The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-01-27
,uE>DMENT TO THE CHARTER of
- n. ALCUS 4 COMPANY, LIMITED

United States of America, State OF Lou
isiana Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
leans he il known, That on TINS 2itn ga.
of december, i'll the year OF our l-oru, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty peIOIe
me, Herman l.. Barnett, NotaI! nnd
duly commissioned and qualned III anu
for the Parish of Orleans, State OF LOUIS,
lana therein residing and IN the presenee
of the witnesses hereinafter nalhee anu
undersigned, personally cant "a, AM a,o ~
peared Samuel Z. Alcus, of the full age Oh
majority and resident of New orleans
Louisiana the President OF b L. Alcus q
Company Limited, who declared that saiu
s. Il. Alcus x Company, Limited, Is duI!
organized Louisiana corporation, createu
by act before Felix j. Dreyfous, Notary
Public, in this city, dated September ISL
1897 The charter of the corporation Is re-
corded in the mortgage office for the Par
ish of Orleans, in Book 600, Folio 2O2,
which charter was amended March 2nu,
1905, as per certificate filed IN the once Vi
the Secretary of State of Louisiana, March
10th 1905 recorded in his office, in record
of charters book No. 50, which charter was
again amended by act before Philip Gems
Ter, Jr, Notary Public, dated December
18th, 1917, recorded in the mortgage ONCE
for the Parish of Orleans, in book lib
folio 90, which charter was further amend
ed by act before Philip Genser, Jr., No
tary Public, dated May 23rd, 1918, record
ed in the mortgage office for the Parish OF
pearer further declared that meeting or
the stockholders of the said s. Il. Alcus
4 Company, Limited, was duly held at the
Office of the corporation, on the IND day
of December, 1920, the same being regu-
larly called stockholders meeting, and at
which meeting all the holders of all OF
| the capital stock of the said corporation,
issued and outstanding, were present or
| represented. And the sSid appearer fur
| Their declared that at the said stockholders
| meeting the said stockholders UNANIMOUSLY
| adopted resolutions providing for the
l change, alteration, amendment and re-en-
i actment of the charter of the corporation,
1 in the words and figures hereinafter set
1 out, and that at the said meeting, the said
| appearer herein was duly authorized TO
appear before a Notary Public for this
| Parish and State, for the purpose of put
| ting in authentic form the said resolu-
| tons, all as will fully appear from GER
| titled copy of extract from said res0lu-
| tiOns, hereto attached for reference. The
| said appearer further declared that he does
| now appear before me, Notary, for the pur.
pose of amending and re-enacting the said
/ charter, in the manner and form follow
| ing, to-wit:
| ARTICLE /. The name and title of this
corporation shall be 5. T. Alcus q Com
| pany, Limited, and under its corporate
| name il shall have power and authority
to have and enjoy corporate existence FOL
| a period of ninety nine years from dat'
| hereof unless sooner dissolved by Hquida
ton or otherwise. 1t shall have power Il
contract to sue and be sued; to max,
| and use a corporate seal, and to alter anC
| break same at pleasure; to hold, receive
| lease, purchase, transfer, assign, convey
| mortgage hypothecate, pledge or other
| wise receive or dispose of property, real
| personal and mixed, corporal and incor
| poreal; to issue bonds, and, II desired, Il
| secure the same by mortgage; to buy an6
| hoi1 stockton other companies, inciden
| to tine objects and purposes, or to the ex
pansiOn of the business interests Of tn
| corporation; to appoint such managers
| agents, directors or officers as its bushes
| interests may require, and to make, alter
| establish and amend its y-laws, rules ant
| regulations for its proper government, a
may be deemed necessary and proper; and
generally, to do any and all things incl
| dent to or necessary and proper for tn
| extension of the business in which the cor
| poratiOn is engaged.
ARTICLE II.-This corporation shall b
domiciled in the City of New Orleans, Par
ish of Orleans, in the State of Louisiana
, and all citation or other legal process shal
| be served upon the President of the col
: | poration, and, in the event of his absence
upon the Vice President.
Il ARTICLE III.-The objects and pun
! poses for which this corporation is organ
, lied and the nature of the business to b
: carried on by 1t are declared to be as 70
: : | lows: To buy, sell, deal in and handle, eS
: | port and import lumber of all sorts an
| descriptions, including real estate. stant
| ing umpeI, cut tihDer, iogs, nahuIa'
tured lumber, and any and all article
! | manufactured from wood. To buy, Sci
e hold, lease and operate saw mills, planin
! l mills and other lumber mills, factorie
e logging machinery, logging railroads. loc'
J | motives, cars and machinery of all kind
n To buy, sell, manufacture, deal in an
!, handle boxes, cases, containers, crate
= | terial; and generally to engage in an
| carry on the business Of acquiring, owl
e ing. buying, selling, leasing, mortgagin
= exchanging, manufacturing, distributin
and marketing of lumber and the warrior
:, products thereof, and, in addition theret
i to carry on a general mercantile. merchal
; | disc and manufacturing business. TO el
q gage in foreign well as in domestic con
& merce, and to carry on any Of the bus
ness aforesaid, in the United States
a America and its territories and depende
n cies and in foreign countries.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock of tn
" | corporation is hereby fixed at the sum
II 81. 500, 10000. divided into and represent,
by 1900 shares of the par value of 500.
u each; five thousand of the said shares
a capital stock, representing $500. 10000 shs
l. said capital stock, representing 81 ,0Ol
IS 10000. shall be common stock. The h0l
y ers of preferred stock shall be entitled
% receive. in preference and priority ov
h | the holders of the common stock. a cum
ID lative dividend, limited to 10 per annuI
rs payable out Of the profits of the compan
e. The holders Of common stock shall recei
Is no dividend, unless and until the holde
G. Of preferred stock shall have been paid {
ut dividend and any cumulations thereon dl
y In the event Of the dissolution or liquid
n ton of the corporation, the PREFER
r. stockholders shall be entitled to recei
D. out Of the assets Of the corporation,