St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-02-27
CHARTER
STATE OF LOUISIANA, }
Parrish of ST Tammanv

STATE OF LOUISIANA, }
Parish of st. Tammany.j
BE 1T KNOWN, That we, the nnder-
signed residents of the Parish of st.
Tammany, State of Louisiana, availing
ourselves of the provisions Of Section
677 of the Revised Statutes of said
State, as amended by Act 45 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 then st
CONVICTION NJ Z. CHURCH, SOUTH,
and the place chosen for its DOM cile is
Town of Covington, in the Parish OF
St. Tammany, State of Louisiana.
Article II.
The object and purposes of this Cor
poration are hereby declared to be to
acquire and hold lands, houses and
OLncI plOpClGys 1OA GAO uSC IbNt Shjot
ment of the members of the Methodist
E. Church, South, who now hold or
may hereafter hold their membership at
Covlngton, La. It being expressly in
tended to secure the 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 a parsonage for each
minister and preacher, to the end that
said premises shall be used, kept, main-
tanned and disposed of. as 4 place of
residence for the use anl occupancy of
the preachers of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, South, who may from time
to time be appointed IN said 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 Board of Trustees, and
they shall elect from among theis num-
Der, at their first meeting, President
and Secretary, who shall also act as
Treasurer, who shall hold their Office
for one year, and until their successo )
are chosen. The Board of Trustees
may remove these officers, elect their
successors at any time by Il majority
vote, and have power to ADOPT such by
laws for its government as tmay be
deemed advisable. The property snail
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 the 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 filed in the manner
aud by the authorities provided for the
vi trustees by the disci-
pliue 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 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
ninty-nine years. /
Thus done, read and signed at Cow
ington, in the Parish of st. Tammauy.
State Of Louisiana. in the presence of
w. e. Blossman, and FL. j. Smith, law
full witnesses, who sign with MS GU this, /
the Sd day OF November, 1908.
G. s f. Darlington,
w. l.. Russell,
}. A. Wadsworlh,
ID. Nj. Wadsworth,
w. H. Krone,
Jno. b. Kent,
+. ii. Fontaine.
Witnesses:
w. +. Blossman,
H. j. Smith.
H. r. WARREN,
Clerk, and Ex- O1ficio Notary Public.