The Caucasian., 1913-08-10
bishop Of aforesaid, his jurisdictive
successor. OF the diocesan admins

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TRAITOR, or such other person
las may be appointed accord
| in to the rules of the Ro-
man Catholic Church jurisdictive
administration Of the diocese for The
t Time being, shall be eX-oiiicio pres
| itjent: the said Very Rev. Vicar Gen
oral rs aforesaid, his juri,dictiNt
successor Or such other person a.
may je appointed according To the
rules Of the Roman Catholic Church
10 perform the duties of vicar gen.
eral Of the diocese. for the time be-
ing, shall be the vice president. and
the said Rev. I. Bertels or his law
ful SUCCESSOR, as long as he shall tie
recognized as jurisdictive pastor
aforesaid by the bishop, or diocesan
administrator, shall be secretary
and treasurer. The said Denis RicOu
and Charles L. Horne, the two lay
men, members of said board, shall
be and remain in office as such d.
rectors as aforesaid, for the term of
two years from and after the first
Monday in January 1914, Or until
their successors are chosen. and at
the expiration Of the term Of office
of said two laymen, on the first
Monday of January 1915, and bien-
nially thereafter, or whenever va
cancy shall exist in the office of said
two laymen, or either of them,
whether caused by expiration of the
term Of office, death, migration, dis
ability, or other cause, the office Or
offices Of said directors shall De
filled by The bishop or administra-
tor Of the diocese aforesaid. The
other three members of said board,
to-Wit: The Right Rev. Bishop, the
vicar general and the pastor Of said
congregation, shall be and remain
members 0f this corporation, and
members Of the board Of directors
thereof, as long as they Shall re-
spectlvely remain the jurisdlc tive
bishop and vicar general Of9sald
|dlocese, and The jurisdiclive pastor
of said congregation as aforesaid,
and whenever either or all of them
shall cease TO be the jurisdictive
bishop, vicar general or pastor as
aforesaid. then and i'll that case
their RESPECTIVE successors, as said
bishop, vicar general and pastor,
shall be and become, ipso facto,
their respective successors as mem
bers of this corporation, and as
members of the board of directors
thereof, and have respectively said
Offices Of president and vice presi-
dent and secretary and treasurer,
and in like manner they shall have
uninterrupted succession.
ARTICLE ".
The said board of directors alone
as aforesaid, and their respective
successors in office, shall have
power to transact all business Ct
this corporation Of whatsoever ma
ture, but 40 debt.exceeding two
hundred ($2OO.OO) dollars shall be
contracted by this corporation with
out the consent Of the bishop, or
diocesan administrator, and no real
estate belonging to it shall be sold,
mortgaged or disposed of, in any
way, without the vote and consent
Of all five Of the directors, which
vote and consent shall be evidenced
by resolution Of the board. The
board Of directors shall have TIL
power to make and pass such by
laws for the regulation Of the af-
fairs Of this corporation as they
may deem fit, not inconsistent with
the constitution and laws Of this
State, or Of the United States, Or
the discipline and authority Of the
Roman Catholic Church, and to al
ter, repeal and amend same, in
whole or in part, at pleasure. Moth
ing in this charter shall be con-
strued as modifying, abrogating, or
in any manner restricting the pow
er, authority and jurisdiction Of the
bishop Of the diocess, Or his sue
cessors, relative to the appointment
and removal Of pastors, Or as to his
authority and control over any and
all matters of discipline, whether
ecclesiastical or temporal, the in
tent and purpose of this charter be-
ing merely to vest in said corpora
ton the title, ownership, admins
tration and control Of the property
Of said corporation, and All rights,
powers, privileges, and all jurisdic-
ton now or hereafter vested in the
bishop under canon law, or under
the discipline and regulations of the
Roman Catholic Church, are ex-
pressly retained and reserved by the
bishop and his successors.
ARTICLE ".