St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-09-18
act OF INCORPORATION
Opelousas Dist. Camp Meeting Association.
THE

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of St Landry.5
Be it known that on the 5th day of July,
in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and
SYSTEMATICALLY, we Henry Snyder, of Iberia
parish; William H. Cunningham and Nathan
Foreman, Of Lafayette parish; william p: wal
ker OF st. Martins parish; William d. White of
Vermilon parish; and Joiln V. Pointer, Uriah
r. Blackshear, solomon D. Harmon, Raphael
r. Lyons, Jesse B. Clark, John W: Daniels,
Robert s. wilkins and David W. Foster, of the
parish Of st. Landry, have this day associated
ourselves, and by these presents do associate
ourselves together into a body corporate, with
the name and style of the "Opelousas District
Camp Meeting Association" for the purpose OF
acquiring, by lease or purchase, land in any of
the aforesaid parishes suitable for a camp
meeting, and to use the same for the said
purpose under the laws and usages OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church South.
The said corporation shall have power to
acquire land as aforesaid, by cash or credit
purchase, to contract debts in furtheri,nce Of
its purposes to build houses and tenements, and
make any requisite improvements upon lands
acquired for purposes aforesaid, to sue and be
sued and do any and all acts needful in the
premises
of debt for said purchase, or sale of lands so
bought, the building of houses or improvements,
| together with the administration and control
of the property after it is acquired shall be in
Board of Trustees, consisting Of thirteen, and
| the present incorporates shall be and consti-
tute said Board of Trustees.
There shall be President of the Association,
and until otherwise provided, he shall be John
| v. Pointer
There shall be a Secretary and Treasurer in
| the same person, and until otherwise provided
| lie shall be Robert S. Wilkins.
| The Board OF Trustees shall be assembled
| upon the call of the President
| Five Trustees shall constitute quorum to
| transact ordinary business, and any Trustee
may in the absense OF q member of the Board
| hold his proxy.
as they may deem proper for the regulation OF
the order OF business, periods and places
| of meeting &C., terms Of office, &c.
Vacancies in the Board caused by death
resignation or otherwise shall be filled by the
surviving members of the Board
This corporation shall continue as long as the
laws of the State permit, unless sooner dis
solved by consent of the parties hereto or theil
successors.
S. B. Hartman, X. 5. wilkins,
J. v. Pointer, u. W. Foster,
U. T. Blackshear, W. E. Walker,
J. B. Clark, r. r. Lyons,
w. II. Cunningham, Nathan Forman,
III. s. Snider, W. ID. White,
j. w. Daniels.
i Having carefully read and examined thu
foregoing act of incorporation, find that TIL
purposes and objects Of the corporation as spe
CITED in said act are legal, and that none Of tn.
provisions contained therein are contrary tx
law, and therefore approve Y o Of the sans;
District Attorney 18th Judicial District OF La
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of ST. Landry.
hereby certify that the within and foregoin!
act was this day duly inscribed in miscellaneou
Recorders book No. of the recorders office.
Given under my hand and seal of office thi
Goth day Of July, A. D: 1890, -. ca-,-
August 2s-5t