The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-09-21
G H A r Err
OF THE
CITY CLUB.
United States Of America
state OF Louisiana,
Parish - O.

LOUISIANA, and in the presence ~ tha 80; =.
nesses hereinafter and named and rrTa. AZ
s 81 personally came and appeared. tho
paIties' whose names are hereunto .nh'
sGrlpeu, an residents Of the Parish Of s..
that they have, and do hereby orcan;e
themselves, and all parties and nerson.
VINO shall hereafter become associ.toS
win them, into a body polite in Law ~.
social pleasure, and literary purnoso 80
IN accord with the provisions and I.vs sr ~
the State Of Louisiana, affecting snch covl
porations, and do hereby adopt The follow.
ing charter, to-wit:
ARTICLEI.
Inc name OF this corporation shall ha
tne CITY C1ub", and its domicile shall he
at Morgan City, in the Parish Of S. M.,u
State Of Louisians, and ali legal rrooass,,
shall be served on the President. And in
his absence upon the Vice,President.
ARTICLE II,
Inc object and purposes Of this cornor..
ton are the bringing together of its nam,
bers, for their cultivation and enIiohtmant
IN literary pursuits and scientific Research
and closest social relations and pleasure
10 erect these purposes and objects. the
said corporation shall have, possess and
enjoy and excerise all rights, powers and
privileges OF corporation body for the
the date OF this act.
ARTICLE III.
The business Of this corporation shall he
conducted and governed by a board Of
directors, composed Of the President.
Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer
and five members of the corporation and
all legal process shall be served upon the
President, and in his absence on the Vice.
President as aforesaid.
ARTICLE Nv.
The officers and directors of this cor.
meeting held for the purpose on the first
Monday, in the month &C.,. Of
each year, notice of which meeting shall
be given, or printed, mailed to each and
every one OF this corporation, ten DAYS
prior thereby by the Secretary Treasurer.
or other officer Of the corporation.
The first Board Of Directors shall consist
OF John Lewis, Sam Watson, Joe Lewis,
Rufus Odom, Joe Bagnet, with John
Lewis, as President; Rufus Odom as Vice
President and Sam Watson, as Secretary
and Joe Lewis, as Treasurer.
ARTICLEV.
This corporation is authorized to lease.
purchase, and convey, hold and mortgage,
such real estate and property in the Par.
ish OF st. Mary, as it may deem necessary
for the objects and purposes Of this cor.
poration.
1t may adopt bylaws, rules and re gula.
tions, alter, amend or abrogate the same
at pleasure except as hereinafter provid-
ed generally to possess such powers as are
incidents to corporation and necessary
to carry out purpose for which it was or.
/ ganized.
ARTICLEvI.
The Board Of Directors shall have the
power to regulate the manner Of assessing
| and collecting such initiation fees, dues,
| fines, may be prescribed by the bylaws or
| authorized by this corporation.
ARTICLE VII.
The charter may be amended at any
regular or special meeting called for that
purpose after fifteen days notice by mail
to each member by a vote Of two-thirds
of all members present at such meeting
and the corporation may be dissolved at .
| after thirty days notice mailed to each
member by an officer Of this cooperation to
| be cast either by person or written proxy.
ARTICLE VIII.
No member Of this corporation shall
ever be held liable or responsible for the
| debts, contracts, obligations or faults OF
this corporation, beyond the amounts OF
any dues or assessment which he may owe
for the current year.
| An la
In the event of dissolution Of this cor
poration, by liquidation, or otherwise, its
affairs shall be liquidated by three l3]
commissioners to be appointed by the
Board of Directors for this purpose.
Thus done and passed at my office in the
Parish Of st. Mary, State Of Louisiana OF
this 20 day Of July, 1912, ia the presence
of Jas. K. Patterson and G.. E. Smith two
competent witnesses. who have signed!
these presence with said appearers and
me, said Notary after due reading the
whole.
TSigned]
| John L. Lewis,
| Nathan Winlerly,
Milton Provost,
r. Odom.
| Taylor Burke,
| John Sanders,
| Jos. Braquet,
| Manuel Berry,
Witnesses:
| Jas. Il. Parkerson,
G. E. Smith.
WALTER T. GILmoRE,
Notary Public.