St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-02-20

| lauUauy, CLdIc VI AOAlSlhud, dSdIlluSS
ourselves of the provisions Of Section
| 677 OF the Revised Statutes of said
State. as amended bv Act As of the
Louisiana State Legislature, approved
March l, 1878, do hereby organize and
form ourselves into a corporation for
religious purposes. hereby adopting the
| following articles of Incorporation, to
| wit:
Article l.
The name, style and title of this cor
poration is hereby declared to be the LIST
CONVICTION NJ. E. CHURCH, SOUTH,
and the place chosen for its DOM cile is
| Town of Covington, in the Parish OF
St. Tamnany, State of Louisiana.
Article II.
The object and purposes of this Cor
poration are hereby declared to be to
acquire and hpld lands, houses and
other property, for the use and enjoy
| ment Of the members of the Methodist
E. Church, South, who now hold OF
may hereafter hold their membership at
Covlngton, La. 1t being expressly IN
tended to secure tbs said Church men,
bers house in which they may worship
| Almighty God, and the free use Of the
| pulpit to the ministers and preachers OF
| the said Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, to the end that said premises
shall be used, kept and maintained and
disposed of as place of divine worship
| for the use OF the ministry and member
ship of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South; subject to the discipline, usage
and ministerial appointments of said
church, as from time to time authorized
and declared by the General Conference
within whose bounds the said premises
are situated.
Also to secure parsonage for each
| minister aud preacher, to the end that
said premises shall be used, kept, main
tanned and disposed Of, as place of
residence for the use and occupancy of
the preachers of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, South, who may from time
to time be appointed IN aid place. sub
ject to the usage and discipline of said
church, as from time TO time authorized
and declared by the General Confer
ence of said church, and by the Annual
Conference, within whose bounds tie
premises are situated.
Article Ill.
The members OF this Corporation
shall, through their Quarterly Confer
ence, elect a Board Of Trustees, and
they shall elect from among their num-
Der, at their first meeting, 4 PresidenI
and Secretary, who shall also act a.
Treasurer, who shall hold their office
for one year, and until their successors
are chosen. The Board of Trustees
may remove these officers, elect their
successors at any time by majority
vote, and have power to ADOPT such by
laws for it's government as may be
deemed advisable. The property shall
be held, and suits brought and defended
in the name of the President and Trus-
tees of the CovingtoD NJ. E. Church,
South. Citations or other legal pro-
cess shall be served on the President, at
his residence and in his absence on the
Secretary. In tue execution of any
deed or act of the Board of Trustees,
the signature Of the President shall be
sufficient. Vacancies may occur in the
Board and shall be filled in the manner
aud by the aut' or;ie> provided for The
appointment Of trustees by the disci-
pline Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
SCUM, anu CnI5 COrpOraIton Shall DC
governed by the laws and usage tof the
said Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, insofar as they are not incon-
sistent with the laws of this State, and
the tenor and meaning of these articles
of incorporation.
This Corporation shall continue for
years.
Thus done, read and signed at Gov
ington, in the Parish of st. Tamnany.
State Of Louisiana. in the presence of
w. Il. Blossman, snd Il. J. Smith, law
full witnesses, who sign with us on this,
the Sd day vi November, 1903.
e. 5 x. Darlington,
W. L. Russell,
j.. A. Wadsworth,
ID. NJ. Wadsworth,
w. H. Krone,
Jno. b. Kent,
+. III. Fontaine.
Witnesses:
w. +. Blossman,
H. j. Smith.
II. K. WARREN,
Clerk, and Ex-Ottlcio Notary Public. |