New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-10
Secretary of State
No 80.
AN ACT

AN ACT
To incorporate the Young Mems Christian
Association of New Orleans, and to ex-
empt tie 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-
yened, That Richard H. Brown, James l..
Dunnica Marshall j. Smith, James N
Beadles, William G.. Coyle, Edward G.
Palmer, William c. Shepherd, Moses NJ
Greenwood William H. Foster, John S.
Walton, Thomas L Dix, Charles Clinton,
Henry F. Given, Frederick j. Odendahl
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, 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 ii 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
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; pro- ided
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 It's property
shall be a 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
tnstant 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.
Coye Edward c. Palmer, William G. Shep-
herd, Moses NJ. Greenwood, William Ii.
Foster, John S. Walton, Thomas l. Dix
charles CLINTON; henry r; Glven, Fred
gflch q. Ooen9ahl ana e. % 1,a4faey9
~ Ihat the Sald trustees S1d1 DC I SiElueq
i4Lo Ihfee cia5St9' a7 t0l1o"5' hlEharu
n. BeadIes and William G. CoyIe shall
compose the first class, and shall hold office
for three years; Edward c. Palmer, Viii
liam G. Shepherd, Moses NJ Greenwood,
Jf'. j" llllam II. roster and J9hn >. W aitQn
ShalL compose the second CLASS, anu sndll
19ld ounce LOT Two years !homaS L.. Dl&'
GhaIieS GlnIoI' i1onEy T; GlNeu' FteueIlch
d. OdenHani anu a. d. 1aFoey, {, ~, snall
compose I4e thlFd Gtass, anu shaiI hoid Oh
nee ior one year. me Term OF oIl zee Oh 1r salo
trustees s4ali coLnLnence on In9 3, HEst tueo-
Jay VI enl tdt y 100 :, anu ouolI CGn IL u Lo
as herein PfoEIueQ' rye trustees 9naII nc
elecIeu auA18lly UneIe"iIer ny Ine me anu
active members u IH6 ts9oela tIoH, ~ an
annual nIeGtI1S W pe heIp VI INC Ii US
day IN FEBRUARY OIL each year succeeding,
10 Ill the places OF tne trustees "ho79
terms oI once s4dtL expire that Sea anu f
me tfusIee so eIeGCeu SnalL nQ lI oLlce dol
gIl9e eaiS ron tile o@So u Sno
Gu u" yKTorro, ~
eIected. heneEeF any vacancy o3
oGatu OF oIHei ISe 0ndli oGGI'i ~ STlu noolo
~ !INste6s w Sdl ~ Snan pG me- ~ "
nI"loty toSo " ln9 - ~ ~
PROVIDED, th4S Une parry so enoseH " III t i
SLl0li pG u Slio ,1io 10
n1oa4aI ~ 4Id ga hoard - trnstans shall
elecSeG 60 M nalo ooatG 81 trustees 9 No.
ION tLo 10 una, 6leGS ron a and +r Tne
Il un,'e md Po1s einr+T Of said hoard ct
trstao .D ai,of1 cnnyti+nfa onorn for the
= nf hnsinass M IN Matters Of
10 trarsfor ~ ortorao of the raai estate
81 tbe acsooiation tbere must he nrespnt at
81 Inc ~ od w 100
+L-a fronl oocb TaiiioHa denomina
% oa a,naTs IN aid aaso-
ciot IAN and Said renrasantatve or renre
80. Of ooob raIi~ioTs dnnomination