by law, real, personal ana mixed
property of every sort and description To
ALLEVIATE, sell, hypOthecatc, mortgage, lease
and pledge any or all of its real, mixed
and personal property, rights, grants,
franchises; to borrow and loan money; 10
give and receive securities by mortgage,
pledge and. or any other legal manner
and generally TO do and perform all things
necessary or incidental to the proper con
duct OF the affairs of this corporation. ana
which may not be specially enumerated Ill
this charter.
ARTICLE V.-The business of this cor
poration shall be managed by and all its
corporate powers shall he vested in and
exercised by a Board of Directors, of not
less than nine nor more than hfteeh mem
berS, to be elected annually from among
the stockholders of the corporation. ana Il
majority of said Board shall constitute
quorum for the transaction OF business
The Board of Directors shall have power
TO make, amend and abrogate all bylaws
rules and IT gulatiOnS Tor the management
of the affairs of this corporation; to APP
point employ and discharge all officers
and employees, fix all salaries and remun-
Grafton. and generally to do and perform
all things necessary in the transaction
of the business and affairs of the corpor-
alton; provided, they may delegate TO the
President or other person or persons Sc
lected by them, such authority as tney
may, from time to time, deem proper. The
officers of this corporation shall be Pres-
ident one or more Vice Presidents, Sec
rotary and a Treasurer, who shall be elect
ed by the Board of Directors. ON the sec
Ond Monday in January, 1871, and annual
ly thereafter, or as soon after as poSslDle,
at meeting of the stockholders called
for the purpose, an election for Directors
shall be held at the oiilce OF the CORPORA
ton. in the city of New Orleans, State of
Louisiana, after ten days written notice
mailed to each stakeholder at his last
known address, and by publication IN q
daily newspaper published IN the city oI
New Orleans at least ten days prior to
said meeting. At said election each STOCK
holder shall be entitled to cast either In
person or by written proxy, one vote IOr
each share of stock owned by him or
standing in his name on the books OF the
corporation, and a majority OF stock pres
ent or represented shall be sufficient TO
elect. Vacancies in the Board OF Dlrec-
tors shall be filled by 1t from among the
stockholders of the corporation.
Thus done and passed, in my ONCE. AT
the city of New Orleans, on the day,
month and year herein first before writ
ten in the presence of MeSsrs. Frank Il.
DOYLE and LeZlie =. Beard, competent
male witnesses of age, residing in this
parish, who have signed these presents,
together with said appearers and me- NO
tary after due reading of the whole.
(Original signedD Charles y. Frederick,
President and Chairman; VIM. Dalton.
Secretary: T.. Il. Doyle, l.. +. Beard.
JOSEPH SINAI, Notary Public.
4 aArhn Al
cages, in and for the Parish of Orleans,
do hereby certify that the above and fore
going Amendment to the Charter OF Ma
tional Weekly Sick Benefit and Accident
Association was this day duly recorded in
my office. in Book 123S Folio =.
New Orleans, January =, 1920.
EMILE j. LEONARD, by. X.
A true copy.
JOSEPH SINAI, Notary Public.
Feb. 5-Mch. IL.
NJ