The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-03-04
CHARTER.

fore me, Joseph Sinai, a Notary Public,
duly commissioned and qualined, In ana
for the Parish OF Orleans, therein residing,
and in the presence of the witnesses here
matter named and undersigned, person
ally came ANA appeared Charles y. Fred
erick and William Dalton. i'll their respec-
tive capacities as President and Chairman
and as eCrctary Of stockholders meet
ing of the National Weekly Sick Benent
aud Accident Association, corporation
dOmiciled in this parish and State ana
organized by act passed before Joseph
sinai Notary Public, i'll this city, Oh De
r.urb.r % Igl3 and recorded in the Mort
gage Office, in Book lllY, Folio 81, which
said appearers declared that pursuant 10
a meeting OF the Board of Directors OF this
corporation, held on December 10th, 1913,
wherat said Board OF Directors meeting
there was passed a resolution submitting
to the stockholders the question oil the au-
visibility OF changing the name OF TINS
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, auG III accordance with the pro.
visions of the law in such cases made ana
provided notice to all stockholders or TINS
corporation that meeting OF the stock
holders of this corporation would De held
al the domicile of the corporation ON Jan
uary 18th, 1920 at 10 O'Clock III the 1Ore
noon. for the purpose OF taking INTO con
sidcration the change OF Name of this as
ISOLATION, also change constitutional mum
her of Board of Directors and any otheT
business that may appear said nOtlce nav
ing been published in tn" New orleans
lt.m daily NEWSPAPER published in thu
city of New Orleans, Tor thirty consttu
tive days prior TO said stockholders meet
ing copy of which notice Is annexed III
the margin hereof, as occasion may Re
uuirr. Whereas, at a meeting of the STOCK
holders of the National Weekly Sick Bene
tit and Accident Association, held AT th'
Office of said association, No. -lOS MaEa
Zint, street, New Orleans. Louisiana, IN d'
cordance with resolution OF said BOarC
of directors, and the notice aforesaid. a
which said meeting of the stOckhOldtr'
aforesaid, there were present or represent
ed eight hundred and thirty seven ISL
shares of the capital stock of said cOrpOr
alton heretofore subscribed out of to
tai of twelve hundred and twenty -elgh
U22sD shares of the capital stock OF Sdl'
corporation. WhereupOn, the President
duly elected as Chairman OF SAID STOCK
holders meeting. presented 10 the STOCK
holders present, the situation as deter
mined by the Board of Directors OF sal'
corporation, and after full discussion IL wa
thereHpOn moved and duly seconded ah'
unanimously carried by the stockholders
meeting convened, a duly certified copy o
| the minutes of said stockholders meetlh;
being annexed in the margin hereof Una
the original charter Of said corporation
and particularly Articles l and OF SAT-
as to read as follows:
ARTICLE I-Said corporation shall b
| known and designated AS the flTSt Ma
| tional Life. Health and Accident lnsur
ance Company, and il shall exist ana en-
| ioy succession by and under its corporate
name for period of ninety nine year
| from date hereof, and 1t shall ENJOY ah'
exercise all powers and privileges granted
now or hereafter by law unto corpora
| lions; to contract sue ana De sueu U
same to break or alter at pleasure, u
purchase own, hold, lease, accept by dona
/ lion, or acquire in any other manner au
! thorized by law, real, personal and mlNe'
property of every sort and description u
ALLEVIATE, sell, hypOthecate, mortgage, lcaS
| and pledge any or all of It's real mlAe'
and personal property, rights, grant
| franchises: to borrow and loan money u
give and receive securities by mortgage
pledge and. or any other legal manner
and generally to do and perform all thlhS
necessary or incidental to the proper con
duct of the affairs of this corporation AM
| which may not be specially ehumeraleu
| this charter.
| ARTICLE V-The business of this cor
| poration shall be managed by ana all IL
| rorporate powers shall be vested In an
| exercised by a Board of Directors, Oh no
| less than nine nor more than n1teeh mem
beers, to be elected annually from anon
the stockholders of the corporation ana
majority of said Board shall constitute
quorum for the transaction OF business
The Board of Directors shall have poWt
TO make, amend and abrogate all bylaw
rules and regulations for the management
of the affairs of this corporation; TO al
pOiut employ and discharge all onlcei
and employees, fix all salaries ana rehul
Grafton, and generally to do ana perlorl
all things necessary IN the trahsacIlo ,
of the business and affairs OF the corpol
alton; provided, they may delegate 10 u
President or other person or persons s.
Iected by them, such authority as tne
may, from time to time, deem proper II
OFFICERS of this corporation shall be Pre-
lident one or more Vice Presidents. Sc
| rotary and a Treasurer, who shall De elec
ed by the Board of Directors. On the Sc
ond Monday in January, 1921, and annua
ly thereafter, or as soon after as pOsslDl
at a meeting of the stockholders callt
for the purpose, an election for director
shall be held at the office OF the corpori
ton in the city of New Orleans, state
Louisiana, after ten days written notl
. | mailed to each stakeholder at MS Ia
known address, and by publication IN
daily newspaper published in the city
New Orleans at least ten days prior
said meeting. At said election eacn stocI
| holder shall be entitled to cast ,elther
person or by written proxy, one vote II
each share of stock owned by MIN
, standing in his name on the BOOKS OF u
corporation, and a majority or stock pre-
emit or represented shall be sufficient
elect Vacancies in the Board Of Dire
tors shall be filled by it from among u
stockholders of the corporation.
Thus done and passed, in my once;
the city of New Orleans, on the ga
month and year herein first before wri
tenN' in the presence of Messrs. Frank
DOYLE and Lezlie z. Beard, competel
male witnesses of age, residing In Tn
parish, who have signed these present
| together with said appearers and me, y
, tary, after due reading Of the whole.
(Original signed.) Charles y. Frederic
President and Chairman; VIM. Dato
Secretary; +. Il. Doyle, l.. T. Beard.
JOSEPH SINAI, Notary Public.
! / the undersigned Recorder OF MOT
: cages, in and for the Parish OF orlean
do hereby certify that the above and LOT
| going Amendment to the Charter OF y
: tional Weekly Sick Benefit and Acclde
, Association was this day duly recorded
my office. in Book 1898, Folio -.
B New Orleans, January -, 1870.
. EMILE ]. LEONARD, by. Il.
- JOSEPH SINAI, Notary Public.
Z Feb. 5-Mch. IL.
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