Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-08-21
CHI "A RI Z r
OF THE
Masonic & Odd Fellows Hall Association.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF EAST BATON RoUGE.
OH "A RT Z r

Be itrenaem5ered, That on the day of the
date hereof personally appeared before me,
John McGrath, Notary Public IN and for
the Parish and State aforesaid, duly COM
missioned and sworn Messrs. s. M. ASHER,
JAMES MoVAY, r. Il. DAY, JOHN L. WOLFF,
GEO. A. PIKE, j. G. CHARLOTTE and S. M.
HART, all residents ofsaid Parish and State,
who declared that they had formed them
selves into an Association under the gen.
eral laws of the State regulating corpora
tions for public improvements upon the
following basis:
LIST. The name of this corporation shall
be 1.-THE MASONIC AND ODD FELL
LOWS, HALL ASSOCIATION OF BA-
TON ROUGE" and its domlcil shall be
the city OF Baton Rouge.
I'd. The object of the Association is to
purchase the necessary ground and erect
thereon, in the city of Baton Rouge q
building, portions Of which are to be suita-
bly, adapted for Lodge purposes and leased
to St. James Lodge, No. At, F. and A. M.
and De Soto Lodge, No. Z, !. O. Q. F.,
respectively under the control and dlrec-
ton of the Board of Directors hereinafter
provided for. The President ofthis Board
shall be the officer on whom citation shall
be served, and in whose names all suits
for the benefit Of the Association shall be
brought.
3D.. The Capital Stock OF this Associa-
ton shall be One Hundred Thousand Dol
lars, to be divided into one thousand
shares of One Hundred Dollars each, pro-
vided that any one so disposed may take
half or one fourth share, with the stipula-
ton that nothing less than full share
shall entitle one tc vote, to be paid in at
such times and in such sums as may be
required by the Board of Directors, after
thirty days notice in one or more newspa-
pers published in the city and demand
in writing made of the Stockholders, and
any Stakeholder, who shall fail to pay the
mount so called in, shall forfeit his stock,
as we'll as all amounts already paid and all
dividends that may have accrued thereon.
4th. The Association shall be managed
by Board of Directors, seven in number,
q majority of whom shall constitute quo
rum for the transaction of all business,
and one of whom shall be President. The
original corporators shall constitute the
first Board; they shall enter Immediately
upon their duties and continue in office
until the first Monday of October, A. D.,
1857, at which time and annually thereat-
ter, Board Of Directors shall be chosen
as hereinafter directed. St. James Lodge,
No. At, F. and A. NJ. shall have the right
to elect two Directors, and De Soto Lodge,
No. 7, /. o. o. F., two; the remaining
three Directors shall be elected by the
Stockholders; the two Lodges above named
in proportion to the number of shares of
stock owned by them respectively In all
elections by the Stockholders, each Stock
holder shall be entitled to one vote for
each and every share owned by him or
her, and the said Lodges, or any other
corporate or aggregate body, that may own
| stock shall have the right to cast their vote
or votes by any agent, whom they may
select for that purpose.
The Board Of Directors shall elect their
| own President and shall have power to
appoint such other officers as they may
deem necessary. In case of vacancy
among the three Directors chosen by the
Stockholders at large, the vacancy shall be
| filled by the Board of Directors.
All votes by the Stockholders shall be
by ballot and all votes by the Board of
Directors shall be ga0G g0ce.
The Boaad of Directors shall make an
annual report to the Stockholders of their
proceedings.
9Th. This act of incorporation shall con-
tinue in force for the term of twenty FIVE
years. Wherever it shall become neces-
sary to liquidate the affairs of the Associa-
ton, the Board of Directors shall sell the
property belonging to it at public auction
fter thirty days notice in the manner re-
| quired by laws for Sheriffs' sales OF real
| estate, upon such terms and conditions as
they shall deem advisable and the proceeds
of said sale, after paying all the debts of
the Association shall be distributed among
| the Stockholders.
Thus done and passed at my office, in
the city of Baton Rouge. this twenty fifth
day Of July, A. D., 1865, i'll presence Of
Samuel P. Greves and Harvey Skolfeld,
| resident and witnesses, and me, Recorder,
at Baton Rouge, the day, month and year
above written.
(Slgned) s. M. ASHER,
JAMES MoVAY,
RICHARD H. Day,