The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-11-03
CHARTER.

sonally came and appeared, Joseph Steck-
Ter and Richard F. SteCkler. both of full
age of majority and both residents Of the
City of New Orleans, herein appearing in
their capacities of president and secretary
treasurer, respectively. of the J. Steckler
Seed Company, Limited. a corporation
duly organized under the laws of the State
of Louisiana. created by act of incOrpOra-
ton passed before Felix J. Dreyfous. no
tary public in this city, on April Is. 1896.
recorded in Mortgage Office for the Parish
Of Orleans, in Book No. J6J, folio 303 {:
amended by act passed nefOT, +. i. Char
bonnet. notary public, in New Orleans. on
September %. 1898, recorded in Mortgage
Office Book GOO. folio 794 and amended by
act passed before Bussiere Rouen, notary,
public in this city. on November 3, 1910
recorded I'm Mortgage Office Book 1O16.
folio Sc, the said appearerS herein acting
in their said capacities and for and in be-
half of said corporation, under and by viz
tue of a resolution adopted at a general
meeting of the stockholders thereof here
matter referred to, who declared that no
tice thereof, as directed and provided by
law and by the charter of the company,
had been waived by all of the stoCkh holders,
and that said meeting was convened and
held on the thirteenth day of September
1871, for the purpose of amending Articles
Ill and of the act OF incorporation Of
said company; and that at said meeting
the owners Of all of the outstanding capt
tai stock of said company were present
and voted, as will appear more fully by
a duly certified copy of the proceedings of
said meeting annexed hereto and made
part hereof; and that at said meeting. il
was unanimously agreed and decided by
the stockholders of said company that
Articles Ill and V of the charter of the
company he changed. altered and amended
in the following particulars. tO-wit:
That Article Ill be changed. altered
and amended 50 as to read as follows:
ARTICLE III-The objects and pur-
poses for which this corporation is or
ganized and the nature of the business to
be carried on by il. are hereby declared
to be: To carry on and conduct a whole.
sale and retail seed business; to deal in
and buy and sell all kinds of plants. trees
and vines; 10 make and sell and generally
to deal in insecticides and kindred com
pounds; to sell and deal in land and gar
den implements, plant boxes and flower
pots; and generally TO do and engage in
any other business, undertaking or enter
prise, CONNECTED with. growing out of or
incidental to any of the purposes herein
above set forth"
That Article V be changed, altered and
amended so as to read as follows:
ARTICLE N-Al the corporate powers
OF said company, and the Enlargement and
control of its business aud affairs. shall
be vested in and exercised by a board of
directors composed of not less than three
nor more than five stockholders a ma
for the transaction of business.
Each director shall own at least one
share of stock and shall be elected annu-
ally, by the stockholders. by ballot, on
the second Monday in April of each year
Each stakeholder shall be entitled in per
son or by proxy, TO one vote on every share
OF stock owned by him, and said election
shall be held under such rules as shall
be provided by the board of directors.
The directors thus elected shall con-
tinue in office for one year and until their
successors are duly elected, and no failure
10 elect shall be regarded as a forfeiture
of this charter. Any vacancy occurring
on said board shall be filled by the remain
ing directors. Said board at its first meet
ing, after its election, shall elect from its
number a president a vice president and
secretary treasurer.
The said board, or such officer or man
ager as il may designate. shall appoint
such officers, managers, clerk and other
employees of said corporation as may be
necessary for its business and shall dis
miss the same; and the tenure of office
and employment of all officers, managers.
clerks and employees shall be during the
pleasure of said board
The said board shall have the right
ana power TO buy, SELL improve, contract
lease, borrow money, issue bonds and ex.
ecute mortgages, and, in general to ex-
erciSe all the powers of the corporation
as well as to carry out its objects and pur.
poses,-all without reference to or au.
thOriZation by the stockholders"
Thus done and passed, at my office, in
the City of New Orleans, on the day and
in the month and year herein first above
written, in the presence of Arsene J. Tros-
| clair and JEFF j. Steckler. competent wit.
nesses of lawful age, residing in said city
who have hereunto signed their names
with said appearers and me, notary, after
| due reading of the whole.
witnesses: Arsene j. Trosclair Jeff J
Steckler.
| ORIGINAL SIGNED):
JOSEPH STECKLER,
r. p. STECKLER.
| AZZO J. PLOUGH,
| " Notary Public
| CERTIFICATE OF RECORDER.
i, 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
| to the Act Of Incorporation of the
| Steckler Seed Company, Ltd, was thi:
day duly recorded in my office in BooI
| 1896, folio 145.
New Orleans, September 10th, 1921.
ROBT. SCOTT,
| Deputy Recorder
A true copy:
| (Seal: AZZO J. PLOUGH,
Notary Public
| Sept. 29-Nov. 3.