The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-02-10

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Notary Public.
Recorded in Mortgage Office. Parish OF
Orleans in Book 1916. Folio III.
a true 'Op' HERMAN L. BARNETT.
Notary Public.
Jan. 20-Feb. "a.
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF
II. I. COTTAM 4 CO, INC.
United States Of America, State of Lou
isisna, Parish OF Orleans, City of New Or
leans. BE it known, That on this twenty
fourth day Of the month of December, i'll
the year of our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty, and of the lndepen-
dence of the United States of America, the
one hundred and forty fifth, before me.
Henry Z. Dart, Jr., a Notary Public. duly
this city and the Parish of Orleans, therein
residing, and in the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared ii. Thom
Gotham and Cornelius j. Everett, OF age
and residents of the City of New Orleans,
herein appearing in their respective ca
pacities of President and Secretary of h.
I: Gotham Co., Inc, Va corporation dom
icied ia the Parish of Orleans, created I'M
der the laws of Louisiana, by charter ex-
ecuted before the late Il. F. Choate. No
tary Public, Aug. IL, 1892, and amended
by act passed before Henry Z. Dart, Jr.,
Notary Public July /. 1915. recorded re-
spectively in Mortgage Office, Parish of
Orleans. in book 444, folio $50 and in book
100, folio 2l3, who declared that at
meeting of the stockholders Of said cor
poration, duly held at the office of the
same, in this city, on Dec. %, 1920. and
at a meeting of the Board of Directors
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
lied, empowered and directed to cause TO
be 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
will appear from certified copy of the
minutes Of several meetings aforesaid,
hereuntO annexed as part Of this act
And thereupon, and in accordance with
| said authorization and for the purposes
| aforesaid. the appearers declare that they
have appeared before me, Notary, for the
purpose of further amending the said char.
ter, and to put in due and formal shape
the action of said corporation at the meet
ings aforesaid, and the appearers accord
ingly declare that at meeting Of the
held at the Office Of the corporation. in the
| City Of New Orleans, La, on Dec. %, 1920.
there We're presented and represented ten
thousand shares Of the capital stock of said
| corporation, being the entire capital stock
authorized to be issued and actually is
sued and outstanding at that time. That
| at said meeting 1t was unanimously re-
solved to amend the charter Of said cor.
poration so as to increase the capital
| stock Of the same from one million dollars
| to one million, eight hundred thousand
dollars, Of which increase five hundred and
fifty thousand dollars shall be issued to
the present stockholders of said corpora.
ton as stock dividend. full paid and
non accessible. and two hundred and fifty
ey paid at the time Of the issuance there
Of That at meeting Of the Board OF
| Directors OF said corporation, held on the
said 22nd OF December, 1920, the said
| Rna I'd nf md Arv, cd
1 the said action of the said stakeholder,
and authorized the increase of said CAPT
tai stock, and declared a stock dividend OF
five thousand. five hundred shares of the
par value Of one hundred dollars each. Of
total Of five hundred, fifty thousand dol
lars, to be issued and delivered to stock
holders of record at that date in full
paid and worcestershire shares Of capita
stock Of the par value Of one hundred dol
lars each, in the proportion of ffty-fiv,
hundfedths OF a share for each one shar'
OF the capital stock of said corporation
heretofore issued and outstanding. Tha
said Board also authorized the issuance o.
two thousand, five hundred shares of tn,
par value of one hundred dollars each
said two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars to be sold for cash at par value afore
said.
Now, therefore, said appearers declar,
that Article III Of the charter of H. T
Gotham & Co., Inc, as amended aforesaid
be and 1t Is hereby amended so as to reat
as follows, to-wit:
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of tn
corporation is hereby fixed at one million
eight hundred thousand dollars, divided
into eighteen thousand shares Of the pa
value Of one hundred dollars each, where
fore issued and paid for under subscrip
tons to the original charter of this cor
, poration, and under the several amend
ments thereof. and five thousand five hun
; amendment Of said charter as stocl
dividend to stockholders of record at thi
date, and two thousand five hundred share
shall be issued at par for money paid a
: the time Of the Issuance thereof.
That, save as herein amended, the re
mainder Of said Article III Of said charte
and amendments thereof shall remain IN
affected and unchanged by this act.
And said appearers further declare tina
2 save and except as herein amended, tn
said original charter of said corporatio
and the amendments thereof shall renal
In full force and effect, and they have rt
quired me. Notary, to cause this amend
ment to said instruments. to be duly n
corded. published and filed as required b
operative and binding on all persons VIII
: now are or may hereafter become stool
holders OF said corporation, or be othel
wise e interested crest therein or affected herebi
New Orleans, on the day, month and yea
herein first above written, in the presenC
q Of John Dart and Benjamin W. Dart, CON
: petent witnesses, who have hereunto sigr
J ed their names with the said appearei
r and me. Notary, after reading Of Il
: whole.
: Original signed.) Fl. Thorn Gotham.
Q ]. Everett.
K Witnesses: John Dart. BENJAMIN Y
: Dart.
y HENRY P, DART. JR-
e Notary Public.
d I, the undersigned. Recorder of Nor
/ cages. In and for the Parish of Orlean
!; State Of Louisiana, do hereby certify tn
II the Act of Amendment of the H. r. Co
II tam 4 Co., Inc, was this day duly +
1 corded in my Office, in book 1915, folio &c
:. New Orleans. Dec. %, 1920.
y Original signed.)
II I hereby certify that the foregoing COZ
e Of Act of Amendment to Charter of II.
Gotham & Co.. Inc. is a true copy of q
q original passed before me and on file
d my notarial Office.
y HENRY p. DART, JR..
L (Seal) Notary Public.