New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-17
No SO.
AN ACT

To incorporate the Young Mems Christian
Association of New Orleans, and to ex
empt the property of Ehe same from taxa
ton.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senat,
and House of Representative of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con
vened That Richard H Brown, James /
Beadles, William G. COyle, Edward C
Palmer, William G. Shepherd, Moses NJ
Greenwood, William Fl. Foster, John S
Walton, Thomas l. Dix. Charles Clinton
Henry +. Given, Frederick j. Odendahi
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 i'll 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 ninetynine 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 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. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the proper authorities of said corporation
tor holding and managing Its 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-
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 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 L. Dunnica, Marshall j. |
Smith, James n. Beadles, William G.
Coyle, Edward G. Palmer, William G. Shep- |
Foster, John S. Walton, Thomas I. 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. Coyle shall
the first class, and shall hold office
for three years Edward G. Palmer Viii
lam C. Shepherd, Moses N. Greenwood,
Jr., William H. Foster and John s. Walton
shall compose the second class, and shall
lold office for two years Thomas l. Dix,
Charles Clinton, Henry F. Given, Frederick
J. Odendahl and A. j. Tardey, Jr., shall
compose the third class, and shall hold of
lee for one year. The term of Office of said
rustees shall commence on the first Tues
lay of February, 1872, and shall continue
vs. herein provided. Five trustees shall be
leeted annually thereafter by the life and
ctiye members of the association, at an
nnual meeting to be held on the first Tues
lay in February of each year succeeding,
0 fill the places of the trustees whose
erms of office shall expire that year. and
he trustees so elected shall hold office for