The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-05-26

| United States of America State of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
| leans. BE it known, that on this eighth
| day of the month of April, in the year Of
our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
| twenty-one, and of the Independence OF
the United States of America, the one
hundred and forty-fifth. Before me
Henry Z. Dart, Jr., Notary Public, duly
| commissioned and qualified, in and fol-
this City and the Parish of Orleans, there
in residing. and in the presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed. Personally came and appeared
Thomas +. Cunningham, President and X
of the City of New Orleans, herein APP
pearing in their respective capacities as
President and Secretary, of the Mississippi
Shipping Company, Inc, corporation
domiciled in the Parish of Orleans, State
of Louisiana, created under the laws of
Louisiana, by act before Henry p. Dart,
Jr.. Notary Public, dated March "a, 1919.
recorded in the Mortgage Office of said
Parish in Book 1912, Folio 80, who de-
clared:
That at a meeting of the stockholders
of said corporation, held on March %,
1921 at the office of the company, the
capital stock of the corporation was in
creased from One Hundred Thousand Dol
lars (S100,000) to One Hundred and
Twenty five Thousand Dollars (Sl25. 0OO)
has been subscribed for and paid in cash
and Twenty five Thousand Dollars where
of shall be issued to the present stock
holders of said corporation as stock
dividend, full paid and worcestershire; and
authorizing the Board of Directors of said
corporation to declare the said stock diyi-
dend and to carry into effect the resOlu-
ton aforesaid, as will more fully appear
from copy of said resolution hereto an
nexed and made part of this act; that at a
meeting of the Board of Directors of said
corporation, held on April /, 1921, the said
Directors approved and confirmed the
action of the said stockholders and au-
thoriZed the increase of said capital stock,
and declared "A stock dividend of two hun
dred and fifty (2J0) shares of the par
value of One Hundred Dollars each, or
a total of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
to be issued and delivered to the stock
holders of record on December 81, 1920,
in full paid and non assessable shares of
the capital stock of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars each in the proportion of
twenty-five one hundredths of a share
for each share of the capital stock of the
said corporation heretofore issued and out
standing; and authorized and directed the
President and Secretary of said corpora
ton to do all acts and things necessary or
proper TO carry out the objects and pur-
poses of the foregoing resolutions, and to
make and execute all such acts, instru-
ments and certificates as may be re-
quired to enforce the same.
Whereupon, and in accordance with the
said resolutions and the authority therein
vested in appearers. the said appearers
declared that they have appeared before
me, Notary, for the purpose of amending
the said charter of the said corporation,
and to embody in formal shape the ac
tons of the said stockholders at the meet
ings aforesaid. and they accordingly de-
clared that the first sentence of Article
Three of the charter be and il is hereby
amended to read as follows, to-wit:
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of
this corporation is hereby fixed at the
sum of One Hundred and Twenty five
Thousand Dollars, divided into twelve
hundred and fifty shares of the par value
of One Hundred Dollars each, one thou
sand shares whereof have been heretofore
issued and paid in cash under subscrip-
tons to the original charter of this cor
pOration, and two hundred and fifty
shares whereof shall be issued under this
amendment of said charter as stock
dividend to stockholders of record on De-
cember 81. 1920.
And the said appearers further declared
that save apd except as herein amended.
the remainder of Article Three of the said
charter and the remainder of said charter
shall remain unchanged and in full force
and effect. And they have caused me,
Notary, to cause this amendment to the
said charter to be duly recorded, publish
ed and filed as required by law. to tho
end that the same may be operative and
binding on all persons who now or may
hereafter become stockholders of said cor
poration. or otherwise interested therein
or affected thereby.
Thus done and signed at my office in
New Orleans, on the day. month and year
herein above written, in the presence
of Il. f. O'Connor, and Louis Guidry, COM
petent witnesses, who have hereunto sign
ed their names with the said appearers
and me, Notary, after reading Of the
whole.
Witnesses: B. Z. O'Connor, Louis
Guidry.
Original Signed) Thomas F. Cunning
ham, II. s. Hecht
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 above and foregoing Act of Incorpora-
ton, Of the Mississippi Shipping Co.,
Inc, was this day duly recorded in my
office in Book 1853 Folio All.
New Orleans, April 18th. 1921.
(Signed) ROBERT SCOTT,
I certify that the foregoing copy OF
to Charter Of the Mississippi
Shipping Co., Inc, dated April 8, 1921,
Is true and correct copy of the original
on file in my notarial records.
New Orleans, La. May IL. 1921.
HENRY p. DART. JR.,
Notary Public.
Nav l9-June o.