The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-04-07
ARTICLE VII


sors shall have been duly elected.
ARTICLE VIII.
No person shall be eligible to the position of
Church Warden unless he be member of tho
Roman Catholic Church, thirty years OF age and
q resident of the parish for three years next
preceding the election.
ARTICLE TX.
The Church Wardens shall elect a president
from among themselves; they may appoint a
clerk to keep a record of their proceedings, and
q treasurer to collect all sums of money which
may be due to said congregation and this ccrpo-
and regulations as tho Church Wardens may
adopt. The said treasurer shall keep an &C
count of his receipts and expenditures and
shall render his final account within thirty days
after the expiration of his term of office; he
shall furnish bond, with solvent security, to
the satisfaction of the board in such amount
as they may fix, and no member of said board
shall become surety on the treasurer's bond
The said officers shall be elected at the first
meeting Of the Board of Church Wardens and
they may be removed for cause.
ARTICLE I.
The Board of Church Wardens shall nominate
from among themselves standing committee
of three members who shall elect for them
selves chairman and secretary. The said
committee shall conduct all the details OF adj
ministration, but they shall not have the power
IN any case to make any appropriation of funds
incur any expense make any purchase or
repairs which shall require more than one
hundred dollars; but said commit tee shall have
the right to call an extra meeting of the board
for the purpose of laying before 1t such propo-
sitiors or reports as they may deem for the
best interest of the corporation.
ARTICLE xI.
The Board of Church Wardens shall hold two
regular meetings in each year, one the first
Sunday after Easter and the other on the first
Sunday in September.
ARTICLE XII.
Four members Of the board. at least two OF
whom shall be members of the standing COM
nlittee, shall form a quorum, but it shall be
requisite that sill tho members of tho board
shall have been properly notified whenever an
extra meeting may be held.
ARTICLE XIII.
The meetings of the board of Church Wart!ens,
as we'll as those of the standing committee,
shall be held at any convenient place which may
be selected by the board and the committee for
that purpose.
ARTICLE XIV.
All notices of elections for Church Nardens
shall be posted at the front door of the Church
and published in the parish newspaper at least
ten days before the date hxed for the election,
and the Church Warelens shall have the right TO
select the polling place. In case the election
could not be held on the day fixed III this act,
then the election shall take place on the follow
ing Sabbath.
ARTICLE XIV.
The revenues and property of said Congrega-
ton and tins Corporation shall be used ana
applied exclusively for the advantage and ben
eft Of the Roman Catholic Church of Ascension.
ARTICLE XVI.
None but those vino profess the Roman Cath
Ole religion can become members of this Cor
poratlon.
ARTICLE XVII.
The revenues or funds of this Corporation
shall never be used for any other purposes than
those of tho Catholic religion, of charity and of
education.
ARTICLE XVIII.
The following persons shall, together with the
Citrate of the parish, constitute the Board of
Church Wardens. viz: DIR. Edward Dnffel Ca
mile Nollere. Felix Braud, o. s. Melancon.
Homer Gre and Jean Fevrier. They shall con-
tinue to act as such. with all the powers vested
April 1888, the time fixed for the first election
OF Church Wardens under this charter. This
corporation shall continue to exist during
twenty-five years.
Thus done and passed at my Office in the town
of Donaldsonyille, parish of Ascension ON the
day, month and year first herelnbefore written,
in the presence of Messrs. John H. IIsey, Jr,
and Allen 2. hLavor, lawful witnesses who, to-
gether with the parties and me, Notary, haze
signed these presents after due reading thereof