The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-06-30
CHARTER.


oted as appears by certified copy VI
a. minutes of the stockholders meetlnS
hereto attached and made part hereoi, ~
opnear before me- notary. lot the Iafs;ob
Of amending the said charter VI -
Pearce X Sons, of louisiana in'oi
And the said appearers, as presiia'TIt osiah
socrrtory respectively, of the saIu 'o -
paarcc & Sons of Louisiana, lncorpoI"tsi
and acting in said capacities atoresaIu, az" ~
on behalf of said corporation ny 81 tho
the authority conferred upon ~. - .tocI
aforesaid special meeting OF Inv ~
LoIders of Josiah Pearce x Sons, OF LoI
isIana. Incorporated, declared tnht $50
Five of the Charter of said JOSIAH iod
& Sons of Louisiana, lncorPors,ei o5i has
before me Notary, on March a. ~ h"5
bsan changed altered and amended, 10 reau
as follows, tO-wit:
ARTICLE V-All the corporate poWrISS
of this Corporation shall De EtSleu III ",,
exercised by Board OF directors -
Dosed of five stockholders, each OF Mhv
shall own in his own right. during hlS
term of office, at least one full-plu anu
unpledged share of the capital stock. N
shall be shown by his written declarhIion'
three 90 of whom shall CONSTITUTE quo
rum for the transaction OF business
The officers of this corporation shan
consist of a president, chairman OF the
board. vice-president, secretary anu tsv as
urer all of whom shall be members OF the
Board of Directors. Any two oHlceS' Du,
no more. NAV be combined, if desired, ana
held by one and the same person AFTER
the second Monday in March '-o' the
Board of Directors, in its dlScfelloh HInE
abolish the office of chairman or the
board.
Members of the Board of Directors shall
have the right to vote by proxy. If for any
reason they are absent from the 'lty OF
New Orleans at the time of any meeting
of the Board of Directors.
The following named persons shall con
ord nf
corporation. to-wit: j. Eugene Pearce: NO;
| Dunleith Court. New Orleans, La; Fred
W Pearce, Equitable Building, Detroit
Mich: HippOlyte Dabczies. Canal om II,c
cial Building New Orleans. La; st. Clair
Adams 1926 st. Charles avenue. New Or
leans. La: Hilton !. Hermann, 1919 State
Street Drive. New Orleans, La; with >.
Eugene Pearce as president and treasurer
Fred W. Pearce as chairman of the board;
St Clair Adams a vice president, and HI
ton j. Hermann secretary; and these
officers shall serve until the second Monday
in March, 1923, or until their successors
have been duly elected and qualified.
Thereafter the directors shall be elected
annually on the second Monday in March
in each year beginning with the year
1923; all elections of directors shall be
by ballot. and each stockholder shall De
entitled to one vote for each share of stock
standing in his name on the books of the
corporation. this vote to be cast in person
or by proxy, and il shall require major
ity of the stock present or represented 10
elect.
Failure to elect board of directors on
the second Monday in March, 1923, or an
nually thereafter, shall not work for
fixture of this charter, but the old board
of directors shall remain IN office until
their successors are elected and qualihed.
And the said appearers, moreover. de-
clared that in consequence of the fore
going and pursuant to the authority in
them vested by the stockholders of said
Josiah Pearce & Sons. of Louisiana, In
corporated, they do hereby formally de-
clare publicly and make known that in
the manner prescribed by law and agree
able TO the provisions of the charter of
said Josiah Pearce & Sons. of Louisiana.
incorporated, Article Five of said charter
passed before me Notary, on March IA,
1921. has been changed, altered and
amended as hereinabove set forth and
written. and they do hereby direct and
require that the stated change and amend
ment of Article Five of the charter of
Josiah Pearce X Sons, Of Louisiana, 1ncOr-
pOrated. be recorded and published in the
manner prescribed by law, to the end that
the said change and amendment hereafter
and at all times be as hereinabove set
forth, as regards all persons that are now
or may hereafter become stockholders of
the aforesaid company.
Thus done and passed. at my office IN
the City of New Orleans, on the day,
month and year here first above written,
in the presence of j. n. Swing and f. III.
hTduse, competent witnesses, VINO mere
unto sign their names, with the said ap-
pearers. and me Notary after a reading of
the whole.
Original signed) ]. Eugene Pearce, H.
J. Hermann.
Witnesses: J. y. Swing, Z. H. Krause.
FRANCIS p. BURNS,
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 amendment
of incorporation Of the Josiah Pearce & |
Sons, of Louisiana, Incorporated, was this |
day duly recorded in my office in Book |
New Orleans, June "a 1921
(Signed) ROBT. SCOTT, D. r.
~ true copy. q
Notary Public.
June 30 up