The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-12
CHI
OF TIE
TRUE FRIENDS MUTUAL
Benevolent Association
CHARTER
OF THE
PARISH OF ASCENSION.

| IAh1SH CE ASCENSION.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. )
| State Of Louisiana,
| Parish OF Ascension.
REIT KNOWN that on this the eleventh day
- of the month of April, in the year eighteen
hundred and eighty-three, before me- Paul
Leche a Notary Public duly commissioned and
| qualified, in and for the parish of Ascension.
| State aforesaid, and in the presence of the un-
derslgned witnesses, personally came and ap-
peared the undersigned citizens of the parish of
| who declared that availing themselves of the
| laws OF the State of Louisiana i'll regard to the
formation of corporations for religious, scien-
tlhc, literary and charitable purposes, they have
formed ana do by these presents form and re-
solve themselves and all those who have joined
or may JOIN them, into a body polite and cor
porste IN law, for the space Of fifteen years from
tins date, under the following articles to-wit:
ARTICLEI.
The object of this corporation will be benevo-
lent and mutual, to assist its members in case
OF sickness, to provide for them becoming fr-
nerals, and also to contribute to the expenses of
the funerals OF defunct members wives and
children.
ARTICLE II.
The pane and style of this corporation shall
be The True Friends Mutual Benevolent
Association" 1t shall use common seal and
shall have the right to amend or alter the same
Its domicil shall be in the parish of Ascension,
State of Louisiana, and all legal process shall
be served upon its President, or in his absence.
upon the Vice Prerldent.
ARTICLE ".
The officers OF this corporation shall consist
of a President, Vice President, a Secretary, and
Assistant Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Orator.
They shall be chosen from among the memb Isgr
and Their election shall take place on the list
day OF February of each year, by ballot, and
those IS, recelvlng majority of the votes cast
The first officers chosen under this cbortar
are: A. J. Landry, President; D, NJ. Vidal. Vice
President; A. Martin Secretary; Prosper Vidal
urer, and Louis Lefort, Orator. They shall
continue in office until the regular election.
Any vacancy shall be filled by election by ballot
This corporation shall have the right to own
necessary for its maintenance. 1t shall also
have the right to enact and adopt such bylaws
as may be necessary for the proper admnistra-
ton of1ts affairs and the conduct of its members
Thus done, passed and signed at my office, on
the day, month and year first before written IN
the presence of Messrs. Edward N. Push and
James McCray, good and competent witnesses,
who with said appearecs and me, Notary, have
signed these presents after due reading thereof.
Norbert Braud and Andrew Chapman having
declared that they could not sign their names
affixed their usual mark hereto. Fourteen
words oVer-Wrltten approved before signing
J. A. Landry, Joseph Reynaud,
E Emanuel Bercler Ernest ]; Landry,
Norbert Braud, r. Conway,
L. l.. Fernandez.
(Slgned.) PAUL LECHE,
L.. s. Notary Public
5 ); N P MotnAr, }witnesses.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Ascension.
l, Ferdinand b. Earhart. District Attorney of
the Twenty-Second Judicial District of Louis
lana, composed of the parishes of Ascension
and st. James, do hereby certify that have ex- |
amined the foregoing act Of Interpretation as to
its legality, and am of the opinion that the pur-
poses and objects of said corporation as speci- |
fed in said act are legal and that none Of the |
provisions therein contained are contrary to law
In faith whereof l grant these presents under |
my official signature. at the town of Donaldson
vile, parish and State aforesaid, this sixteenth
day of April, A. D.. eighteen hundred and eighty
three. lSigned.
F. B. EARHART,
District Attorney, 22d Juc. Dist. La.
hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and |
correct copy OF the original act of Incorporation
on file and of record in my office.
In witness whereof. [ hereunto affix my hand |
and official seal, this 10Th of April. A. D., 1883.
r. MCCULLOH.
T.. s. Deputy Clerk and Recorder.