New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-03
AN ACT
No SO.

! To incorporate the Young Mems Christian
Association Of New Orleans, and to ex
empt the property Of The same from taxa
ton.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives of the State
OF Louisiana in General Assembly con.
vened, That Richard H. Brown, James L.
Dunnica, Marshall j. Smith, James N.
Beadles, William G. Coyle, Edward C.
| Palmer, William c.. Shepherd, Moses NJ.
| Greenwood, William H. Foster, John S.
| Walton, Thomas l. Dix, Charles Clinton,
| Henry +. Given, Frederick j. OdendahI
and A. ]. Tardey, Jr., and their associates
and successors, be and are hereby specially
| made a body corporate and polite for the
Improvement Of the spiritual intellectual
| and social condition OF young men and the
! promotion of Christian works in the city of
! New Orleans, under the name and style Of
the Young Mems Christian Association Of
| New Orleans, and under this name shall
| exist tor the term ct ninety-nine years. and
| shall be capable, for the purposes emu
merate0ain this act, and for all other pur-
| poses enumerated in this act, of buying,
| selling and mortgaging all kinds of real es-
! tate and other kinds of property, of suing
! and being sued in any of the courts of law
and equity Of this State, OF having a com
mon seal, and OF altering it at pleasure, to
acquire, have and hold estate, real, per
sonal and mixed; and said association shall
be capable in law of inheriting, receiving,
holding, selling and transferring all manner
of property, whether by donation, bequest,
devise, or in any other manner or form,
from any or all persons, body or bodies
corporate in or out Of this State; provided
that the value thereof does not exceed
five hundred thousand dollars.
Sec. ?. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the proper authorities Of said corporation
for holding and managing It's property
shall be board Of trustees, who shall be
elected by the ''&ctive members" of said
association, all of whom shall be members
in good and regular standing in some Pro
testant Evangelical church in the city Of
New Orleans, and each of the Evangelical
Christian denominations Of the city Of New
Orleans shall be entitled to and, if desiring
it, shall have a representative in said board
Of trustees, but no denomination shall have
more than four representatives therein.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
for the present, and until their successors
are elected, as hereinafter provided, the
following named PERSONS shall constitute
the board Of trustees, viz: Richard H.
Brown, James L. Dunnica, Marshall j.
Smith, James n. Beadles, William G.
Coyle, Edward c., Palmer, William C. Shop
herd, Moses NJ. Greenwood, William H.
Foster, John S. Walton, Thomas l. Dix,
Charles. Clinton, Henry F. Given, Fred
erick j. Odendahi and "A. j. Tardey.
Jr.; that the said trustees shall be divided
into three classes, as follows: Richard
II. Brown, James L. Dunnica, James
n Beadles and William G. Coyle shall
compose the first class, and shall hold Office
for three years Edward G. Palmer, Will
liam G. Shepherd, Moses NJ Greenwood,
Jr., William H. Foster and John S. Walton
shall compose the second class, and shall
hold Office for two years Thomas |. Dix,
Charles Clinton, Henry F. Given, Frederick
j. Odendahl and A. J. Tardey, Jr., shall
compose the third class, and shall hold of
fee for one year, Tie term Of Office of said
trustees shall commence on the first Tues
day of February, 1872, and shall continue
as herein provided. Five trustees Shall be
elected annually thereafter by the life and
active members Of the association, at an
annual meeting to be held on the first Tues
day in February Of each year succeeding, |
to fill the places. OF the trustees whose |
terms of office shall expire that yea, and |
the trustees so elected shall hold Office for |
three years from the date Of the election, |
and until their successors in office are |
elected. Whenever any vacancy by |
death or otherwise shall occur in said board |
of trustees, the same shall be filed by a |
majority vote of the remaining trustees; |
provided, that the party SO chosen to fill the |!
vacancy shall be Of the same religious de- |
nomination as the one whose place he is |
elected to fill. Said board Of trustees shall, |
from time to time, elect from among their |
number a president, secretary and treas |
urer, and majority of said board of |
trustees snail constitute quorum for the |
transaction of business, but in matters of |
sale, transfer or mortgage Of the real estate |
of the association, there must be present at |
the meeting of the board one or more rep |
from each religious denomina
ton which may have members in said asso- |
citation, and said representative or repre- |
of each religious denomination |
shall cast one vote only, and the majority |
must be three-fourths to order said sale, or |
or mortgage.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, That |
the members of said association shall, from
time TO time, as they deem best, make,
adopt, alter and amend constitution and |
such bylaws, rules and regulations, and do
everything useful for the good government, |
preservation and support of said corpora
ton not repugnant to the constitution and
laws of the United States, to the constitu-
ton and laws of this State, or TO this act Of /
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted etc; That
the domicile Of said association shall be at
the rooms Of the corporation In the city of
New Orleans, and the president Of the board
of trustees shall be authorized to receive
citations in all cases of suits instituted
against the association
SEC. g. Be it further enacted etc, That
in consideration of the work that this assoe
uon proposes to do, in providing free read
ing rooms and q public library for the
young men of New Orleans, the property Of
said association shall forever be free from
taxation, State or municipal
(Signed) o. H. BREWSTER.
Speaker of the House OF Representatives.
(Signed) P B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the |