Meeting Minutes: 1915-01-28 Stockholders

Jan 28/15  Annual meeting of the Stockholders of 
           J. Wiss. Sons Co. held at the main office of the Company, 
           33 Littleton Avenue, Newark, J., on the Twenty-eighth 
           day of January, Nineteen hundred and fifteen.

           Meeting called to order at 2:10 P.M. by the 
           President. Present - F.C.J. Wiss, Fanny B. Wiss, 
           J. Robert Wise, C.L. Gairoard, F.H. Rauh - representing 
           the interests of Annie Rauh. 

           Notice of meeting dated January Twentieth,
           Nineteen hundred and fifteen, a copy of which was sent 
           to each Stockholder of record, was read. Minutes of the 
           Stockholders and Director meetings of January 22, 1914, May 5, 1914, 
           and November 13, 1914, were read and approved with 
           instructions to add to the Stockholders meeting of January 
           22, 1914, the names of the directors elected at the 
           meeting, which were omitted from the original records of the
           meeting.

           The Treasurer's report for the year 1914 was 
           received and accepted subject, however, to the correction 
           of any errors, which may be detected later on. It being 
           explained by the Treasurer that due to the Heinisch 
           merger and change of the system of accounting he was not 
           quite satisfied with the report as rendered.

           On motion of Fanny B. Wiss, seconded by 
           F.H. Rauh, all the actions of the Board of Directors 
           for the past year were approved.

           C.L. Gairoard moved that the President be 
           authorized to contract at his discretion for the erection 
           of such buildings as may be required for the business 
           for the future. Motion was seconded by J. Robert Wiss 
           and duly carried.

           The following resolution made by Fanny B. Wiss 
           and seconded by C.L. Gairoard was carried:

           Be it resolved that the item of Good Will amounting to 
           $50,000.00 carried as an asset on the books of the Company 
           be, and is hereby eliminated, from the accounts of the 
           Company and charged against the surplus account. 
           The Treasurer is hereby instructed to have the proper entries 
           made on the books and records of the Company agreeable to 
           this resolution.

The following motion was made by J. Robert Wiss 
and seconded by Fanny B. Wiss:

Be it resolved that the Treasurer be authorized to issue 
notes in the name of the Company to an amount not to 
exceed $50,000.00 for paying the liabilities of the 
R. Heinisch's Sons Co. merged with the J. Wiss & Sons Co. 
which merger was entered into by the Board of Directors 
on the Fourteenth day of December Nineteen hundred and 
Fourteen, and passed upon by the unanimous sanction of 
the Stockholders at a special meeting held on January 
11, 1915. Motion carried.

The President reports that he received from 
the Department of State certified copy of the agreement 
of consolidation between the J. Wiss & Sons Co. and the 
R. Heinisch's Sons Co. forming the J. Wiss & Sons Co.

The President also reports that he received 
copy of Certificate of Amendment of the Charter of 
J. Wiss & Sons Co. increasing its capital stock to 
$400,000.00.

The following were nominated as Directors 
for the ensuing year and until their successors have 
been elected: F.C.J. Wiss, Fanny B. Wiss, J. Robert 
Wiss. There being no other nominations the nominations 
were closed and the Secretary ordered to cast the ballot 
for above nominees, who were duly declared elected by 
the Chair having received 1986 votes.

On motion of C.L. Gairoard seconded by
J. Robert Wiss the motion was made to adjourn and duly
carried.

                                    Fanny B. Wiss Sec.


Meeting of the Board of Directors of J. Wiss &
Sons Co. held January Twenty-eighth, Nineteen hundred and
fifteen, after close of Stockholders meeting.

Present were F.C.J. Wiss, Fanny B. Wiss,
J. Robert Wiss, all the Directors elected at the Stockholders
meeting held this day.

The Board perfected its organization by the election
of the following officers:

                    F.C.J. Wiss, President
                    Fanny B. Wiss, Secretary
                    F.C.J. Wiss, Treasurer

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.

                                            Fanny B. Wiss Sec.