St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-05
CHARTER

CHARTER
| 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, availiDe
ourselves of the provisions Of Sector
6T of the Revised Statutes of sale
State, as amended bv Act As of tht
Louisiana State Legislature, approved
March l, 1873, do hereby organize ane
form ourselves into a corporation fol
religious purposes. hereby adopting the
following articles of Incorporation, t
| wit:
Article l.
The name, style and title of this cor
Grafton is hereby declared to be FIRST
CONVICTION NJ +. CHURCH. SOUTH
and the place chosen for its DOM Gle il
hereby fixed and declared to be in the
Town of Covington, in the Parish Of
st. Tammany State of Louisiana.
Article IL.
The object and purposes of this Cor.
poration are hereby declared to be t.
| acquire and hold lands. houses and
| other property. for the use and enjoy
| ment of the members of the Methodist
E.-Church, South, who now hold Oi
may hereafter hold their membership al
Covlngton, La. 1t being expressly in-
tended to secure tn 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 eEd that said premises
shall be used, kept and maintained and
dis, osed of as IL place of divine worship
TOR the use Of tile ministry and member
ship of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South; subject to the discipline, usage
and Ministerial appointments of said
church, IS 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 place of
residence for the use ani occupancy of
the preachers of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, South, who may from time
to time be appoiLted IN aid place. sub
ject to the usage aud discipline Of said
church, as from time 10 time authorized
and declsred 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 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 as
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 q majority
vote, and have power to ADOPT such by
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 Covingtop 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 |
In the execution of any
deed or act of the Board of Trustees,
the signature OF the President shall be |
sufficient. Vacancies may occur III the
Bourd and shall be filled in The manner
and by the authorities provided for the
Of trustees by the disci-
pliue Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, aud 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
he tenor and meaning of these arllcles
If incorporation.
This Corporation shall continue for
,inty-nine years.
Thus done, read and signed at Gov
ngton, in the Parish of st. Tammany.
state OF Louisiana. in the presence of
". Il. Blossman, and H. j. Smith, law
nj witnesses, who sign with rs en- this,
he I'D day OF November, 1903.
C.S E. Babington,
w. L. RUSSELL,
j. A. Wadsworth,
ID. Nj. Wadsworth,
w. H. Krone,
Jno. b. Kent,
+. III. Fontaine.
Witnesses:
w. 4. Blossman,
II. j. Smith.
H. r. WARREN.
Clerk, and Ex-Otficio Notary Public.