Claiborne guardian., 1881-08-10
CHATTER.

DE IT KNOWN, Tat on thu tbs -
I'D day Of August, A. ID. 1881. before ~,
Jvhu r R.n.-y, . Notary Public IN and
foe the parish II Clsil,orue, duly eommn-
s,oued and qualified secording to Law, pr
scnally ea ne and APPEARED H~rnsn Zodisg,
". J. Barrow, q. G. N-lson, A. A. Z.siiaK.
W. W. Drmon aud ". n. Rankin, all
r-si.ients Of the parish and State afore-
said, uho srver,lly DECLARED, that availing
themselves Of the provisions of the lsSs
Of Loui-iana relative to Corporstions for
Literary, Sciestifc, Charitable, aud osb~f
purpos-., they have this day and do by
thee presrnts. form and constitute them
s~lves aid th~ir succrssors into . Body
Corporate for the objects and purposes
hereinafter stipulated:
ARTICLE
The name and title Of this Corporation
shall be the American Matrimonial Asso-
citation. and II shall have and eDloy sueces-
sion for twenty i've yesrs, aud It's domicile
shall IL IN the city Of Shreveport, parrish
of C.ddo. La. and shall have . corporsts
zeal, aud shall ~ork in secret session.
ARTICLE ii.
The objects and purposes Of this Corpor-
alton shail he Charity and Ben~volence,
and tue pruuotion of happy marriages;
State. and to form their menb~rs into
classes II ss many m-mb-rs to th. class
zs the Board Of financiers may s~e mt; 10
hzv. povrr to tax its memlrrs to any
amount set forth in It's Constitution for
the purpose "f forming beneficiary fund;
To acquire. hold. own and use any rial es-
state or other p"p-rty for the use AID
beue6: of the Corporation.
!. ARTICLE III
The powers of the Corporation shall be
exercised Ly = Bo.rd Of Fiusnc:rr " ho
shall BE- elected by . representative
Of zach clxsA. The Board shall eject .
President and Vice President, and such
other "fhcrrs II may deem Necessary,
~ ho -h.ll bold office until their sncc-s-ors
are elected aud qualified, aud An Election
for Bpard of fInsncirrs shall not be
h"idrn oftener than once in evrry two
y-ars; aud IN the event Of . vacancy from
any carse the remaining uienil-Is shall
have power TO nil the sane hy appr'iut.
rnent. The hrsf Board II f,nancirrs i.
ZsliAg. Prr-id-u,; W. J. Barrow. Vice
Pr--iuen,: G.. g. N-l.,u. A. A. Zodi.g, W.
". Dvrmon and ". NJ. Rzukih.
ARTICLE ".
The Supreme financi-r. or executive
Officer. shall he p-rp-tusl, and hv or bis
representative .hall I've at the doniicil Of
the Corporation and he is the oficrr ou
y HON all Demands may b- m id-: he shall
have charge of all tue s.>efs "f this Cor
porstion aud -hall render correct accounts
of every item Of receipts aud disbur-e-
rnent aud forward or cAn>s to he fnr~sri-
rd = copy Of the same TO all classes s~mi-
snrnsliy. and the btoks -hall at sll iirD~s
be or-n for inspection In ahy aud all Of
the B'ari: aud for the faithful perform
ane- Of his duties be shall give such .-cu-
riry ~ nav b- required by the law, Of the
Order and Board II Financi-rs.
ARTICLE V.
The principles aud b-n-fts Of this Cor
roraiihu shall I've muiual: any member II
the Association nlarr ing twelve months ur
later after certificate Of membership shall
have o~-n is>u-d. be or she shall. nyuu
due prof thereof receive One Thousand
D"llar. aud such m-ml-r-hip will ceasc
al onc-. frum al benefits except snch rs
may ne extended hy the local class II
which the membership ~a- nbfsin-d. No
ui-nh-r shall forfeit membership on ac-
count nf . lo.al class b-coaing d-fuucf
and all member, paving regular dues shall
receive full benefits
ARTICLE VI
NJ debts of any Kind shall lie contracted
hy The "ficrr- or member. If thi, Corpor-
alton IN the name OF the Association.
ARTICLE VII.
This Act Of Incorporation may be chang.
81 or ended n any time hy 1 majority
vote Of the B,ard OF Fiusnci-r
Thus d"u- and sigr.d IN my Office. in
th- town ~ Homer. La. on the day and
date nr.t above written. IN presence Of
thu atts-ting witue-s--:
(sisned:) HERMAN ZODIAC,
W. J. RARkOW,
q. g. NELSON,
A. A. ZODIAC
W. W. DORNON,
W. N. RANKIN.
Attest: (Sisned:)
DrEw FERGUSON,
W. J. MrRcrK
J. r. RAMSEY, Notary Public.