New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-09
Nos 50,
An ACT

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 Il. Brown, James L..
Dunnica, Marshall j. Smith, James N
Beadles, William G. COyle, Edward c.
Palmer, William G.. Shepherd, Moses NJ
Greenwood, William III. Foster, John S.
Walton, Thomas /. Dix. Charles Clinton,
Henry +. Given, Frederick j. Odendabl
and A. j. Tardey, Jr., and 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 city of
New Orleans, undeRs the name and style of
the Young Mems christian Association of
New Orleans, and under this name shall
exist for the term of ninety-nine years, and
shall be capable, for the purposes emu
merated in this act, and for all other pur
poses enumerated in this act, of buying,
selling and mOTtgaging 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 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 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. 2. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the proper authorities of said corporation
for holding and managing its property
shall be a board Ofstrustees, 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 representative in said board
of trustees, but no denomination shall have
more than four representatives therein.
SEC. g. 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 IL.
Brown, James L. Dunnica, Marshall j.
Smith, James N Beadles, William g.
.COyle, Edward G. Palmer, William c. Shep-
herd, Moses M. Greenwood, William II.
Foster, John S. Walton, Thomas /. Dix,
Charles Clinton, Henry F Given, Fred
erick j. Odendahl and A. j. Iardey.
Jr; that the said trustees shall be divided
into three classes, as follows: Richard
III. 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, Viii
liam C. Shepherd, Moses M. Greenwood,
Jn. William II. Foster and John S. 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. ]. TardeY, Jr., 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 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 filled by
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
TAer and a majority of said board of
trustees shall 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