St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-06-24

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sue and be sued; to make and use a cor
porate seal and the same to break or alte
at pleasure; to purchase, own, hold, lease
manner authorized by law, real. personal
or mixed property, rights, grants or fran
chises; to borrow and loan money, to Civ
necessary orineident to the proper conduc
of the affairs of this corporation, ant
which may not be specifically enumerated
in this charter.
ARTICLE 2.
The domtc1le of this corporation shall b,
In the City of Opelousas, La. land all citation!
or other legal process be served upon thu
President and In his absence or inability tt
act, upon the Vice-PreSident or Secretary
Treasurer in the order named.
ARTICLES.
T. objects and urposes for which this
corporation is organized are declared 10 be
TO unite IN social and fraternal fellowship
for mutual benefit and the promotion of the
welfare of those whose interests and avoca.
ton or employment Is or has been identi.
ned with railroad companies or who are or
have been engaged in occupations tnci.
dental to or closely allied with railroad EN-.
ployment; to extend by all proper methods,
aid n assistance to members of the cor
poration or their families; to carry on an
organization solely for the mutual benefit
OF its members and not for profit, in the
State Of Louisiana n other states and
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eign countries, as its Board of Directors
may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE 4.
The corporate powers of this corporation
shall be vested in and exercised by a board
OF six directors elected from among the
members of this corporation, and a major
ity OF said board hall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business,
The board of directors shall have power
TO make, amend and abrogate all bylaws,
rules and regulations for the mana cement
OF the affairs Of the corporation; to appoint,
employ and discharge all officers, agents
and employees, and generally to do and
perform all things necessary for the trans
action or the business and affairs of the
Company; provided that they may delegate
to the President or other persons selected
by them: or to any executive, finance or
other committee as they may require from
time TO time to create and appoint from
their own number such authority as they
may from time to time deem proper and to
establish, organize and maintain a branch
at such place whether within or without
the State as the said board of directors or
any committee thereof or the President OF
said corporation may determine.
h officers of the Company shall be a
President, aEice-PreSident and q Secretary
Treasurer who snail be elected by the
board of directors.
The first board of directors shall be: J.. w,
Jordan, d. G. Leach, R. NJ, Scott, A.. Elan
ders, w. X. Wimberly, L. e. Wager. who
shall hold office until the first Wednesday
VI July 1871, OE uIlLll EuGlE successors nave
been duly elected and qualified; and the
first officers shall be j. W. Jordan as Prest-
dent; D.. G. Leach, Vice-President; r.. NJ.
Scott, secretary and Treasurer, and they
snail continue in office until the first We'd
nesday OF July, 1921, or until their success
sors shall have been duly elected and qualt-
fed.
On the first Wednesday of July, 1921. and
annually thereafter, or as soon after said
date as possible, at a meeting of the mem
bers of this Corporation called for that
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held at the Office of the Company, in the
City of Opelousas, Louisiana, after ten
days written notice, mailed to each mem.
Der at his last known address, n by pub
lication for not less han ten days prior to
said meeting in a newspaper published in
the City OF O~pelousas. At said election
either in person or by duly authorized writ
ten proxy, one vote, and a majority of
votes present or represented shall be suf-
1cient to elect. Vacancies in III board of
directors shall be filled by it for the unex-
PRED term from among the members of the
company.
This charter may be amended, changed or
or this corporation may be dis
solved and its business terminated at any
time by a vote of three-fourths of the menu
Ders present or represented at a general
of the members, convened for that
each member at his last known adj
dress, and by publication in a neWspaper
published in the City of Opelousas, for not
less than thirty days prior to said meeting.
ARTICLE 6.
At the termination of this charter by
limitation, or on the dissolution of the cor
poration as h~ereinabove provided, or other
wise, the affairs of this company shall be
liquidated by three commissioners chosen
a majority of the member present or
represented at a members meeting called
for that purpose, after ten days written
notice mailed to each member at his last
address, or at the meeting at which
dissolution is determined upon, Said Com
m~issioners shall Immediately proceed to
up the affairs of the corporation; and
after the payment of all its liabilities, shall
any remaining funds equally
among the members OF the corporation.
Thus done, executed and signed in the
of H. B.. Anderson and w r. La T.
competent witnesses, domicl1ed in
his parish, who hereunt0 sign their names, /
.ogether with the said subscribers and me,
laid notary, onthe day and date first above
written.
H. Flanders,
j.. w. Jordan,
d. G. Leach,
RIM. Scott,
w. X. Wimberly,
l.. E. Wager,
Chas. A. Emory,
f. j. Tillotson,
j. S. Lemee. !
witnesses:
Il. B. Anderson, /,
W. r. Lacombe. ]
A true copy. n
GEORGE T. EDWARDS, Notary Public. :
State of louisiana, {
Parish of st. Landry.
], Il. Lee Garland, District Attorney, for
he Sixteenth Judicial District, Parish of st.
sandry, State of louisiana, do hereby GER
lfy that l a examined the foregoing act
+ incorporation of the International So t
fety of Mascots, which has been handed to
le for examination as to its legality. and t
hat / am of the opinion that the objects !,
rpo of said corporation as specf- (
ed in said act are legal, and that none of
le provisions therein contained are con- q
AIRY to law
Opelousas, La. t
A true copy.
r.. LEE GARLAND, 4
lne10 Dist. Atty. 18th Jud. Dist. of La. ;,