The Caucasian., 1913-08-17
bishop Of aforesaid, his jurisdictive.
successor, or the diocesan admins

bishop Of aforesaid, his jurisdictive.
successor, or the diocesan admins
traitor, or such other person
as may be appointed accord
in to the rules Of the Ro-.
man Catholic Church jurisdlctlve
administrator Of the diocese for the
time being, shall be ex-otficlo pres
itIent; the said Very Rev. Vicar Gen
eral as aforesaid, his jurisdlctlve
successor or such other person as
may be appointed according to the
rules Of the Roman Catholic Church
to perform the duties Of vicar gen.
eral Of The diocese, for the time be-
ing, shall be the vice president; and
the said Rev. Z. Bertels or his law
fill successor, as long as he shall he
recognized as jurisdictlve pastor
aforesaid BY The bishop, Or diocesan
administrator, shall be secretary
and treasurer The said Denis RlcOu
and Charles L. Horne, the two lay
men. members Of said board, shall
DE 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 al
the expiration of the term OF office
of said two laymen, on the first
Monday of January 1915, and blen-
nially thereafter, or whenever a 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 be
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 of this corporation, and
members Of the board Of directors
thereof, as long as they shall re-
Lspectively remain the jurisdictive
bishop and vicar general of said
diocese, and the jurisdictive 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 in 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 no debt exceeding two
hundred (S2O0OO) 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 tn
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 all
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 diocese, 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
| t1nlt and purpose Of this charter be-.
inns 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 jurlsdic-
ton now or hereafter vested in the
bishop under canon law, or under
the discipline and regulations Of the
Roman Catholic Church, are ex-