New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-06

An Act

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To incorporate the Young Mems Christian
Association of New Orleans, and to ex.
empt the property Of the same from taxa
ton.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate
! and House of Representatives of the State
! of Louisiana in General Assembly con
| vened, That Richard FL. Brown, James L.
| Dunnica, Marshall j. Smith, James N.
| Beadles, William g. COyle, Edward G.
/ Palmer, William G. Shepherd, Moses NJ,
Greenwood, William H. Foster, John s.
| Walton. Thomas l. Dix. Charles Clinton,
| Henry +. Given, Frederick J. 0dendahl
and A. j. 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 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 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 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 g Be it further enacted, etc, 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
1t, shall have a representative in said board
of trustees, but no denomination shall have
more than four representatives therein.
SEC. 8. Be il 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. Dunniea, Marshall J.
Smith, James N. Beadles, William G.
COyle, Edward G. Palmer, William c. Shep-
herd, Moses NJ. Greenwood, William H
Foster, John S. Walton, Thomas /. Dix.
Charles Clinton, Henry f.. Given, Fred
erick j. Odendabl 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. CoyIe shall
compose the first class, and shall hold office
for three years Edward G. Palmer, Will
liam G. Shepherd, Moses NJ Greenwood,
JT., 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
eeoAaendahl and A. J. Tardey, Jrs, shall
nee tor.the third class, and shall hold Of
Irustees shEear. The term of Office of said
Jay OF Februaommenee on the first Tues
- nereln pFovidetS72, and shall continue
; elo a: annually theTetye trustees shall be
. $3.50, IeLuoers Of the asy the life and
IL Ll.-u a. h1SSVlag 70 oe held on tHtiOL, at an
. Nay IN Eeof0ary OF each wear sucf. Tues
70 MI the places of the trustees wing,
tSIms Oh once shall expire thai vnsr and
tne trustees so elected shall hol5J ~ : -" ~
. three years from the date If ~ O IN Ivr
and until their successors in otf;oe 'i ,ll-
elected. Whenever anv vacanoS a. 9
death or otherwise shall occur in sail 10y
OF trustees, the same shall be filed m y
majority vote of the remaining +r1,stSot q
J provided, that the party so chosen to mi ~,
vacancy shall be Of the same religions AZ
nomination as the one whose place he i
erected TO I'LL. Said board of trustees shall
from time to time, elect from AMONG fba;y
number a president, secretary and treas-
ufer, and a majority of said board NJ
trustees shall constitute a quorum for the
TRANSACTION OF business, but ia matters ~
sale transfer or mortgage of the real estate
OF the association, there must be present ! I
the heetlhg o. the board one or more rep