New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-03
Laborers' Savings Association Of st.
MARY,
BRAsHEAR Cry. Auf

BRAsHEAR Cry, August %, 1875.
According to call published in the
Attakapds Register official journal of the
parish Ut st. Mary, for the purpose of organ
izing in Brashear branch of the Laborers'
Savings Association of the parish of St.
Mary, the people met at Mount Pilgrims
Hon. Isaac Sutton called the meeting to
order.
Prayers were offered after which the
Hon. Isaac Sutton explained the object of
the meeting, and made some very appro-
pirate remarks showing the benefit such
association would be in the future.
Benjamin Robinson was elected president
pro tenn, and Gustave Baker secretary pro
tenn.
The constitution and bylaws of the La
borers Savings Association of the parish of
st. Mary, as adopted at Centreville and
Franklin. were offered and ordered to be
read, as follows:
CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE l. This society, association or
corporation shall be known as the "La-
borers Savings Association Of the Parish Of
St. Mary"
ART. :. The affairs and business of this
association shall be directed and controlled
by president and directors to be elected
by the members every six months, that is
on the first day of January and the first
day of July of each year; two directors to
be elected from each ward of the parish,
and the president from the parish at large.
ART g. The initiation fee shall be one
dollar, and the monthly dues shall be fifty
cents.
ART. 4. Each member shall be entitled to
one vote
ART. ). No persons except members shall
be eligible to any office in the association.
ART. 6. There shall be elected by the
members semi-annually secretary and
treasurer, who shall not have any vote in
the proceedings of the board of directors.
ART. I. The treasurer shall give bond in
double the amount of funds which he may
have in his possession to be accepted by
the members OF the association.
ART. 8. In case any vacancy occur in the
board otdirectors, then the remaining mem
bers of said board shall notify all the men,
bers of the association of the same, and an
election shall be held Immediately TO fill
said vacancy.
ART, 9. This constitution may be amend
ed at any regular meeting by two-thirds
vote of the members OF the association,
after the proposed amendments shall have
been notified to the members for one month
BYLAWS.
SECTION |. This association shall be in.
corporated by a nOtarial act, under the
name and style of the Laborers' Savings AS
ISOLATION of the parish of st. Mary.
SEC. 2. The domicile of this association
shall be fixed at Verdunville in the parish
of st. Mary.
SEC. 3, The secretary shall keep cor
rect, true aud faithful account of all the
proceedings of the association, which he
shall punctualIy and promptly transcrbe
in book to be called the minute book.
SEC A. The treasurer shall faithfully keep
all moneys intrusted to his care belonging
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same for any private purpose or in any pri-
vate speculation whatever.
SEC s. No claim against said association
shall be allowed, nor shall any funds OF said
association be paid out until the matter
shall have been passed upon in regular
meeting of the board of directors, and then
only upon warrant upon the treasury,
by the secretary.
SEC, 6. The board of directors shall hold
meetings every three months ION the first
Saturday of the month"; for the transaction
of all business which may be brought be-
fore it.
SEC. Z. The treasurer shall deposit the
| funds of the association in some bank to be
designated by the members OF the associa
| tion.
The constitution and bylaws as read
were received and adopted.
The meeting proceeded to q permane Mt
| organization, which resulted in the election
OF Messrs. BENZ amin Robinson as president,
Noel Shadrick We president, Rev. Randall
Nicholas treasurer, Gustave Baker secre-
! tary, and Felix Monroe Tucker assist ant
secretary.
The association proceeded to elect two
directors to represent the fifth ward at the
directors meetings.
Messrs. James Hall and Henry Lawrence
were elected.
The president was authorized to appoint
a committee of seven to draft constitu-
ton and bylaws to govern the association
| in the fifth ward.
The president appointed on said commit.
tee Messrs Moses Jackson, George Lee,
Gustave Baker, William Cary, William
Bradford, Hon. C. B. Darrell and Hon.
Henry Train.
The minutes of this meeting were or
dered to be published in the Attakapas
Register and New Orleans REPUBLICAN.
The meeting adjourned to meet on the
| third Saturday in september at 2 P. M.
BENJAMIN ROBINSON, President.
GUsTAvE BAKER, Secretary.