The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-01-03

CHARTER OF INCORPORATION
Scranton BaymGH, Benevolent and Pro.
tCCtiVe Association.

ARTICLE l. Know all met by til ese pres
ents that NJ. c. Altman, Edward Mitchell,
Charles Brash, C. w. Davis, w. A. Cox,
W. M. Denny, P. X. Mayors, j. /. Ford,
Frank Casper, Jr., G. II. Alley, and all
ether persons with or who may hereafter
become associated with them and their
successors, be, and are hereby made a
body corporate under the name of "Soran-
ton Baymen, Benevolent and Protective
Association" with all the powers, privIl-
eyes aud %immnuities conferred by Chapter
30 of the Revised Code of 1880 and the
amendments thereto, aud by that name
may sue and be sued, plead and b. en-
pleaded in any court.
That the object and purposes Of this
Corporation are rs hereinafter mentioned.
The object of this Association is benev-
Olent and protective, to provide for the
welfare and to afford relief to It's men,
beers IN case of sickness, to aid and assist
its members in procuring employment,
under rules and regulations to be pre-
Scribed by the Association, not ~incOnsist-
emit with the laws OF the State OF Missis-
sippi, and shall stand vested with full
power to adopt snch bylaws and resOln-
tions, from time to time, as may be neees-
sary or expedient.
ARTICLE 2. That this Association shall
HtNb POhCI W CDbb'IlSn OlAnCu dbSOCtA-
tions in the counties of Harrison, Haul
cock and Jackson, and grant sub-charters
thereto, and to withdraw aud cancel said
snb-charters, should SAID branch assOcia-
tons become delinquent.
That all such branch associations shall
be subject to the charter and bylaws of
this Association.
To organize q branch association It
shall take not less than twenty persons,
who shall make application in writing to
the President of this Association ; said
application shall be accompanied by at in
iatiOn fee to be fixed by the bylaws of this
Association.
ARTICLE 3. The dOmicile OF this Asso-
citation shall be at Scranton, Jackson
county, Mississippi, and no person shall
be eligible to membership in this AssOcia-
ton, or of any branch thereof. who has
not been q resident for the period ct six
months, in one OF the counties, of Han
cock, Harrison or Jackson, before his ap-
plication therefor.
ARTICLE 4. The officers of this Associa-
tiOn shall be separate and distinct for
each branch, and the officers of this As
ISOLATION aud each braLch thereof shall
consist of u President, Vice-Presilent,
Recording Secretary, Financial Secretary,
Treasurer, Standard Bearer, Marshal aud
DOOrkeeper. The officers of each branch
association shall be elected by the mem
beTs thereof
The dnties and powers OF the officers Of
this Association and all branches thereof,
shall be snch as are incident to officers of
any organized body, aud such other du-
ties as shall be prescribed by the bylaws
to be adopted.
The Treasurer shall give snca bond as
the bylaws shall be fixed by the
bylaws, and shall receive the funds of
the Association and disburse the same as
the bylaws shall direct. The Treasurer
of this Asso ,iation shall be custodian of
this original charter, and the Treasur-
ers of the different branch associations
shall have u certified copy thereof.
ARTICLE 5. That all branch associations
be governed by the by laws Of this
Assoc iatiOn.
ARTICLE 4. All motions or resolutions to
amend or repeal any article of th is char
Ter shall be filed with tho Sec Tetary of
this Association thirty days before any
notion can DO taken thereon and shall
IL two third vote of all til emeIn-
bers of the Association in order to adopt
the same.
ARTICLE z. That each bran ch of this
Association shall retain all fees, dues and
iines collected from its own members, aud
each branch shall pay such expenses Of
its members as it is liable for under the
of this Association, and each
branch shall have the right to enforce
the bylaws of this Association as to its
Dwn members.
ARTICLE &. That this Association shall
have a corporate seal, and may purchase
aud hold real and personal property nee
essary and proper for its purposes and
sell and convey the same uuder its cor
seal and tho signature Of the Pros
dent.
rotice of the first meeting under this
shall be given by posting up no
ices in conspicuous places in the town of
Scranton, Miss.
There is nothing In the foregoing char
n YiOlative OF the Constitution or laws of
this State. 4. NJ. MILLER,
Attorney General.
January 3, 1890. A3t