St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-19
CHARTER
STATE OF LOUISIANA, }
Parish of st. Tammany.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, }
Parish of st. Tammany.j
BE IT KNOWN, That we, the nnder
signed residents of the Parish of St
Tammany, State of Louisiana, availine
ourselves of the provisions Of Sector
677 OF the Revised Statutes of saic
State, as amended bv Act 45 OF the
Louisiana State Legislature, approved
March !, 1878, do hereby organize ant
form ourselves into corporation fol-
religious purposes, hereby adopting the
following articles of incorporation, tC
| wit:
Article l.
The name, style and title of this cor
grafton is hereby declared to be FIRST
CONVICTION NJ. 4. CHURCH, SOUTH
and the place chosen for its domlcile Il
hereby fixed and declared to be in the
Town of Covington, in the Parish Of
St. Tammapy State of Louisiana.
Article II.
The object and purposes OF this Cor
poration are hereby declared to be te
acquire and hold lands. houses anC
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 al
Covlngton, La. It being expressly In
tended to secure the said Church mem
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 and 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 said place, SUBJ
ject to the usage and discipline Of said
and declared by the General Confer
ence of said church, and by the Annual
Conference, within whose bounds the
premises are situated.
Article Ill.
The members of this Corporation
shall, through their Quarterly Confer
ence, elect q Board of Trustees, and
they shall elect from among their num-
Der, at their first meeting, u President
and Secretary, who shall also act rs
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 Ey-
laws for its 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 M. E. Church,
South. Citations or other legal pro-
cess shall be served on the President, al
his residence, and in his absence on the
Secretary. In the execution Of any
deed or act of the Board of Trustees:
the signature OF the President shall be
sufficient. Vacancies may occur il the
Board and shall be filled in the manner
and by the aut critics provided for the
Of trustees by the disci-
pline of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and this Corporation shall be
governed by the laws and usage of the
said Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, insofar rs they are not incon-
sisteut with the laws Of this State, and
the tenor and meaning of these articles
Of Incorporation.
This Corporation shall continue for
ninty-nine years.
Thus done, read and signed at Gov
ington, in the Parish of st. Tammany.
State OF Louisiana. ia the presence Of
w. Il. BlossmaD. and H. J. Smith, law
full witnesses, who sign with us GU this,
The Sd day OF November, 1908.
c.. s Il. Babington,
W. L. RUSSELL,
j. A. Wadsworth,
d. NJ. Wadsworth,
w. H. Krone,
Jno. b. Kent,
T. FL. Fontaine.
Witnesses:
w. f. Blossman,
II. J. Smith.
II. Il. WARREN,
Clerk, and Ex-O1iicio Notary Public.