New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
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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 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened That Richard III. 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 /. 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 10 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, anu OF altering it at pleasure, to
acquire, have and hold estate, real, per
sOnal and mixed; and said association g hall
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 che "aetiye members" of said
association, all Of whom shall be members
in good and regular standing in some Pro
testant Evangelical church N 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 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 H.
Brown, James L. Duunica, Marshall J.
Saith James n. Beadles William G.
Coyle, Edward G, Palmer, William G. Shep-
herd, Moses NJ. Greenwood, William H.
Foster, John s. Walton, Thomas |. Dix,
Charles Clinton, Henry E. Given, Fred
erick j. 0dendahl and A. j. Tardey.
Jr that the SAID trustees shall be divided |
into three classes, as follows: Richard
II. Brown. James L. Dunniea, James
n Beadles and William G. Coyle shall
compose the first class, and shalluhOld office
for three years Edward G. Palmer, Viii |
liam G. Shepherd, Moses NJ. Greenwood,
Jr, William II. Foster and John S. Walton |
shall compose the second class, and shall |
hold Office for two years Thomas /. Dix, |
Charles Clinton, Henry +. Given, Frederick
i sNatsn .rsA I apfEa In aI1nIE
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 fiji the places of the trustees whose |
terms Of Office shall expire that year, aud /
the trustees so elected shall hold office for /
three years from the date of the election, 1
ana until their successors in office are
erected. Whenever any vacancy by /
oeath or otherwise shall occur in said board !
o. trustees, the same shall be filed by /
majority vote of the remaining trustees;
PROVIDED that the party so chosen TO ill the
Vacancy shai be Of the same religious de-
nomination as the one whose place he is
elected 10 MI. Said board Of trustees shall,
AnVHi tiiife 90 ulne, elect from among their |
number a president secretary and treas
urer and q majority of said board Of
trustees SHAH 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 rem
resentatives from each religious denomina.
ton which may have members in said asso-
citation, and said representative or repre-
sentatives Of each religious denomination
snail cast one vote only, and the majority
must be three-fourths to order said sale. OF
transfer or mortgage. .ur
d, SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, That |
the members of said association shall, from
time 20 time, as they deem best, make,
ADOPT alter and amend constitution, and