St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ACT OF INCORPORATION
0pelousas Dist. Camp Meeting Association.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of ST. Landry.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of ST. Landry.
Be it known that on the 5th day of July
in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and
Seventy-Eighty, We Henry Snyder of Iberia
parish; William H. Cunningham and Nathan
Foreman, of Lafayette parish; William f. Wal
ker. OF st. Martins parish; William ID. White, of
VermiliOn parish; and John V. Pointer, Urah
T. Blackshear, solomon d. Harmon, Raphael
II. 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
m he pa ,rtd Of foa fo9rate WITH
the name and style of the "Opelolls;,s District
Camp Meeting Association" for the purpose of
acquiring, by lease or purchase. land i'll 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 fnrtherance 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 i'll the
premises.
The purchase or lease of land, the contracting
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 i'll
Board OF Trustees consisting OF thirteen, and
the present incorporates shall be and cOnsti-
tute said Board OF Trustees.
InGfc snail ne Il IrcSluent OF the Association,
and until otherwise provided, lie shall be John
V. Pointer.
There shall be Secretary and Treasurer in
the same person, and until otherwise provided
he shall he Robert $. 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 a member of the Board
| hold his proxy.
The Board Of Trustees may adopt such rules
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 OF their
s. B. Hartman, r. S. wilkins,
J. V. Pointer, d. W. Foster,
U. T. Blackshear, W. L. Walker,
J. 3; Clark, +. T. Lyons,
Y = + s Gad9ningham' M " b W E6iGFman
J. W. Daniels
| Having carefully read and examined the
foregoing act of incorporation, find that the
purposes and objects of the cOrporation as sne
Gifted in said act are legal, and that none of the
provisions contained therein are contrary tt
law, and therefore approve Of the same.
+. F. PERRODIN,
District Attorney 18th Judicial District Of La
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of st. Landry.
hereby certify that the within and foregoing
act was this day duly inscribed in miscelaneou.
Recorders book No. OF the recorders office
Given under my hand and seal of office THU
29th day OF July, A. d, 1880.
j. B. FONTENOT, by. Clerk
August 2s-st