The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-27

CHARTER.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

| CHARTER.
| STATE OF LOUISIANA,
| PARISH OF ORLEANS, CRY OF NEW ORLEANS.
| BE 1T KNOWN, That on this the THIR-
TENTH day of the month Of MAY, in the year
of our Lord, One Thousand Eight hundred ana
| Heyenty-fiye. and OF the Independence OF the
United States Of America. the Ninety -ninth-
Before me. WILLIAM BERNARD KLEIN
PETER, Notary Public, duly commissioned and
qualified, in and for the cit, OF New Orleans. and
parish Of Orleans, in the State OF Louisiana,
domiclated in the said city of New Orleans, and
| in the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned: u.rn uaoom.r
PsIsonsy appssTreeSa E ERUAks " sRUMS
GE E0R s s. tKUNTZ, WILLIAM H. PERRY,
PETER ROEHM, PATRICK O'DOWD, TER-
renee OBRIEN, PETER CROSBY, JAMES
GRIFFIN. Sn., CHARLES HAHN, JOHN
SUHAFFER and others, whose names are hereto
subscribed. all residents OF the SAID CITY OF NC"
Orleans, who declared
That, availing themselves OF the rights ana
privileges conferred upon them by the laws OF
the State of Louisiana, relative to the UhGAn-
IZATION OF CORPORATIONS FOB LaIEK-
AIRY, SCIENTIFIC, RELIGIOUS AND CHARl-
TABLE PURPOSES" as provided for under
sections numbered respectively from slx hundred
and seyentv-seven to six hundred and eighty-two
Inclusive OF the Revised Statutes OF the State OF
Louisiana, approved March A. 1870, being laws OF
PVoOo
vided; They do, by these presents form
organize, institute, and found CORPORATION
FOR CHARITABLE AND BENEVOLENT PUR-
POSES" and for such other objects as thall mere
matter be enumerated and set forth ana TO
that end they do hereby covenant and agree to
form and organize, and do, by these presents,
form and organize themselves, and all such other
persons as may hereafter become associated With
them, into "BODY CORPORATE" and there,
under bind themselves and their associates and
successors to be governed by the following stipu.
ations, regulations and obligatlhos as articles OF
the Charter of the said Corporation:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of the ssid Corporation
shall be "THE BUMPERS BENEVOLENT
ASSOC CITATION OF LOUISIANA" and its domi-
cile is hereby established at, and shall be in the
city of New Orleans and parish OF Orleans, IN the
0'"'' ARTICLE II.
The object and purposes OF the said Corpora,
ton shall be to cultivate and practice charity AID
benevolence amongst its members to promote
the welfare Of it's members; to assist, help and
succor the poor and needy; to relieve the dis
tresses of the unfortunate among their members
and their families; to care Tor the SICK ana TO
bury the dead to cooperate among themselves
as laboring men engaged in common calling
for the purpose OF fnrthering their mutual and
individual welfare; and, generally, to do good to
each other, to the families OF the members, to
those who may hereafter become associated with
them, and to all whose distresses and necessities
appeal to their sympathies or claim their aid.
ARTICLE III. ia
The officers Of the said Association shall be
President Vice President Recording Secre-
tary, Financial Secretary, treasurer. and
in ali cases, be elected by ballot. Elections for
such officers Except for the purposes OF organi-
cation az hereinafter provided for) shall take
place at the Annual Meetings of the said Asso-
citation on the First Mondays Of December Of
each year, or at the first Regular Monthly Meet
ing thereafter in case of . failure to elect on
that day officers elected shall hold Office until
their successors are duly elected and qualified.
For the purpose OF the organization OF TINS
TO be held on the First Monday of December,
1875. and until their successors shall have been
duly installed into Office, the following persons
are declared to be the officers Of the said Asso-
GEORGE W. COTTON, the Vice President
THOMAS w. BROWN, the Recording Secretary;
GEORGE s. KUNTZ, the Financial Secretary;
WILLIAM Il. PERRY, the Treasurer; and
PETER ROEHM, the Chairman of the Finance
Committee.
The duties of the eaid officers shall be such as
shall be particularly prescribed by such bylaws
as may be adopted by the said Association. The
President of the said Association, however, is
hereby designated as the Executive Officer
thereof, and shall be the proper person upon
VIII m citations and all legal notices shall be
serv.d d. In case Of absence or incapacity to act,
the Vice President shall take the place of the
President and perform his functions.
ARTICLE Nv.
The said Corporation shall have power and au-
thori,y to make, have and use q COMMON SEAL,
with such device and inscription as it shall deem
proper, and the came to alter. break and amend
ut pleasure. Until otherwise provided for, the
Seal of the said Association shall be an Impress
Seal, circular in form, which shall have for its
device "a Barge on the Water, moored to mool-
ing posts on the shore; willows in the back
ground; on the barge stand two workmen, the
one with his left hand resting on the handle OF
In friendly salutation." Encircling the device
shall be inscribed the words, The Jumpers
Benevolent Association of Louisiana" . hcor-
porated May ID, 1875
The said Association shall have power and au-
thority. in its corporate name and title, to sue
and to be sued, and to make such rules, regula-
tions, bylaws and ordinances as may be deemed
proper and necessary; to alter, change and
amend the same and, generally, to do all things
needful for their good government and support,
not repugnant to the Constitution and laws OF
the United States, to the Constitution and laws
of the State OF Louisiana, or to the provisions OF
this act of incorporation.
The said Associa ion shall have powef and au-
thority to contract, covenant and agree, to take
receive and hold all manner Of lands, tenements,
rents and hereditaments, and any sum or sums
OF money, ana any manncI anu portIOuS VI BOOus. |
chattels, rights and credits given and bequeathed
to them or acquired by them in any manner, |
whether by purchase or by donation, either inter
uiuos or morris causd. It shall farther have the
rights to hold, receive, purchase, convey, trans
fer, ALLEVIATE, mortgage, lease and release all |
kinds of property, goods, effects, rights and
credits, and to employ and dispose Of the sams |
according to the will of the donors, if the same
has been bequeathed, and in other instances |
according to and as shall be prescribed by the |
bylaws Of this Association to be hereafter |
adopted. In all instances, however, property of
this Association shall be common property, and |
ali disposition thereof shall be for the mutual |
benefit of the members of the said Association !;
provided, however, that the said Corporation
shall at no one time hold or own property of |
value exceeding the sum Of THREE HUNDRED |
THOUSAND DOLLARS $780, O0), as regulated
BY the laws of this State.
ARTICLE VII
The said Corporation shall have and hold cor
oorate existence, and enjoy succession by its
corporate name, for and during the term and