The herald., 1921-02-03
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF
n. 4. COTTAM \ Co, INC.

AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF
n. 4. COTTAM CO, INC.
United States of America, State of Lou
isiana, Parish of orleans, city OF New Or
leans. lie II known, mat on TINS twenty
fourth day oil the month OF December, III
the year of our Lord, one thousand nine
nunured and twenty, ana Of the lndcpeh-
ucuCe vi the niteu States ~ America, the
one hundred ana forty -nfth, before me
lienry l.. Dart, Jr., Il Notary PUBIC. dul!
commissioned anu qualified, III ana Tor
TINS city and the Parish vi Orleans, therein
residing, and III the presence Oh inc VII
nrSScS hereinafter named ANA Undersigned
personally came ANA appeared IL. lhoh
Iottam and Cornelius u. Everett, OF age
ana resiuents of the city OF New orleans
nercin Appearing IN tnrir respective ca
pacitIcS oI President ANA secretary al L..
4. GOTHAM ~ Co., Inc. corporation uoW-
IcIled IN tn, Parish o. Orleans, created uh-
ucr the laws oil Louisiana, 10y charter ca
ecuted before the late Il. /. thodtt, No
Iary Public, Aug. IL, 1872, ANA amended
uN act PASSED before Henry A. part, d.
Notary l'uDlic July l, 1915. recorded re
SpecUNely III Mortgage ONCE Parish OF
orleans, i'll book 44i, IOliO SSO ana III doom
~, 1OllU rs, VINO declared that Ut Il
meeting of the stockholders OF SAN cor
poration, duly held ut the Office OF the
same, in tins city, on Dec. -, l9-U, ana
at Il meeting or the Board OF Directors
capital stock OF said corporation was III
creased from one million dollars TO one
million, eight hundred thousand dollars
ana that they, the appeirers, were duthoI-
IZed, empowered ana directed 10 cause 10
be executed all the acts, deeds ana lhstru-
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
will appear from certified copy OF the
minutes of several meetings aIOresalu'
uereuntO annexed as part oil thlS act
And Inereupon, ana III accordance Win
said authorization and for the purposes
aforesaid. the appearerS declare lhdl lhc9
nave appeared before me, Notary, lor III"
purpose OF further amending the sara ChdI-
ter, and to put Ill due ana lorhlal shdpo
me action of said corporation at the meet
Ings aforesaid, and the appearers accoru-
lngIy declare that at meeting Ol the
! stockholders of Ii. 4. Gotham X CO., me.
| neld at the office of the corporation, IN the
city of New Orleans, La, on Dec. =, l'-V'
| there were presented ana represented zen
| thousand shares of the capital STOCK OF salu
! corporation, being the entire capltai stoch
| ;utuorIZed to be issued and actually Is
| sued and outstanding at that time. mat
| at said meeting II was UNANIMOUSLY re-
| solved to amend the charter OF sald COZ,
| pOraIlon 50 as to Increase the cdpllal
| stock OF the same from one million dollars
| 10 one million, eight hundred thousdhu
| dollars, OF which increase hNe huIlufeu anu
! uIty thousand dollars shall De issued 10
| The present stockholders Uf said corpora
| ton as stock dividend, ful PAM anu
| non assessable, ana two hundred ana MT!
| thousand dollars shall be issued lor mon
| ey paid at the time of the issuance there
| Of That ut Il meeting of the BOard OF
| directors OF said corporation, held on tne
| said End of December, 1870, the sald
| Board OF Directors approved ana confirmed
| me said action of the said stockholders
and authorized the increase OF sald capl'
tai stock, and declared stock dividend ol
tive thousand, five hundred shares OF tht
1 HIM HraH N.
| a total of five hundred, fifty thousand dol
| lars, to be issued and delivered TO STOCK
| holders of record at that date IN 1ul
| paid and worcestershire shares of capital
| stock of the par value of one hundred dol
lars each, in the proportion OF ntty -hN'
hundredths of share for each one SNARE
| of the capital stock of said cOrpofatlol
heretofore issued and outstanding. Ina
| said Board also authorized the issuance o.
two thousand, five hundred shares OF thu
par value of one hundred dollars each
said two hundred and ntty thouSahu uol
lars to be sold for cash at par value afore
said.
Now, therefore, said apPearers declar,
that Article Ill of the charter of Ill. L
Gotham II Co., Inc, as amended aforesaid
be and it is hereby amended so as to reat
as follows, tO-wit:
| ARTICLE IU-The capital stock of thu
corporation is hereby hXed at one million
| eight hundred thousand dollars, dlNlue'
into eighteen thousand shares OF the pa
| value OF one hundred dollars each, where
| of ten thousand shares have been hereto
fore issued and paid for under suDscrlp
tions to the original charter of this cor
| poration, and under the several amend
ments thereof and five thousand hve nun
bred shares shall be issued under TIM
| amendment of said charter as a stoci
| dividend to stockholders OF record at I'M
, date, and two thousand five hundred share
shall be issued at par for money pald u
| | the time of the issuance thereof.
AThat. save as herein amended, the re
! mainder of said Article III of said charte
5 and amendments thereof shall remain un
: affected and unchanged by this act.
And said appearers further declare tina
| save and except as herein amended, IN
| said original charter of said corporation
| and the amendments thereof shall renal
! | in full force and effect, and they nave re
. quired me, Notary, to cause this amend
a | ment to said Instruments, 10 be duly re
, | corded, published and filed as required D
: law to the end that the same may
operative and binding on all persons wn
: now are or may hereafter become STOCK
: holders of said corporation or be other
wise interested therein or affected hereby
, Thus done and signed at my Office, i
< Eew Orleans, on the day, month and yea
= herein first above written, in the presenc
of John Dart and Benjamin w. Dart, com
petent witnesses, who have hereuntO sign
ed their names with the said appearer
and me, Notary, after reading OF tn
whole.
Original signed.) ii. Thorn Gotham, {
j, Everett
. Witnesses: John Dart, Benjamin "
: HENRY p. DART, JR.,
/ Notary Public.
T. l. the undersigned, Recorder of Mort
cages in and for the Parish of Orleans
: State of Louisiana, do hereby certify tia
( the Act of Amendment of the Ill. Il. Cot
tam 4 Co., Inc, was this day duly II
corded in my Office, in book 12i6, folio IO
New Orleans, Dec. %, 1920.
: Original signed.)
ROBT. SCOTT, Deputy.
o hereby certify that the foregoing cop
v of Act of Amendment to Charter of III.
Gotham & Co., Inc, is a true copy of I'll
: original passed before me and on file j
!. my nOtarial office.
HENRY Z. DART, JR.,
:. (Seal) Notary Public.
b Jan. 20 Feb. "a.
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