The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-02-20
PETITION.
To the honorable, The Juq2es Of the Court o.
Common Pleas Of Cameron county, IN the Com &
nlo7,wca3H Of Pennsylvania ::

To the Honorable, The JU4ycS Of the court o.
Common Ple1s Of Cameron county, in Tie Com
anonwca3h Of Peansy'rants
The petition Of the subscribers Members Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church on the Emporium Or.
cult respectfully showcth that your petitioners are
desirous OF associatng themselves together body
corporate, in conformity with the laws Of this Com
mOuwealth, that is to say: Your petitioners are
desirous of being constituted body corporate
under the name and style of The First Methodist
Episcopal Church of Emporium, BcletoDt District.
East Baltimore Conference TO be under the duec-
ton Of five Trustees. viz: Lemuel LUcore, jr, DR..
VIM s. fTamlin, George Metzyer, Rich rd Chad
wick and Joseph HousIer which said Trustees and
their successors in Office shall have perpetual success
sion. and to be elected hereinafter directed, who
shall be, and are hereby empowered under the name
aud style aforesaid, Liable TO and be sued, plead
and be inpleaded, I'm all Courts Of Record and else
where. and be competent in Law and Equity TO take
and hold to themselves and their SUCCESSORS in office
for the use of said Society, lands teuemeuts hcredi
imcnts, goods and chaltels, of whatsoever kind or
quality sOever real, personal or mixed, W gift, grant
bargain, sale, conveyance, demise or b"QUesi, from
any person or persons cal ap.e OF maN'hG ihe same
and the same from time TO time to grant, Uargalni
sell, remss alien and dispose Of for the use and ben
eff Of said Society and generally TO do al! and slnt
gular, the matters and things necessary and lawful
for them tod0 for the We buuy Of said Society, and
the due management of its affairs And tho Trustees
and their successors shall have full and entire power
to borrow, for the Of said Society, any sum not
exceeding Five Thousand Dollars, which said sum or
or sums So borrowed shall be applied hF them 10 eE
tUgui~h tha debts growing out ol the expense 81
building the church property aforesaid Aud tEe
said Trustees or theiI successors, shall have full and
entire authority TO secure the payment of the debts
now existing, or that may accrue by reason Of loan
having be made. 20 mortgage the said property Of
the church aforesaid and the real estate connected
herewith
And further, that tn Trustees above n hnned shall
continue in Office until tho session Of the last Quar-
tery Meeting Conference for the year a. D. 1866, AT
which time the members nf said Conference shall
elect their SUCCESSORS And thereafter election of
Trustees shall take place at the last session of the
Quarterly Meeting Conference in each Conference
wear, by the members of the said Quarterly Meeting
Conference. Any vacancy that occurs in the Board
Of said Trustees. by death otherwise, may be sup
piled by appointment by The surviving members, and
the person or persons appointed shall continue in
office until the succeeding annual election And for
the transaction of any business, three more Of the
said Trustees shall be quorum And if at any time
above specified for election OF Trustees, the members
of the said Quarterly Meeting Conference shall fail to
elect Trustees then and in such case those last
elected appointed shall continue in office until the
succeeding annual election.
George Metzyer William Lewis
W s. Hamln; II. J. Lewis
A. 4. Eddy, c. G. Craven,
D. Burlingame. II. Chadwick, jr,
j. Housler, LemUel Lucore, jr.
And now, January y, A. D. 1866, the Court having
examined and peruscd the within instrument nd the
objects. articles and conditions therein set forth
appearing lawful and not injurious to the community
do direct the said writing be filed, and notice to he
inserted in one newspaper printed III the County,
three successive weeks By the Court
A. L. KELLY. Pr1th'y