Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-11-07
.cI Of INCORPORATION
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@SrVEg STAR BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, nos"
spATE OF LOUISIANA,
DARIgH OF TBNSAS-

sPATE OF LOUlSANA,.
pzRIsH OF TBNSAS-
urreRE ME, LOUIS BUCK .isiIa5ed ana and
b tary Public duly c3 on r;s5 Of Tsnsas.
9uanneuI eI,isIana. and in presence OF the
oIate % AIereinafter named and suDscrioin8
hereto personally came an% s,sccrJheS here
nesS.;HI those names are saDscrlDeu ICY
InoiViu.Ii for Themselves and associates,
TO- a SIss-aS that, availfng themselves OF
the provisions of tbs laws of Srrs f0r
tive to the organlissSIe purposes, they here.
relsS s.E,, and ordain the following articles Oh
Incorporation .,rxctEI
This corporation shall be I knS Swni ~ No.
sEVEN STAR BENEVOLENT $500 Sst,.-s. Do
SENELS o. domicile shall be HewofitOa' FAR
Si,,h Of Tensas, State Of Lou1sisAa'
kHrrCLE ii.
,..o.. and nurposes of this organiza-
IL, Inc - aeclsred 10 be: the practice OF cnar-
ify and benevolence tOwards us "
nurse the sick and bury the desu'
ARTICLE III.
The affairs Of this corporation s V; He IN
A. the cnntrel of q President, VICE resi-
H., Sacretary and Treasurer, wnlcn omcers
are TO b elected annually, ana the ~
fhereof IL 10 furnish good ana suInciene -
cuIity for the faithful periornAN VI A'
duties. .cYrIv
r,,o p-asidont NJ this Association Is hereby
constituted its legal representative IN All ol
its business matters and all process - W "
saryed IN him as such represen tatlVe. ne
shalI have the right TO call speelsl meetings
n sneh time g times as he may deem ces@
sary. ,nr,cIrv
This corporation shall have the right and
nower IN s1e and be sued, to hold anu own
RRronartv real personal or mixed, 70 acquire
ne same by purchase, donation or UnerWlss,
tn contract for the construction anu repair
10
narform any and all such acts as may De legal
nnder the laws of this state, and In CONFORM
ity with this Act of incorporation
ARTICLE vi.
Tho following name members are declared
IN he the present Oftcers OF this corporation;
a. u1uel Johnson, President; Thomas Butler,
Vice President; Anthony Owens, Secretary,
and Harrison Conway, treasurer. Aney
shall hold their respective offices 1or one
year from the date Of t6.s Act OF ahe1 1 o
been duly and legally qualined, Whlcn cleo
tion Is to be by a majority of the members
of said society present and voting
ARTICLEvII.
As soon rs this Act of Incorporation shall
have become effective by its passage, ap-
nrovaI and publication, the said Board OF
Directors, through its President, shall have
the right, and il shall be his duty to contract
for and purchase a lot OF ground Tor the pur-
nose of erecting thereon bnildtng for It's use
and occupation, hereby authorizing and inn
nowerinx its said President to do and per-
form any and all such acts as may be neces-
sary in the premises.
Thus done, passed and signed at my once
in Newedlton, La, this 9th day OF October,
1902, In the presence Of Frank Lombardo and
Mastin Jacoby, competent witnesses, VINO
have signed this act with said appearers and
me, said Notary, after due reading.
lSigned. II
SAMUEL Y JOHNSON.
mark
his
THOMAS X BUTLER.
mark
ANTHONY OWENS.
NILOTN SMITH.
COMMON FRANK IOMBARDO.
Airhoi' MARTIN JACOBY.
Notary Public.