The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-03-28
CHARTER
STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
PARISH OF ST. MARY. !

PARISH OF ST. MARY.
Before me, Wilbur Ii. Kraf; t Notary
Public, duly cOmmissionedISh ND atata
within and for the aforesaid msuo ..u SUI
and in the presence Of the nersonaliv
eane n ann ann anu dhG TdyI. scyburn T.
w. Schmidt, Chris Holm nniIIio f. =,
man, Louis b. Hymel, P nar 1ali. mo- st.te
Peterson Pete AL residents Of Ned ledge unto me,
Notsry' that availins thislves Of the pro.
visions OF the law Of Il; STATE t relative .,i's TO
the formation OF corpoaItabie purposes:
and for tie Literary nera ocqairing and enjoy
ing the rights. nriy les, and powers OF a
body polite in lawney nnse , anu su uc ny
these presents, for cinteG with them form
and constitnte th.selves into body cor
norate and noiitic law under the name and
style and for thlurposes hereinafter set
| forth, viz: n,.,,ry
Th. mama of q corporation and associa.
tion oh a II i,a"I, Oak Camp No. 80 WoOdmen
of sn the World. iterson, La. ,uncorporatcd)."
1RTICLE II.
Tho ohi.ct.n nd purposes of this Associa-
tion shall h. To buy and own land and to
erect there hall in which the members
and otficer1 the association can hold reg.
Mar ,noetgs, and to rent the same at its
nieasurn other fraternal organizations; to
INV an; bic lot of ground for burial pur
nnyas rein the members of the OrganZa-
lion Gaze buried, and to hold and dispose
ofthe me at its pleasure; to hold, receive
and II; sose OF the funds of the association to
r. hns advantage, and for the further pur-
nose Taking care of its sick members and
| r. n. orm such other charitable or frater-
! nal DEALS that may be made upon it. Tn
| Jar,e above name and for the purposes
, ON. Grated, the association shall have the
~ seal and the same to change or alter at
| nisure: and it shall be capable in law of
ing and being sued to hold, receive ,lcase,
.rchase and pledge under said name prop
ty both real and personal and to accept
donations of same; to name and appoint its
managers and officers as its interest may re-
quire: and to make such regulations for the
of its affairs as may be needful,
and the same to change and alter at pleas
ure; and to do all such further things as may
be needful to carry out the purposes of the
ARTICLE III.
The domicile Of the Association is hereby
fixed at its meeting hall in the town of Pat
terson, st. Mary parish, La.
ARTICLE w.
Membership in this Association shall be
open only to duly elected and initiated mem.
bers of the Red Oak Camp No. 30 WOOdmen
Of the World. located in Patterson, La, or
camps that become regularly affiliated with
said local camp: and the fact of such cleo
tion and Initiation or utilization shall of itself,
W IIu any luItuCE pEUCcSS, Inukc ana eLtlCle
such person to be q member of this Associa-
ton.
On the third Tuesday of December annually
or such other day of said month, as the local
camp may designate as the date of its annual
election of officers, the members of said
camp at said meeting shall elect a board Of
managers, three in number, who shall by
such election become and are hereby "onsti.
tuted As Managers of this Association and all
the corporate powers of this Association is
hereby vested in such board of Managers and
their successors in office; and each board of
managers shall hold Office until their sue
,es-ors shall have been elected and have
qualified; and the failure of said camp to
elect said managers shall not operate to
cause the dissolution of this Association; but
The existing board of managers shall hold
over until said camp shall have held a meet
ng and shall have legally elected such man
ayers.
amp, Messrs. S. r. Peterson, Wilbur Il.
Kramer and Z. A. Baillio, are hereby consti-
uted as managers Of the Association for the
7ear 1903 or until their successors have been
elected and have qualified.
Each board Of managers shall at once or
,anize by the election of a chairman and all
citations or suits shall be serve upon him
md all such actions shall by him be tax en- as
Ire incumbent upon the President of corpor-
Itions under the laws of this State. In his
lbsence, either of the two remaining mana>
,ers can act for the purpose of serving of
stations upon the Association.
Vacancies occurring on the board of
managers for any reason shall he filed
" the local camp under its laws for the
lection of its managers.
ARTICLE V.
The board of managers shall have the
'ower and 1t shall be their duty TO drop
rom the rolls Of membership of this Ass
ociatiOn any and all members at the
moment that they cease to be members
# the local camp of the Woodmen Of
he World, located in Patterson, La.
nd such action shall be equivalent to
EXPULSION, and shall cause forfeiture of
II rights of membership in and to the
association and its rights, privileges and
ARTICLE vi.
This Association shalt exist from the
igning of these presents and shall con-
niue for a period of ninety nine (99)
ears from this date, unless sooner dis. |
olved.
The board of managers shall from time |
0 time adopt such rules and regulations
Or the management of its affairs amp
roperty as may become necessary.
The members of the Association can
LWOsLuiTOb SOto ditcT, 0meuu 9uO
hange the provisions of this charter
ubject to the approval of the local camp |
t q regular meeting, and by the same |
ote and approval this association can
e dissolved
In the event of dissolution the board /
managers shall act as liquidators and |
ind up its affairs, and any surplus re.
raining after all its debts have been
aid shall be turned over to the said |
zeal camp of the Woodmen of the World |
Patterson, La, for its use and benefit,
nd without cost to the same.
Thus done and passed at Patterson,
a.. this 18th day of March, 1903, in the
resence of j. Eugene Munson, Jr., and
avid Hausmann two competent wit |
esses. who have signed these presents
ith said sppearers and me. Notary, |
tier due reading of the whole.
lSigned EDw. I. SEYBURN,
THO. w. stiNIDT,
CHR1s HOLM,
n. r, N0RNAN.