The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-17
CHARTER
White Elsphant Athletie club.

United States of America--State of Louisiana
Parish of Ascension.
DE IT REMEMBERED, That on this, the
49 sixth day of the month of september, in the
year nineteen hundred and ten, before me-
Richard McUulIoh, notary public, duly com
missioned, sworn and qualified in and for the
parish of Ascension and state of Louisiana, and
in presence of the undersigned competent wit
neSses, personally came and appeared the per-
sons whose signatures are attached hereto all of
whom are of age and residents of said parish and
state who declared that, ayaiing themselves of
the general laws of the state of Louisiana, and
of the provisions of Act No. 1I2 of the legislature
of said state of 1882 they have formed and do
hereby form themselves and their associates at
present and in future, into a body polite and
corporate under the following articles, to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name, style and title of this corporation
shall be hITE ELEPHANT ATHLETIC
CLUB"
ARTICLE II.
The purpose and object thereof shall be the
promotion of athletic matters and social rela-
tions among its members or under its supervision
and direction.
ARTICLE III.
All of its business and other matters shall be
under the supervision and control of aboard of
directors.to be elected annually on the 1st day of
September of each and every year and shall con-
sist of ten members. The members of the board
of directors shall Immediately after being elected
by the members OF this corporation meet and or
game by the election from their own number of
a president, secretary, treasurer and manager.
Until the first election on the first of September
1911, j. Edward Duffel. August Gomez, George
Thompson, Pierre l.. Landry, William E. Sui
hVan, Victor Arthur. A. S. Walter, Divide S. Fer
nandez, Claiborne Williams and Jules Williams
shall constitute the board of dlrectors j. Edward
Duffel Shall be president; Augaste Gomez, treas.
urer; William f. Sullivan, secretary, and George
Thompson, manager.
ARTICLE ".
The town of Donaldsonville, in the parish of
ID IL. -
domicile and citation may be served on the
president and in his absence on the manager,
ARTICLE ".
It shall have succession for and during twenty
five years from the first of September, 1910.
ARTICLE VI.
Under the name and style herein set forth
it shall have power to sue and be sued, to pur-
chase, convey and mortgage and rent real and
personal property for the purpose and objects of
the corporation. and generally as a corporation
to do and perform any and all things necessary
and convenient for its purposes and objects,
which like corporations are in the habit of doing
and performing and which are in no wise con-
trary TO the laws of the United States or of the
state OF Louisiana.
ARTICLE VII.
Amendments to this act of Incorporation may
be made in the same method as pursued herein
for the formation of this corporation.
Thus done and passed at the parish of Assem-
sion. on the day and date herelnabove written,
lawful and competent witnesses, who together
with the parties aid me, notary, have hereunto
affixed our signatures after reading the whole.
Original signed: j. I'd. Duffel, VIM. u. Sullivan,
P. l.. Landry. A. S. Walker, sGharlis Quezaire,
Oliver G.. Fernandez, Octave Jones, john Blouin,
victorian Arthur Charley Turner, L. l.. Rock,
Jos. Walker, Jos. Collins. A SchonbeFg, John T.
Matthews, George Thompson, Thad. Williams,
Clement Guedry, Johney Valley, Joseph Que
zerque, Jules Williams, G. Williams, G. j.
Bush, Joseph Schonberg, Israel Holmes.
.rn,,sn c. A. OURso.
AliH'A b. J. VEGA
[SEAL] R. McCULLOH.
Notary Public.
State of Louisiana-Parish of Ascension-I
have carefully examined the foregoing act of in
corporation and find nothing therein contained
contrary to the constitution and laws OF the
state of Louisiana or those of the United States.
tOriginal signed:l PHILIP II. GILBERT,
Dist. Atty%:27th Jud Dist of Louisiana.
S Donaldsonvilie, La, Sept s, 1910.
true copy of the original on file in my Office.
i. Fla. FERNA N DEF