St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-05
Article "

The officers of this corporation, who
shall exercise all its powers under its
laws and regulations, and who shall be
the eustodians of all its property, shall
be;
4 Chancellor Commander, a Vice
Chancellor, a Prelate, a Master OF Ex-
cheauer, a Keeper of Records and Seal,
a Master Of Finance, a Master at Arms,
Inner Guard, and Outer Guard, and a
Sitting Past Chancellor. Seven knights
shall constitute a quorum.
The said officers shall be elected
semi-annually, at the last stated meet
mos in June and December OF each
or on the third Monday OF June
and December of each year, by the
members by ballot, a majority eleeting.
They shall serve until their successors
are elected and installed.
To purchase, sell, mortgage or hypo-
thecate real property, it shall require a
majority vote of all members IN good
standing, after a ten days written no
tice by the Keeper of Records mailed
to each member in good standing
stating the object of the meeting, fixing
the place, date and hour ON which the
meeting is to be held.
Article v
All citation or other legal process
shall be served on the Chancellor Com
mander, or in his absence or default on
the Vice Chancellor, and on default OF
both on the Keeper of Records.
Article VI
Until the election to be held on the
third Monday of December, 1914, the
officers of said corporation shall be:
DR.. r. E. Donate, Chancellor Com
mander; BENZ. R. Ware, Vice Chancel-
lor; Frank johnson, Prelate; Felix M.
Mack, Jr., Master of Exchequer; L. ID.
Sanders, Master of Finance; Willie Ne
raud. Keeper of Records and Seal;Jules
Neraud, Master at Arms; Frank Hamp-
ton, Inner Guard and Garfield S. Aa-
ron, Outer Guard; E. A. Lamonthe,
Sitting Past Chancellor.
In testimony whereof, the said par
ties have hereunto affixed their sigma
lures, together with me, notary, and in
the presence of Arthur A. Lejeune and
William Halsey, competent subscribing
witnesses, on the day and date first
above written and after reading OF the
lSignedl r. E. Donate, M. D., Ben.
r. Ware, Frank Johnson per R. E. Do
nato, NJ. D., Felix McKlus Mack, Jr.,
Lloyd D. Sanders, Willie Neraud per r.
E. Donate, M. D., Jules Neraud, Frank
this x mark Hampton. Garfield S.
Aarons, E. A. Lamonthe per R. E. Do
nato, M. D.
Witnesses: Arthur A. Lejeune,
William Halsey.
JOHN H. HARMANsoN,
Notary Public.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry,
I, r. Lee Garland, District Attorney
for the Sixteenth judicial District OF
Louisiana, do hereby certify that Ihave
examined the foregoing Act of Ineor-
poration, and the objects and purposes
of said Society or Lodge, as specified
in said Act are legal, and that lone of
the provisions therein contained are
contrary to law OF good morals.
In Witness Whereof, | have hereunto
set my hand at Opelousas, La, this
Third day of September, A. d. 1914.
r. LEE GARLAND,
District Attorney.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry,
I hereby certify that the above and
is a true and correct copy OF
the Original Act of Incorporation, being
original Act No. on file and of re-
cord in Charter Book No. |, at page
of the Record of the Parish of St.
Landry, Louisiana.
Given under my hand and seal of my
at 0pelousas, La, this third day
OF September, A. D. 1914.
A. j. T. LITTELL,
Deputy Clerk.