The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-24
CHARTER.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

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PARISH OF ORLEANS, CRY OF INV ORLEANs.f
TENTH day OF the month of MAY, in the year
of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Seventy five, and Of the Independence Of the
United States Of America. the Ninety-ninfh
PETER, . Notary Public. duly commissioned and
qualified, in and for the city Of New Orleans. and
parish Of Orleans, in the State of Louisiana,
domiclated 10 the said city Of New Orleans, and
in the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
'' Personally appesred, EDWARD MCGOWAN,
GEORGE W. COTTON, THOMAS ": BROWN,
GEORGE s. iKUNTZ, WILLIAM H. PERRY,
PETER RoEHM, PATRICK 0 dSDW T M1s
GR si1i sa., CHARLES HAHN, JOHN
SOHAFFkR and others, whose names are hereto
subscribed, all residents Of the said city of New
Orleans, who declared
That, availing themselves OF the rights and
privileges conferred uuon them by the laws OF
the State Of Louisiana, relative to the .'ORGAN-
IZATION OF CORPORATIONS FOR LITER
AIRY, SCIENTIFIC. RELIGIOUS AND CHARI-
TABLE PURPOSES" as provided for under
sections numbered respectively rom slx hundred
inclusive, Of the Revised Statutes of the State Of
Louisiana, approved March IA. 1870, being laws OF
the said State for such purposes made and pro-
vided They do, by these presents, form
FOR CHARITABLE AND BENEVOLENT PUB
POSES, and for such other objects as shall here
matter be enumerated and set forth; and to
that end they do hereby covenant and agree to
form and organize, and do, by these presents,
form and organize themselves, ana an sucn otn t.
persons as may hereafter become associated with
them, into q sBODY CORPORATE" and there
under bind themselves and their associates and
successors to be governed by the following stipu..
lations, regulations and oblSatlhos as ARTICLES OF
the Charter of the said Corporation:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title Of the said CORPORATION
shall be "THE BUMPERS BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA" and it's domi-
Gle is hereby established at, and shall be IN the
''''''~ ARTICLE II.
The object and purposes OF the said corpora,
ton shall be to cultivate and practice charity and
beneyOlepce amongst its members Ito 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 for the SICK ana 10
bury the dead; to cooperate among themselves
as laboring men engaged in a 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.
The officers Of the said Ass ISOLATION shall be
President q Vice President, Recording Secre.
tary, q Financial Secretary, Treasurer, and
Chairman of the Finance Committee, who shall,
in ali cases, be elected by ballot. Elections for
such officers Except for the purposes Of organi-
cation as hereinafter provided tori shall take
place ut 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 qua6ffd.
For the purpose OF the organization oPthls
Corporation, and until the first annual election
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-
citation: EDWARD MCGOWAN, the President;
GEORGE W. COTTON, the Vice President;
THOMAS " BKOWN' the Escordlng Secretary:
WILLIAM q. PERRY, the Treasurer; and
PETER ROEHM, the Chairman OF the Finance
Committee.
The duties of the said 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
served. In case Of absence or incapacity TO act,
the Vice President shall take the place OF the
President and perform his functions.
ARTICLE ~.
The said Corporation shall have power and au
thOrity to make, have and use COMMON SEAL,
with such device and inscription as it shall deem
proper, and the same to alter, break and amend
at pleasure. Until otherwise provided for, the
Seal of the said Association shall be an Impress
Seal, circular in form, which shall have tor its
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
pump, both workmen having their hands joined
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shall be inscribed the words, F" The bumpers
Benevolent Association OF Louisiana" "1ncor-
porated May Is, 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.
lions, 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,
the United States, to the Constitution ard laws
of the State OF Louisiana, OF to the provisions OF
this act of incorporation.
ARTICLE VI.
The said Associa ion shall have power and au-
thority to contract, covenant and agree, to take
receive and hold all manner OF lands, tehements,
rents and Embellishments, and any sum or sums
of money, and any manner and portions OF goods,
chattels, rights and credits given and bequeathed
to them or acquired by them in any manner,
whether by purchase or by donation, either inter
vivos or morris causa. It shall further have the
rights to hold, receive, purchase, convey, trans
fer, ALLEVIATE, mortgage, lease and release al
kinds of property, goods. effects, rights and
credits, and to employ and dispose Of + the sams
has been bequeathed, and in other instances
according to and as shall be prescribed by the
bylaws of this Association to he hereafter
adopted. In all instances, however, property Of
this Association shall be common property, and
all 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 (s300, 000), as regulated
by the laws Of this State.
ARTICLE VII.
The said Corporation shall have and hold cor
porate existence, and enjoy succession by its
corporate name, FOR and during the term and
period Of TWENTY FIVE YEARS, unless, by
common consent, sooner dissolved by three
fourths vote Of ali the members Of the said Asso-
citation, at a special meeting held for that par
ticular purpose, of which said meeting due writ
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