New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-28
No So.
AN ACT

To Incorporate the Young Mems Christian
Association of New Orleans, and to ex-
empt the property of the same from taxa
7ion.
SECTION L. 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..
Duuujca, Marshall j. Smith, James n.
BeadIes, William G. COyle, Edward G.
Palmer. William c. Shepherd, Moses NJ.
Greenwood, William H. Foster, John S.
Walton, Thomas l. Dix. Charles Clinton,
Henry + 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 ia tits act and for all other pUr-
poses enumerated in this act, of buying,
selling and mOrtgagiBg 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 ana of altering it at pleasure, to
ACQUIRE, have and hold estate, real, per
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 OF 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 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 III the city OF
New Orleans, and each of the Evangelical
Christian denominations of the city of New
Orleans shall he 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. 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 ii.
Brown, James L. Dunniea, Marshall J..
Smith, James n. Beadles, William G..
Covle, Edward c. Palmer, William c. Shep-
herd, Moses NJ. Greenwood. William II.
Foster, John S. Walton, Thomas l. Dix,
Charles Clinton, Henry +. Given. Fred
erick j. Odendahl and A. J. Tardey.
Jr.: that the said trustees shall be divided
into three classes, as follows: Richard
H. Brown James 4. Dnnnica, James
n. Beelles and William G. Coyle shall
compose the first class, and shall hold Office
for three years Edward c. Palmer VIII
liam c.. Shepherd, Moses NJ. Greenwood,
Jr. William II. Foster aud John 5. Walton
shall compose the second class, and shall
hold Office for two years Thomas |. Dix
Charles Clinton, Henry +. Given, Frederic
compose the third class and shall hold Of
fee for one year. The term OF office Of said