St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-10-19

ASSOCl0I1Ou Suau NC III In0 IOWu
Madisonville, in the parish OF 81
Tammany, State of Louisiana. Al
legal citations or other legal Pre-
cesses shall be served on the Presi
dent of this corporation, in case O
his absence on the Vice President
and in the absence Of both the Presi
dent and Vice President, then sal
processes shall be served upon tn
Secretary of this association.
ARTICLE III.
The object and purposes for whicl
this corporation is established an.
the nature Of the business to be car
ried on by it, are hereby declared
to be for the mutual aid and assist
ance of its members, to pay sick bene
fits or relief to its members or theil
families, and to bury its dead, ant
for that purpose to appropriate, Sc
aside and donate certain sum OF
sums of money, and in general to d.
and perform all acts of a charitable
and benevolent nature, that are per
mitted to be done by corporations o.
this nature under the present laws Of
the State of Louisiana, or such laws
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ARTICLE Nv.
The affairs of this corporation shall
be managed and controlled by five
members who shall be the officers OF
said corporation, to-wit: A Presi-
dent, Vice President, a Secretary
an Assistant, Secretary and q Treas.
urer, who shall be elected annually
on the first day of August of each
year. That for the purpose of or
ganization and to carry on the bust
ness of this corporation until its an
nual election of officers, the follow
ing named members shall fill said
Offices and exercise the duties there,
of, to-wit: President, Peter Baham
Vice President, c. r. Baham; Score.
tary, Eugene Cooper; Assistant Sec
rotary, Henry Flot; Treasurer, M. A.
Alexius, who shall hold their said
respective Offices until the iirst day
Of August A. D. 1913, or until their
successors have been duly elected
Upon which date, annually there
after, the annual election of officers
shall be held.
All officers shall be elected by bal
lot. The person receiving the ma
jority of votes cast shall be declared
elected to the offices for which he
offered himself. Should there be
more than two candidates for the
same Office, the two receiving the
highest number of votes cast shall
again be balloted upon, and the one
receiving the highest number of votes
cast. shall be declared elected. Nom
nations for Office shall be made a.
the meeting previous to the meeting
which the annual election of officers
is held, and can be made at that
meeting. ALI officers elected shall
serve only for the unexpired term OF
said office.
ARTICLE v.
Any person to be eligible to mem
bership in this Association must be
10 male over the age of fifteen years
and under the age of sixty years
and must be q person of good char
acter. Admission to membership to
this association must be by written
application, presented to the asso-
citation thirty days previous to reg
ular monthly meeting, which appli-
cation shall be endorsed by two mem.
bers in good standing, and accom-
panied by the required, and comply
with such other requirements as fixed
by and in accordance with the by.
laws of this association.
ARTICLE w.
It shall be the duty of the Presi.
dent to preside at all meetings of this
association, to preserve order and
insure obedience to the bylaws and
regulations Of this association, to
appoint all committees, to see tina,
all officers and members of commit
tees perform their respective duties
Ito vote on any question only in the
event of tie vote. to renounce the
result of all ballots, to decide al
points of order. subject to appeal
from his decision, to sign all vouch.
ers, orders and other payments
drawn upon the Treasurer for money
or sums voted, or necessary to pay
benefits. to sign all papers, docu-
ments, ETC., and to do all things
necessary to be done by the pro
1isions Of the bylaws, or that may
required by this association.
ARTICLE VII.
1t shall be the duty I the Vice
President to render assistance to the
President, and in his absence or in
ability to act, to perform all the acts
required to be done by the President
and to do all other acts that may
be required hereafter by the bylaws
or orders of this association.
In the absence of both, the Presi.
dent and Vice President, the mem
bers present at any regular meeting
or called meeting, shall appoint from
among their number a President
pro TEN" to preside over said meet
ing.
ARTICLE VIII.
It shall be the duty of the Sec
rotary to be present at all meetings
of this association, to keep a true
and correct record Of all meetingr
OF this association, to attend to all
the correspondence Of this aesoc.a
ton, and keep such books, papers
and documents appertaining to his
Office in his possession, and to keep
the same in good order, to collect all
fees. dues. assessments and fines due
the association. and to issue his r.
eeipt therefor, and to turn over, rs
the same are collected, to the Treas
urer, and take his receipt therefor.
to counter-sign all vouchers, orders
checks, etc, for the payment of any
monies of this association, and in
general do such other acts, and per-
form such other duties that may be
prescribed by the bylaws of this as
ISOLATION.
The Assistant Secretary shall rem
der such service to the Secretary as
it may be deemed advisable or nee
essary, and in the absence of the Sec
rotary. to act In his place and stead
af all maaf in1a and To do oil aa4a