The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-02-24
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF
III. Il. GOTHAM a. CO, INC.

Jan. 20-Feb. "a.
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF
Ill. Il. GOTHAM a. CO, INC.
United States of America, State of Lou
islana, Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
leans. Be it known, That on this twenty
FOURTH day of the month of December in
the year of our Lord, one thousand nine
Iuhdreu ana twenty, and of the Indepen-
dence of the United States of America the
one hundred and forty fifth, before me,
Henry T. Dart Jr, Notary Public, duly
commissioned and qualified. in and for
TINS city and the Parish of Orleans therein
residing, and in the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned
personally came and appeared H. Thorn
Cottam and Cornelius j. Everett, of age
ana residents of the City of New Orleans
herein appearing in their respective ca.
pac1ties of President and Secretary of III .
L: Gotham Co, Inc, corporation DOM
lciled in the Parish of Orleans, created un-
ger the laws of Louisiana, by charter ex-
ecuted before the late Il. +. Choate, No
tary Public, Aug. IL, 1892 and amended
Dy act passed before Henry Z. Dart. Jr.,
Notary Notary Public July l, 1918, recorded re-
orleans, in book IA. folio $50 and in book
lZ22, folio 213, who declared that at q
meeting OF the stockholders of said cor
poration, duly held at the office of the
same, In this city, on Dec. % 1920 and
at meeting of the Board of Directors
thereof, duly held on the same day, the
capital stock of said corporation was in
creased from one million dollars to one
million, eight hundred thousand dollars
and that they, the appearers, were author,
ized, empowered and directed to cause to
De executed all the acts, deeds and instru-
ments necessary to perpetuate, enforce
and to carry into effect the said action Of
the said corporation and of the stockhold.
ers and Board of Directors of the same. as
VIII appear from certified copy of the
minutes of several meetings aforesaid
nereunto annexed as part of this act
ana thereupon, and in accordance with
SAID authorization and for the purposes
hht oro the appearers declare that they
nave appeared before me, Notary, for the
purpose OF further amending the said char
ter, and to put in due and formal shane
inc action of said corporation at the meet
ings aforesaid, and the appearers accord
lngly declare that at a meeting of tha
stockholders of II. T. Gotham & Co. Inc
neld at the Office of the corporation. in tbe
. 1Llty Oh New Orleans, La, on Dec. %, 1920
thousand shares of the capital stock of said
corporation, being the entire capital stock
autnorlzed to be issued and actually Is
sued ana outstanding at that time. That
at salu meeting IL was unanimously re-
solved 10 amend the charter of said cor
poratlon so as to increase the capital
STOCK OF the same from one million dollars
10 one million, eight hundred thousand
dollars, of which increase five hundred and
nIty thousand dollars shall be issued TO
the present stockholders of said corpora.
uon as stock dividend, full paid and
worcestershire, and two hundred and eff
thousand dollars shall be issued for mon
2! PAID at the time of the issuance there.
OF. mat at meeting of the Board OF
lit 31 OF said corporation, held on the
SAID Ind of December, 1920. the said
Board OF Directors approved and confirmed
the said action of the said stockholders
ana authorized the increase of said capi.
s sai STOCK, and declared stock dividend of
nve thousand, five hundred shares of the
par value of one hundred dollars each or
q total OF five hundred, fifty thousand dol
,ars; 10 be issued and delivered to stock
noid or record at that date in full
pald and worcestershire shares of capital
STOCK OF the par value of one hundred dol
iars each, in the proportion of fifty-five
nendredths of share for each one share
OF the capital stock of said CORPORATION
heretofore issued and outstanding, That
sald Beard also authorized the issuance of
Two thousand. five hundred shares of the
I par taiue OF one hundred dollars each,
sald TWO hundred and fifty thousand dol
said. P"- '"iue "iore-
Now, therefore, said appearers declare
that Article III of the charter Of III n
Gotham & Co., Inc, as amended aforesaid
be and 1t is hereby amended so as IN road
as follows, to-wit:
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of the
corporation is hereby fixed at one miIIion,
eight hundred thousand dollars, divided
INTO eighteen thousand shares of the mar
Vaiue or one hundred dollars each where
OF Ten thousand shares have been hereto.
fore issued and paid for under subscrip.
tlons to the original charter of this cor
poratlon, and under the several amend
ments thereof, and five thousand five hum
cred shares shall be issued under this
amendment Of said charter as stock
dividend to stockholders of record at this
uate. ana two thousand five hundred shares
snail be issued at par for money paid at
the time OF the issuance thereof
That. save as herein amended. the re-
mainder Of said Article III Of said charter
ana amendments thereof shall remain un-
anected and unchanged by this act.
save and except as herein amended fine
SAID original charter of said corporation
and the amendments thereof shall remain
IN fuii force and effect, and they have re-
Inent to said instruments, to be duly re-
corded, published and filed as required by
law, TO the end that the same may be
operative and binding on all persons who
now are or may hereafter become stock.
holders OF said corporation. or be other
wise interested therein or affected hereby.
Ihus done and signed at my Office, in
New Orleans, on the day, month and year
herein first above written. in the presence
or John Dart and Benjamin W. Dart, COM
petent witnesses, who have hereunto sign
ed their names with the said appearers
whole. ~
Original. signed.) II. Thorn Gotham, c.
J. Everett.
witnesses: Jonn Dart, Benjamin W.
HENRY P. DART. JR..
Notary Public.
i, the undersigned, Recorder of Mort
cages, In and for the Parish of Orleans
State of Louisiana, do hereby certify that
the Act of Amendment of the H. 4. Cot
tam Co.. Inc. was this day duly re-
corded In my office. in book 1246, folio 7O8
New Orleans. Dec. q, 1920.
Original signed.)
ROBT. SCOTT, Deputy.
1 hereby certify that the foregoing copy
OF Act Of Amendment to Charter of III. T.
GOTHAM IL Co., Inc, is a true COPY of the
original passed before me and on file in
my notarial Office
HENRY p. DART, JR..
tSeai) Notary Public.
Jan. 20-Feb. "a.
CHARTER OF THE NEW ORLEANS
HOLDING COMPANY, INC.