The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-03-06
PE ITION.
To the Honorable, the Judges Of the Court q
Common Pleas Of Cameron county, in the Com
PsenCealh of Pennsylvania:

common ttNS ~ IuHtcf COAfEtg, HE ttEc SOh'-
psenaOealh of Pennsylvania:
The petition Of the subscribers, Members Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church on the Emporium Cir
cult respectfully ehcweth that your petitioners are
desirCus of assOcatng themselves together body
corporate, in conformity with the laws Of this Com
monwealth, that is 10 say: Your petitioners are
desirous of being constituted body corporate,
under the name and style Of The FIRST Methodist
Episcopal Church of Emporium, Bellefont District,
East Baltimore Conference TO be under the dlTec'
tion of five Trustees. viz Lemuel Lucore, jr, DIR,
Wm s. Hamlin George Motzger, Richard Chad
wick and Joseph HOusler which said Trustees and
their successors III 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 impeaded in ell Conrts of Record and else
where, and be competent in Law and Equity TO take
and hold to themselves and their successors IN oce
for the of said Society, lands tenements heredlt-
iments, goods and chattels, of whatsoever kind or
quality scever READ personal or mixed, by gf grant,
bargain, safe conveyance, demise or bequest, from
any person or persons capaple Of making the same,
and the same from time TO time 10 grant, bargain,
SELL remss. alien and dispose Of for the and ben
Ell of said Society; and generally to do all and sin
guar the matters and things necessary and lawful
for them to do for the webeing Of said Society, and
the due management of its affairs And the Trustees
snd their successors shall have full and entire power
10 borrow for the of said Society any sum not
exceeding Five Thousand Dollars, which said sum or
or sums SO borrowed shall be applied by them TO ex.
tpg; ;lish the debts growing out OF The expense OF
building the church property aforesaid. And the
said Trustees or theiT successors, shall have full and
entire authority to secure the payment CT the debts
now existing or that may accrue by reason of loan
having to be made to mortgage the SAID property OF
the church aforesaid and the real estate connected
herewith.
And further, that the Trustees above named shah
continue in office until the session OF the last guar
tery Meeting Conference for the year A. D. 1866, at
which time the members nf said Conference shall
elect their successors. And thereafter an election of
Trustees shall take place at the last session OF the
Quarterly Meeting Conference in each Conference
year 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 g 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 or appointed shall continue in Office until the
annual election.
George Metzger, William Lewis,
". s. HamTn, VI. j. Lewis
a. a. Eddy G. G. Craven,
y. Burngane, Z. Chadwick, r.,
j. Houser Lemuel Lucore, jn
And now, January IL, A. D. 1866, the Court having
examined and perused the within instruraent end the
objects, articles and conditions therein set forth
appearing lawful and not injurious to thecemnunty,
DO direct the said writing TO be led and notice TO be
Inserted in one newspaper printed in the County,
.hree successive weeks By the Court
A. E KELLY, Prothy. !