Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-13

STATE OF GEORGIA, SUMTER
COUNTY.
To the Superior Court of Said
County:
The petition of J. w. Huguley, o.
C. Green, NJ B. Phillips, D. E. Bar
mum and R. T. Schel, all of said
state and county aforesaid, respect
fully shows:
They desire for themselves, their
associates, successors to be incorpOr~
ated as fraternal beneficiary order
under the name and style of the MI
TUAL BURDEN BEARERS"
The term for which petitioners ask
to be incorporated is twenty years,
with the privilege of renewal at the
end of that time.
The principal office and place Of
business shall be in the city of
AAIERICUS, Sumter County, Geor-
gia
Said corporation has no capital
stock and is not organized for Pc
cuniary gain, but is purely fraternal,
benevolent and beneficiary in its char
acter The governing bodies of said
Order shall be Local and Grand
Councils and a Supreme Council and
a Supreme Board of Directors. They
desire the privilege of organizing. in
pursuance of their bylaws, rules and
regulations, councils in each and ey-
cry locality in the State of Georgia
where one can be organized, and in all
other state of the United States, and
to organize grand councils in such di-
visions in the state of Georgia, and
other states as may be deemed ad-
yisable from time to time. The ST.
preme Council and the Supreme Board
of Directors selected in the manner rs
provided by the bylaws, rules and
regulations of the order. That the
place of meeting of the Supreme
Council and Supreme Board of Direc-
tors for the transaction of business
shall be in the city of Americas, Sum-
ter county, Georgia
V.
Petitioners desire the privilege OF
purchasing and holding such real and
personal property as may be neces-
sary for the conduct and operation OF
the business of said order, with the
privilege also to sell or incumber sale
real and personal property, either 70,
cash or on the installment plan by
mortgage, lien, security deed, bond.
or otherwise, as may be deemed ad
visable. Also the privilege of putting
out at interest temporarily such fund;
of the order as from time to time ma!
accumulate, and for which there !:
no present need, taking therefor
such security, note, bonds or contrac
as may be deemed advisable by sale
order.
The purposes of this corporation
are:
LIST. The formation of secret Frater
nal Beneficiary Order, Association, o.
Society, carried on for the benefit o
its members and their beneficiaries
having representatives form of gov
eminent and lodge system with
ritualistic form of work for the meet
ing of its lodges, chapters, councils
or other designated bodies, and tn,
benefits, insurance, charity or relic
shall be payable by a Grand or Su
preme Body of the same, excepting
sick benefits, which may be also pait
by local or subordinate bodies TIL
membership shall include only color
ed persons, male and female of goot
years of age, who believe in Su
preme Being as a Creator and pre-
server of all things The membership
of said order may be divided into two
classes, and designated as social and
benefit members.
End. Such Grand or Supreme Bodies
may be composed of it's officers, in
corpoj ators, representatives elected by
local district or grand bodies, past Of