St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-09-28
CHARTER
Of the

CdAfs1Ekt
Of the
GOLDEN RULE BENEVOLENT AS
ISOLATION.
United States Of America, State OF
Louisiana, Parish of st.
Tammany.
Be it known on this fourteenth
day of September A. D. 1912, in the
year of our Lord, One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Twelve, and OF
the Independence Of the United
States of America, the One Hun
dred and Thirty-sixth, before me.
Joseph B. L ancaster, Notary Pub
lie, duly commissioned and sworn
in and for the said parish OF st:
Tammany, State of Louisiana, ana
in the presence of the witnesses here
matter named and undersigned, who
seyerally declare that availing them
selves of the laws OF the state OF
Louisiana, in reference to the lorna
ton of corporations for charltaole
and benevolent associations, In sucn
cases made and provided, that they
have covenanted and agreed and Dy
these presents do covenant and agree
and bind themselves and such otner
persons as may hereafter become
associated with them, to form q cor
poration and body political IN law,
for the objects and purposes, ana
under the stipulations and articles
of agreement, as follows, to-wlt:
ARTICLE l.
The name and style OF this SAID
corporation shall be the Golden
Rule Benevolent Association, and
under it's corporate name snail nave
power and authority to have and en-,
| ioy succession for a period and 1ull
term of ninety-nine years from GATE
hereof, to contract, sue and be sueo
to make and use corporate seal
the same to break and alter al
pleasure. to hold, receive, lease, pur'
chase and convey, as we'll as to mort
gage and hypothecate property real
nersonal and mixed, corporal and
incorporeal, to receive legacies, 90.
nations. Inter vivos'' and by last
will and testament, to pay funeral
lexpenses and sick benefits to lts
members and their families, ana &c
nerform such other acts OF charity
and benevolence to its members ano
their families as it is deemed neces
sary and expedient, to receive mem
hers into said association by writer
duplication, and to accept or re1ec'
the same, to suspend, fine or e4pel
members for disorderly or unDe
coming conduct, to make and estao
fish such bylaws and regulations
for the affairs of the corporation
and the conduct of the nemhers
thereof. to provide in said bylaws
the amount of sick relief and funera
|expenses to be paid by the assocla
|tion to it's members, or their families
land such other relief the association
NAV ordain, and to provide also, II
said bylaws, the method of accepting
members. and the rejection thereon
1.-THE suspending or expelling OF mem
bers, the rate or amount OF nnes .
be imposed on delinquent members
or for disorderly or unbecom1ng con
duct, to change, alter or amend sucl
|hy-laws and regulations as 1t is deem
ed necessary and its pleasure, to ap
point such managers, offices, direc
tors or agents as the interest an
Ihnsiness Of said association may re
quire.
The domicile of this corporation
association shall be in the town 9
Madisonville, in the parish OF >.
Tammany. State of Louisiana. Al
!. legal citations or other legal pro
cesses shall be served on the Pres1
. dent of this corporation, in case
his absence on the Vice President
and in the absence of both the Pres
dent and Vice President, then sal
! processes shall be served upon tn
, Secretary of this association.
ARTICLE III.
: The object and purposes for whic
/ this corporation is established an
: the nature Of the business to be cal
: Tried on BY It, are hereby declare
, Ito be for the mutual aid and assist
/ lance of its members, to pay sick benz
fits or relief to its members or the1
| families. and to bury its dead, an
, for that purpose to appropriate, sc
. aside and donate q certain sum
: sums Of money, and in general to q
and perform all acts of charitabl
: and benevolent nature, that are pei
: mitted to be done by corporations
: this nature under the present laws
| the State of Louisiana, or such Ia"
{ as may be hereinafter enacted.
ARTICLE w.
The affairs of this corporation sha
be managed and controlled by INV
members who shall be the officers
said corporation, to-wit: A Pres
dent, Vice President, Secretar.
an Assistant Secretary and a Trea
urer, who shall be elected annual
on the first day of August OF eac
year. That for the purpose OF o.
. ganization and to carry on the bus
! ness of this corporation until its Al
nual election of officers, the follow
: ing named members shall fill sal
offices and exercise the duties Their
: of, to-wit: President, Peter Bahan
Vice President, C. r. -Baham; Seer
: tary, Eugene Cooper; Assistant Sc
: rotary, Henry Flot; Treasurer, M.
Alexius, who shall hold their sal
t respective offices until the first da
t of August A. D. 1913, or until the
' successors have been duly elected
Upon which date, annually Their
after, the annual election of office
= shall be held. .a.
t All officers shall be elected by ba
: lot. The person receiving the mi
E |jority of votes cast shall be declare
: elected to the Offices for which /
offered himself. Should there