The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-14
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CHI AIR TIER
Of Incorporation Of ihe Dixi'
Matrimonial Aid Association.

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Matrimonial Aid Association.
SECTION l. This Association shall be known
! as 'The Dixie Matrimonial Aid Association"
and shall be located at Jackson, Mississippi.
| SEC 2. The objects of this Association shall
/ be TO unite in marriage all suitable unmarr led
white persons, male and female, and to estab-
/ lish benefit and an expense and profit fund /;
/ from the former of which, on the satisfactory
proof of the marriage, death. or expiration of
/ the endowment period of any member of this
/ Association who shall have complied with all
! of the bylaws, rules and regulations of the
/ Association, there shall be paid t. such mem
/ ber or to any one that he she may desig-
| nate, a cerfain sum of money, not TO exceed
| the limit of the certificate of membership;
/ and said sum so to be paid, so lar this char
! ter can make it, shall be exempt from execu-
/ ton or attachment, or other seizure under le-
/ gal process, for any debt or debts of tue GER
| tifcate holder or his or her beneficiary. The
| expense and profit fund shall be used TO de-
| fray the expenses of The Association, and as
| compensation to the incOrporators, their sue
/ eessors or assigns, and be invested or divided
| at such times and in such manner as the
/ Board of Directors may order. And the GER
/ ti6cate hol6ers or members of this .Assocla-
| tfon shall have no interest whatever in said
expense and profit fund.
| SEC. 3. John MoGill, W. O. Lowd, Emmett
/ L. Ross, W. w. Hoskins and Isydore Strauss
| their associates, successors and assigns, be
and they are hereby created body polite and
| corporate, under the name and style of The
! Dixie Matrimonial Aid Association"
! ef Jackson. Miss. and by that name may sue
and be sued plead and be implicated, in any
court of law or equity in this State. And
said Association may have corporate seal
and alter and change the same at pleasure
and may make ali necessary bylaws, rules
and regulations for the government of said
Association, and may alter or amend the same
at pleasure, provided that the same be not in
consistent with the Constitution and laws of
this State or of the United States.
SIC. 4. The private property, real, personal
or mixed, of the said incorporators, their asso-
ciates. successors and assigns, shall not be
liable for any debt, liability or obligation Of
this Association.
SEC s. The said benefit fund, an. said expense
and pr0ft fund, shall be ereatedwith moneys
collected from the holders of certificates of
membership in the Association, or from the
bene6ciaries in said certificates and said coll
leeiions shall be denominated membership
fees, annual dues and assessments The bene-
fit fund shall be created with moneys arising
from assessments. and shall be usedNSfor the
payment or security Of benefits which may
accrue on certificates of membership;
the membership fees and annual dues
shall constitute the expense and profit fund,
and shall be used, as far as necessary, for the
payment Of the current expenses Of the Assoc
citation, and the residue thereof shall be invest
ed or divided as the Board of Directors may
order.
SIC. 6. Said Association may. ct their dis
erection, purchase or buy and hold real aud
personal property, not to exceed FIVE thousand
dollars in value, aud shall have power to sell
or convey. or otherwise dispose Of the same at
pleasure.
SIC. I. Said Association shall have power
to elect and select such officers and agents as
may be necessary for carrying out the pun
poses and accomplishing the objects Of this
Association, whose terms OF Office and COM
pensation may be fixed hy the Association.
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