Meeting Minutes: 1918-01-24 Stockholders
Jan 24/18 Annual meeting of the stockholders of the
J. Wiss & Sons Co. held at the main office of the
company 33 Littleton Ave. Newark N.J. on the
Twenty fourth day of January Nineteen Hundred
and eighteen.
Meeting called to order by the president at
2:20 P.M. All common stock issued, represented
in person or by proxy.
Notice of meeting dated January 14th, 1918 was
read.
Minutes of the Stockholder meeting of January
25th, 1917 were read and approved.
The Treasurer report was not ready due to
delays in issuing income tax report for
1917, the results of the business depending on
the income and excess profit taxes to be
paid for the year of 1917.
On motion duly seconded all the action of
the Board of Director for the past year were
approved.
Agreeable to a recommendation by the Board of
Director and resolution passed at their special
meeting held January 23rd, 1918 the following was
proposed, seconded and unanimously adopted.
Whereas, the Director of this company have
recommended that certain employees be allowed,
from time to time, the appropriate of purchasing
common stock now in the treasury of this
company and thus obtain stockholder.
WHEREAS, The Directors of this Company have
recommended that certain employees be allowed, from time
to time, the privilege of purchasing common stock now in
the treasury of this Company and thus obtain stockholders'
interest in the affairs of the Company:
BE IT RESOLVED that the Directors and proper
officers of this Company be authorized to officer, from time
to time, for sale and to issue to such employees and in
such amounts as the Directors may designate, common stock
of this Company at a price equal approximately to the
book value per share as fixed by the Directors at the
time of offer; the total amount of such stock so issued
not to exceed 100 shares; this stock to be taken from
the unissued common stock now in the treasury of the
Company.
Be it resolved that the Director and proper
officer of this company be authorized to offer
from time to time, for sale and to issue to
such employees and in such amounts as
the Director may designate, common stock
of this company at a price equal approximately
to the book value per share as fixed by the
director at the time of offer; the total amount
of such stock so issued not to exceed One
Hundred (100) shares; this stock to be
taken from the unissued common stock now
in the treasury of the company.
Fred C.J. Wiss, Fanny B. Wiss and J. Robert Wiss
were nominated as direction to serve for the ensuing
year and until their successor have been
elected and qualified. There being no other
nomination the secretary was directed to cast
a ballot representing 2000 shares for the nominees
declaring this duly elected.
Motion to adjourn was carried.
Fanny B. Wiss Sec.