The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-19
CHARTER,
CHI RTER
OF THE
TRUE FRIENDS MUTUAL
Benevolent Association
PARISH OF ASCENSION.

PARISH OF ASCENSION.
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. }
| State of Louisiana, !
| Rarlsh OF Ascension.
| RE IT KNOWN that on this the eleventh dav
| ~ OF the month of April, in the year eighteen
hundred and eIghty-tinree, before me- paul
Lecne, a Notary Public duly commissioned and
Gustllnen III ana Tor the parish of Ascension
| 9iale AFORESAID, and II the presence of the nm
! derslsned witnesses, personally came and an
peared the undersi gned citizens of the parish Of
ASCENSION all above the age of twenty-one years,
| who declared that, availing themselves of the
laws OF the State Of Louisiana IN regard to tho
| formation of corporations for religious, scien-
fihc, literary and charitable purposes, they have
iornled and 40 by these presents form and re-
| solve themselves and all those who have Joined
| or may JOIN them, into body polite and cor
porate In law, for the space of fifteen years from
tis 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 fu
neFats, and also to contribute to the expenses of
the funerals Of defunct members wives and
children,
The name and style Of this CORPORATION sha11
be The True. Friends Mutual Benevolent
ASSOCIATION" 1t sha! use common seal and
sllalt have the right to amend or alter the same
at pleasure.
ARTICLE III.
Its domlcll shall be III the parish of Ascension.
State of Louisiana, and all legal process shall
be served upon its President, or in his absence
upon the Vice Prerident.
ARTICLE ".
Inc ofncerS OF this corporation shall consist
of a President, Vice President a Secretary, and
ASSISTANT Secretary a Treasurer, and an Orator
and their election shall take place on the LIST
day Of February of each year, by ballot, and
those receiving majority of the votes cast
shall be elected.
The first officers chosen 17nIa- +I,:o cb,,4or
are: \. J. Landry, President; D, NJ. Vidal. Vice
President; A, Martin, Secretary; Prosper Vidal,
Assistant Secretary; Emanuel Bercier, Treas
urer, and Louis Lefort, Orator. They shall
continue IN office until the regular election.
Any vacancy shall be filed by election by ballot.
This corporation shall have the right to own
and possess real estate and any other property
necessary for its maintenance. 1t shall also
nave the right to enact and adopt such bylaws
as may be necessary for the proper adrninistra-
ton OF Its affairs and the conduct Of its members
linus done. passed and signed at my office, on
the tiay, month and year first before written IN
the presence of Messrs. Edward N. Pngh and
James slccray, good and competent witnesses,
who with SAID appearers and me. Notary have
signed these presents after due reading thereof.
Norbert Brand and Andrew Chapman having
declared that they could not sign their names.
iilxed their usual mark hereto. Fourteen
words over-wrltten approved before signing,
Emanuel Bercier, Ernest J. Landry.
NeFta eFau hrna AnI dnn Chapman,
AVA 49, i'ittuh. ii. tbHHdJ-
l.. L. Fernandez.
tSigned:l PAUL LECHE,
~ l.. 81 Notary Public. |
JAMES MCCRAY ! "ltnesseS'
state of Louisiana
Parish of Ascension.
l. Ferdinand b. Earhart~ District Attorney of
the Iwenty-Second Judicial District of Louis
l ll g, confessed of the parishes of Ascension
and st: James do hereby certify that [ have ex
a1nlned the foregoing act of incorporation as to
It's Legality. and an OF the opinion that the pur-
poses and objects of said corporation as speci-
1ed IN SAID act are legal and that none Of the
oEpVlslo7s therein contained are contrary to law
In faith whereof grant these presents under
ny ottlclal Signature at the town OF Donaldson-
lille, parish and State aforesaid. this sixteenth
lay OF April a. D.. eighteen hundred and eighty
hree. tSigned.I
z. B. EARHART,
District Attorney, I'D Jud. Dist La.
L hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and
orrect copy of the original act of incorporation
n HE and OF record in my office.
Ia witness whereof, l hereunto affix my hand
nd Official seal, this 18th Of April A. D.. 1888.
R. McCULLOH
L. 81 Deputy Clerk and Recorder.