The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-11-18
TO CHARTER OF GULF
MILL & LUMBER COMPANY, INC.

United States of America, State OF Lou
| isiana, Parish of Orleans. City of New Or
| leans. BE it known, That on this, the
fourth day of the month of October in the
| year one thousand nine hundred and TWEEN
| ty, before me, Charles Rosen, a Notary
| Public, duly commissioned and qualified
and in the presence of the undersigned
witnesses, personally came and appeared
Sigismund S. Levy, Chairman. and Harry
| Hardie, Secretary Of a meeting of the
| stockholders of the Gulf Mill & Lumber
| Company, Inc, a corporation organized
| by act before the undersigned Notary Pub
| lie, on the 2lst day of June, 1917, and re-
corded in Mortgage Office of this Parish
| in Book 1872 Folio 1913; which said APP
! bearers declare that at a special meeting
| Of the stockholders of said corporation
held on this day, at which all OF the stock
holders were present in person or repre-
sented by proxy, certified copy of the
minutes OF said meeting being hereto an
neXed, Article -Four of the charter OF said
| corporation was by unanimous vote amend
ed so as to read as follows to-wit
| ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock OF this
corporation is hereby declared to be sixty
thousand ($60.000.OOl dollars, consisting OF
| six hundred 5000 shares of the par value
of one hundred (S10000) dollars per share,
whereof twenty-five thousand (s25 OOO. OO)
dollars represents the original capital
stock heretofore authorized, issued and
| presently outstanding. and thirty five
thousand 1885 ,0O0OO) dollars represents the
increase in the capital stock. The Board
| of Directors is hereby authorized and en-
| powered to transfer, as OF July 1st, 1920
the prohts and surplus Of this corporation
| to the capital stock and to issue therefor a
stock dividend as of July LIST, 1920 amount
| ing to thirty-five thousand 1896 OO0.OO) dol.
lars to the stockholders of this corpora
| Ion. The amount to which the capital
stock may be increased shall be one hun
dred thousand $500 OOOOO) dollars. All
transfers of stock shall be made on the
books OF the Company on the surrender of
/ no mt 20 a sr,sr
such rules as the Board of Directors may
prescribe.
THE Board OF Directors shall have the
power to receive subscriptions for and to
issue all stock hereafter subscribed for
but all such stock and any increase there
| of must first be offered to the existing
holders and owners OF stock at the time
OF such Issuance in proportion to their re-
spective holdings.
"As thus amended this Article SUPER
sedes Article -Four of the charter as orig
1nally adopted and any amendments there
| to-"
Said appearers declare that they were
duly elected as the Chairman and Score
tary respectively Of said meeting, and were
| by said meeting authorized to certify TO
said proceedings, and authorized and d.
rected to make an authentic notariaI act
Oh sald amendment 70 the charter, and to
ME, record and publish the same accord
ing to law. Said appearers accordingly
appear before me. Notary, and do hereby
declare that said charter has been amend
ed as above set forth and they do hereby
make this authentic notarial act OF said
amendment to said charter and do hereby
request and authorize me to record and
publish the same according to law
Thus done and passed, In my office. at
the Slty OF New Orleans, on the day
month aud year herein first above written.
In the presence of Messrs. Ralph J. Schwarz
ana Earl \. Richard, competent wit
hesSes, who hereunto sign their names
with the said appearers and me. Notary
after reading of the whole.
COriginal signed) S. S. Levy, Chairman.
Harry Hardie, Secretary.
witnesses: Ralph J. Schwarz, Earl A.
Richard.
CHARLES ROSEN, Not. Pub.
/, 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 Amendment
OF Incorporation Of the Gulf Mill & Lum-