New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-15
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AN ACT

To- incorporate She Young Mems christian
Association of New Orleans, and 30 ax-
empt the property of the same from taxa
fiOn.
SECT1o8 +. Be iT enacted by the Senate
and House OF REPRESENTATIVES of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly %on'
vened, That Richard II. Brown, James L.
Dunnica, Marshall j. Smith, James N.
| Beadles, William G. COyle, Edward G.
Palmer, William c. Shepherd, Moses NJ.
Greenwood, William Ii. Fosterp John S.
Walton, Thomas J. Dix, Charles Clinton
Henry F. Given, Frederick j. Odendahl
oand A. j. Tardey, Jr., apd their associates
and successors, be and are hereby specially
made 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 @ity of
New Orleans, under the name and Style 0t
the Young Mems Christian Association of
New Orleans, ana under this name shall
exist for the term OF ninety nine years. and
shall be capable, for the purposes enuO
merated in this act, and for all other pure
| poses enumerated in this acts OF buying.
selling and m0rtgaging all kinds OF real ESQ
tate and other kinds of property, OF suing
and being sued in any of the courts 9f law
and equity Of this State, OF having COM"
mon seal, and OF altering it at pleasure, to
acquire, have and hold estate, real, per
sonaI and mixed; and said association shall
be capable in law of inberiting, receiving,
holding, selling and transferring all manner
of property, whether by donations 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 2. Be it further enacted @tc.o That
the proper authorities of said corporation
for holding and managing Its property
shall be board of trustees, who shall be
elected by the ''active 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 II.
Brown, James i. Dunnica, Marshall j.
Smith James N. Beadles, William G.
Coyle. Edward G. Palmer, William c. Shcp-
herd, Moses NJ Greenwood, William H.
Foster, John S. Walton, Thomas l. Dix,
Charles Clinton, Henry +. Given, Fred
erck j. Odtndahl and A. j. Tardey.
Jr.; that the said trustees SHALL be divided
into three classes, as follows: Richard
II. Brown, James L. Dunniea, James
n. Beadles and William G. COyte shall
compose the first class, and shall hold office
for three years Edward C. Palmer, Viii
liam G. Shepherd, Moses NJ. Greenwood
j., William II. Foster and John 5. Walton
shall compose the second class, and shall
hold office for two years Thomas l. Dix,
Charles Clinton, Henry F. Given, Frederick
J. Odendahl and A. J. Tardey, Ir., shall
compose the third class, and shall hold of
fee for one year. The 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 De 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 fQy