New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-08
No 50.
AN ACT

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 Ii. Brown, James L.
Dunnica, Marshall j. Smith, James N.
Beadles, William G. Coyle, Edward c,
Palmer, William G. Shepherd, Moses NJ
| Greenwood, William II. Foster, John 5.
| Walton, Thomas l, Dix, Charles Clinton,
| Henry F. Given, Frederick j. Odendahl
and A ]. 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 or
| 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, nave anu ublG ESTATE IGdly per
s0nal 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. ,. 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 il 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 i'll said board
of trustees, but no denomination shall have
more than four representatives therein.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, Thai
for the present, aud 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. Bcadles, William G.
Coyle, Edward G, Palmer, William G. Shep-
herd, Moses NJ, Greenwood, William 4.
Foster, John S. Walton, Thomas l. Dix,
CUuEltS CIIultus IltuI1 T. NLNtls TItA-
erick J. Odendahl and A. j. Tardey,
II. that the said trustees shall he divided
into three classes as follows: Richard
Fl. Brown, James l.. DunniCa, James
n. Beades and William G. Coyle shall
compose the first class and shall hold Office
for three years Edward G. Palmer, Will
liam c. Shepherd, Moses NJ Greenwood,
Jr, William H. Foster ard John S. Walton
shall compose the second class, and shall
hold office for two years Thomas |. Dix,
Charles Clinton, Henry +. Given, Frederick
j. Odendahl and A, j. 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 year, anu
the trustees so elected shall hold office fOc
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 i'll said board
of trustees, the same shall be filed by
majority vote Of the remaining trustees,
provided, that the party so chosen to fill one
vacancy shall be of the same religious de-
nomination as the one whose place he -
elected to fill. Said board of trustees shall,
from time to time, elect from among their
number a president, secretary and treas
urer, and a majority of said board OF
trustees shall constitute a quorum tor the
transaction of business, but in matters OF
sale, transfer or mortgage OF the real estate
Of the association, there must be present al
the meeting of the board one or more rep
resentatives from each religious denomina
ton which may have members in said asso-
citation and said representative or repre-
sentatives Of each religious denomination
shall cast one vote only, and the majority
must be three-fourths to order said sale, or
transfer, or mortgage.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the members of said association shall, from
time 10 time, as they deem best, make,
adopt, alter and amend constitution, ana
such bylaws, rules and regulations, and 20
everything useful for the good government,
preservation and support of said corpora
ton not repugnant to the constitution anu
laws of the United States to the ,constlte.
ton and laws OF this State, or to lhls ACT %
incorporation.
SEC: ), Be it further enacted, etc, Thao
the domiciie of said association shall be az
the rooms Of the corporation IN the Guy o.
New Orleans, and the president OF the UoaIS
of trustees shall be authorized to receloo
citations in all cases of suits instituted
against the association
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, etc, Thae
in consideration Of the work that this ass,S
ton proposes to do, in providing free re9S-
ing rooms and a public library for TO
young men of New Orleans, the properly 70
said association shall forever be tree 600
taxation, State Or municipal
fSigned} 0. H. BREWSTER.
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives
lSigned P. b. 5. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of Go
Senate.
A true copy: @
+. J. HERON,
Secretary Of State.