The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-04-08
AMENDMENT TO
CHARTER OF THE NEW ORLEANS CT.
GAR BOX COMPANY. MOOR
POP Atm
(Seal.)
Mch. T. Apr s

United States of America State of Lou
isiana, Parish of Orleans. Be IL known
that on the eighteenth day of the month
of February 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
fourth.
Before me Sidney Francis Gautier. a no
tary public duly commissioned, sworn and
qualified, in and for the parish of Orleans,
state of Louisiana aforesaid, therein re-
siding and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, per-
sonally came and appeared, Abraham l..
Coon. president, Louis Kaufman, yice-pres-
ident, and Otto Moser, Jr., secretary-treas-
urer, respectively of the New Orleans CT
gar Box Company, Incorporated. corpor-
alton organized according to laws of the
state of Louisiana, by act before Herman
of Orleans. dated August 5th, 1919. and
duly recorded in the Mortgage Office for
the parish of Orleans in Book 1881, Folio
141; which appearers in their aforesaid
capacities and as stockholders of said cor
poration declared that, by unanimous vote
of all the stock of said corporation, at q
meeting specially held at the office of the
corporation in this city, on the second day
Of February 1920, resolutions were unani-
mously adopted to amend the charter OF
the aforesaid corporation and increasing
its capital stock; said stockholders meet
ing having been held and convened in full
accordance with law and the provisions OF
the charter. and legally authorized ap
bearers to effect such amendments by exc
cutting the same in authentic form as pro
vided by law, by these presents now ap
| pearing before me, notary, in order to make
proper notarial record of said amendments
and to have the same recorded as required
| by law with reference to articles four
| five, seven. eight and nine of the charter
of said corporation; all as more fully
shown by certified copy of the minutes
1 Ii T..
| tions adopted. which are annexed to thii
| act as forming part thereof, amending sale
! articles so as to make them read as fol
| lows, to-wit:
ARTICLE Iv-The capital stock of thi
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum o.
| forty thousand dollars, represented BY
four hundred shares of the par value o.
one hundred each. Said stock shall h
| paid for in cash or its equivalent, and In
such manner of installments as may b.
| prescribed by the Beard of Directors. This
| corporation shall become a going concern
| and shall be authorized TO commence bust
ness when twenty thousand dollars of the
capital stock shall have been subscribed
and paid for. namely. at these presents
ARTICLE v.-The capital stock Of this
| corporation may be increased to the sum
of sixty thousand dollars, by two-thirds
vote Of all the stock. present or repre-
| scented at a special meeting called for that
purpose, or at regular annual meeting
of the corporation.
ARTICLE vII.-The corporate powers
OF this corporation shall be vested in and
exercised by a Board of Directors COM
posed Of three stockholders, two OF whom
shall constitute n quorum for the trans
action of business, but said board may be
increased to five, by a majority vote of
the outstanding stock at any annual meet
ing or ut n special meeting of the stock
holders called for that purpose. without
necessity of any further amendment or al
teration TO this charter.
The directors of this corporation may
vote in person or by proxy at any of the
meetings of the Board of Directors and
the Board of Directors may, by proper
resolutions. delegate its powers to any Of
ficer or officers or representative of the
corporation. The Board of Directors as
now constituted is hereby declared to he
composed of the following members. to-
wit: Abraham L. Coon, SIP Prytania
street. New Orleans. La. Louis Kaufman
$3.50 Hurst street. New Orleans, La; Otto
Moser, Jr., 1921 Prytania street. New Or
leans. La. with Abraham L. Coon, presi-
dent; Louis Kaufman. vice president, and
otto Moser. Jr., secretary-treas urer. and
they shall serve as directors until the first
Monday in February 1921 or until their
The Board shall be elected annually at n
meeting held on the first Monday in Feb
ruary of each year thereafter. notice of
such meeting being given according to
change the date of said annual meeting
by written notice to that effect sent at
least fifteen days before date to which
meeting has been changed. directed to each
stakeholder to his last known residence.
Each stakeholder shall be entitled to one
vote for every share of full paid stock
unpledged, and he may vote in person or
by proxy in the manner provided by law.
Elections shall be held under such rules
and regulations as may be. from time to
time, determined by the Board of Direc-
tors as a whole. The directors shall hold
office for one year or until their success
ors have been duly elected and qualified.
and failure to hold the annual meeting of
stockholders to elect annually the Board
Of Directors. shall not operate the for
fixture Of this charter or any rights there
under. Any vacancy occurring in the
Board of Directors may be filled by the
remaining directors for the unexpired
term.
ARTICLE yIII.-This charter or act of
incorporation may be changed modified
and amended by and with the consent by
vote of two-thirds OF all stock present at
any meeting, general or special. held for
that purpose. and such amendment may
be material or immaterial. subject only
to the limitations provided by law, and
this corporation shall have the power to
increase or decrease its capital stock to the
extent and In the manner provided by law