The Opelousas courier., 1899-02-11
IL
PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE.
oil TILE
STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
PARISH OF ST. LANnEN.l

BE it known that ON this; the 18th day OF tn,
month of October, in the year of our Lord one
Thousand Eight Hundred and NintE Eight
John W. Lewis. il Notary pul'iic III and fer The
State and parish aforementioned, personally
came ana appeared the persons whose name.
are hereto signed. all residents IF the State o.
Louisiana and the parish of st. Landry, wht
declared that, awaiting themselves of the law.
of the State of Louisiana. they 10 by these pre-
SCENTS form tlleinsclys into Il . rol1l0Fnf", fol
the purpose Of pronntinGth he material progress
and welfare of the town of Opclonsas and the
parish ofSt. Landry, by establishing or jndnc
ing others to establish manufactures therein
and especially to promoted the erection of 4 Gen,
trail Sugar Mill and Refinery at Dpclou,aS. and
for said purposes they have cioptrd the fol
lowing Constitution or Articles of agreement
Article This organization shall be styled
terest In the materiai welfai1o our town and
parish and who will carn76ly strive to pro.
mote the same, and pay a m 1"bersl''p Tee t" he
Article IL.-Thc affairs the organization
shall be administered hya y csidrnt. Vir"-rr"s
l,icnt, Secretary, TrtastirerN Ind Board of Dlr"c-
tiers the latter to consist of eleven m"tu5c!-,
and the Nicr-rrcsidcnt toSrrSidr in the :,p
scncc Of the President. TllSoiilccrs and Board
of Directors are 10 be annually elected on the
the League, at an election; of The time ANA
place of holding tho same due isPtire shall he
given.
Article III.-The officers and Board of D!rcc-
tors to serve from the present date to the first
Tuesday of December 1899 shall be The follow
ing:
Lconcc SanIoz, President.
Jos. L. Satan, Nicc-PreSlIcnt
JEo. w. Lewis, Secretary.
Fritz DicticIll. Treasurer.
L. ID. ESticttc, hcnli n0rniituN,a. L. +. HlICK
slicr, j. \. Haas, Nathan I.ouS, i. j. Dlr:Irin.
+. 4. Lewis, J. .. CllacIlerc. l.. j.. Garland,
Jos. IasSallc Board of Directors.
Article IE.-ThiS corporation shall have BOW
cr to acquire property both real and PERSONAL.
by purchase OF by donation, with authority to
sell, donate or hypothccatc the same; to Dor
row money, 1t being understood that the ever
else and the rights and authority SO granted
shall be i'll furtherance Of the objects for which
the organization is formed.
Article N.--Thc President of the corporation
shall have authority to act tor it in acquiring
title To property or dlslosin@ OF the same ly
sale or donation when authorized SO lodu by
the Board of Directors, over Whose drlIhcr;i,
tons he shall preside.
Article Vl.-The Treasurer shall execute Il
bond in such sum and conditions as the Board
OF Directors may prescribe.
Article VII.-Tllc Board of Directors shall rs
tahllsil an oiticefo be i'll charge of the Secretary,
and the Board shall meet at such time az the
members shall deem 1t necessary to do so the
President, or in his absence, the Nicc-prrsi-
dent having authority to call Il special meeting
in ease he deems it necessary.
Article NIH.-All persons becoming members
shall pay IA membership fee to he. fixed lay the
Board of Directors. ana shall thereafter pay
monthly ti.lrs also To he fixed Icy SAID Board.
Article iN.-Nntr of the officers 81 tits. ir@uiir
shall receive ANY compensation. except the
Se,rtttIN, who. tor his 4"rN irrs III conducting
the correspondence keeping tn, minlt.4 vi TIT,
sessions OF the Board at i;!r"ctnr~. and tu. ne
counts nl The ORGANIZATION and Tor tnkl,- care
OF the office aud contents shall ri4.il4 :, salary
par month. +" h. fixed 10y TIT" l:otrinf Dnrr
tors.
article N.-Ilte corporation Inll l.. 81, Il by
citation; u!"l the iir>idei,l, aud all 4lnIS iy it
Sii.t'i IA" !rnii.ht III the name of the President.
and IFS 't"ii'!"t!c shall he III" rtri$.t nt - Lon
dry.
Article Nth term of ,xI~trur,. tl This