The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-03-28
-CHARTER OF
Pecan Camp 10. II. Noodmen 81 the
World. incorporated.
state Of Louisiana. !
Parish OF st. Mary. j

of Louisiana. and III the presence OF IN
witnesses hereinafter named ana under
signed. personally came ana appeared
Albert W Etienne, Gustave utter. Franz
T.. lIehert. Charles r.. Packard. William
Weigmann, Louis j. Duga>. W. j. loun!
Lawrence $. Aleman. who declare ant
acknowledge unto me. Notary. that avail
ing themselves Of the provisions OF the
laws Of this state relative to the formation
of corporations for religious. scientific
literary or charitable purposes. and fol
the purpose OF acquiring and enjoying the
rights. privileges and powers OF body
polite in law, they have. and do by these
presents for themselves and suci may
hereafter become associated with them
form and constitute themselves Il body
corporate and polite in law urder the
name and style and Tor the purposes mere
matter set forth. viz
ARTICLE |.
The name Of this corporation and As
ISOLATION shall be Pecan Camp No. Al
Woodmen of the Void incorporated and
its domcle Is hereby fixed at Centreville.
| Louisiana
ARTICLE ii.
The object and purposes OF thus A>socla-
ton shall be- To purchase and own land
! with buildings md other improvements
| thereon there the members Of this As,ocia-
| ton can hold regular meetings. and to rent
the same to other persons or associations:
to hold, receive and dispose of the same at
its pleasure: to its best advantage. Under
| the above name and for the purposes stated
| the association shall have the power and
| authority to make and Use IA common seal
! and to change or alter the same At pleasure:
| and it shall be capable III law of >uelng and
| being sued: to hold. receive. lease, pur-
chase and pledge under the sad name,
property both real and personal and to
| accent donations of the same: to name and
Mt n : +, Is "a
uuire: ana to make such regulations for
the managing of it, affairs As may be need
full, and the same to change and alter at
pleasure: and to do all such further things
As may be needful to carry out the purposes
of this association.
ARTICLE III.
Membership in this association shall be
open only to duly elected and initiated
members of Pecan Camp No. II Woodmen
OF the World. located at Centreville, La,
or such other VI oOdmen OF the World from
other camps that become regularly atiiliat-
ed with said local camp. and the fact of
such election and initiation or utilization
shall of itself without any further process
make and entllle such person to he Il menu
Der of this association.
ARTICLE ".
The business, and affairs of this a>socia-
ton shall be governed by Board of
Managers, 1--WE i'll number. who shall be
elected by the members of the association
annually on the third Tuesday in March of
each wear, and who shall hold office until
their successors have been elected and
have qualified: and the failure of the as
ISOLATION to elect the sad managers shall
not operate TO cause the dissolution of th,
Association.
The present Board Of Managers, William
J. Young. Oscar BoUdreauN. Lawrence :.
Alieman, Henry y. RoblchauX and Isaac
:. Wooster are hereby constituted the
managers of the Association for the current
year 1908 or until their successors have
been elected and have qualified.
Each Board of Managers shall at once
organize by the election of a chairman.
and all citations or suits shall he served |
upon him, and all such actions shall by him |
he taken AS are incumbent upon the presi |
dent of corporations under the laws of this |
state. In his absence any one of the re-
naming managers can act for the purpose |
OF serving citations upon the Association
Vacancies occurring On the Board of |
Managers shall be flied by the remaining |
members.
ARTICLE V.
The Board of Managers shall have the
power and it shall be their duty to drop
from the rolls OF the membership of this
Association any and all members at the
moment that they cease to be members of
the local camp of the Woodmen of the
action shall be equivalent to expulsion and
shall cause a forfeiture of ali rights of menu
bership in and to the Association and its
rights, privileges and property.
ARTICLE VI.
This Association shall exist from tho
signing ofthese presents and shall continue
for period OF ninety nne (99) years from
this date unless sooner dissolved.
The Board of Managers shall from time
10 time adopt such rules and regulations
Tor the management Its affairSand prop-
erty as may become necessary.
The members of this association can by
, tW o-thirds vote alter, amend and change
he provisions Of this charter subject to the
approval of the local camp at a regular
Meeting. and by the same vote and approval
his association can be dissolved
In event of the dissolution, this Associa-
ion. the Board of Managers shall act a.
lquldators and wind up the affairs and any
urplus remaining after all its debts have ,
'een PAID, shall be turned over to the said
ocal camp of the Woodmen of the World !
or its use and benefit and without cost TO I
he same.
Thus done and passed at CentreyiIle.
"a, this Goth day of March. in the presence |
1 W alter +. Senette and Narcisse Alleman. !
wO competent witnesses who sign these ,
resents with the said appearers and me.
rotary, after due reading of the whole.
Signed:
Nm. Weigmann w. Etienne
louis J. Dugas Gus. Vitter
Y. j. Young +. Il. Hebert
:. ,. Alleman &. +. Packard
Witnesses:
w. +. Senette.
n. Alleman.
ISAAC ). WOOSTER,
Notary Public. .
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