New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-17
ACT OF INCORPORATION
ACT OF Incorporation
OF THE
pfotestantCemetery AssociatiOn
Of New Iberia,

'o'sotuhi oVhiosoiJ n0soviQiioi'
OF New Iberia.
United States of America, Parish ot Ibe-
ria, City Of New Iberia, La.
Be Il known, that before, me, the IN
dersigned authority, personally came and
appeared Mary Louise Pomeroy, MIS-
Emily L. Grant, H. N. Brown, Eliza
beth de Valcourt, Nina de v Barnard,
Mrs. J. c. M. Robertson, Mrs. R. N. y.
Smith, Miss Helen Robertson, K. D.
Southwell, E. S. Fulton, Aurora Lodge
1913, Henry A. King, Mrs. S. L. Fitz-
hugh, Mrs. J. P. Russell, A. B. Murray,
Emmie a. Daniel, Mrs. Geo. Robertson,
K de v Craig, Theda F. Murray, F. Hen
derson, L. Henderson, Jno. K. Taylor,
John M. Weeks, Edward 7. Weeks, VIM.
Bauman, w. G. Weeks, D. A. Long, Z.
E. Smedes, Mary c. Smedes, H F. Bell,
M. A. Bell, all Of the Parish of iberia,
State of Louisiana, to me we'll known,
who declared and said that they are
DESTROYS of organizing themselves into a
corporation, and to acquire the priv
leges and amenities of corporations un-
der the laws of this State, and that avail
ing themselves of Act 254 of the General
Assembly of this State for 1914, and
other laws, relating to the organization
of non trading corporations for literary,
scientific, religious and charitable pur
poses, and approaching that corp. atoms
for the purpose of establishing, owning
and maintaining cemeteries are recog
nized as charitable corporations under
the laws of this State, and especially un-
der Section 1856 of the Revised Statutes
of Louisiana, they hereby agree, consent
to and adopt the following articles of
incorporation, for themselves, and for
these who may hereafter be associated
with them; all for the objects and pur-
poses and under the stipulations follow
ing to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The corporation shall be known and
styled as the Protestant Cemetery Asso-
citation of New Iberia, and its domicile
is hereby fixed and established as the
City of New Iberia, Parish of Iberia,
Louisiana. It shall exist and continue
for term of ninety years from the date
of its incorporation.
ARTICLE II,
The objects and purposes of said cor
poration are hereby declared to Be the
owning, establishing and maintaining a
cemetery in or near the corporate limits
of the City of New Iberia, Parish of
Iberia, Louisiana, for burial of persons
of the Caucasian race, and for this pur-
pose to acquire, hold and use any lands
or other property of any kind that may
be necessary, useful or proper thereto,
as we'll as to take over and acquire any
cemetery now existing in said locality.
ARTICLE III.
Under its corporate name it shall
have power to contract, sue and be sued,
make and use a corporate seal; and TO
break and alter same at pleasure; to
hold, receive and own property, real or
personal, either by purchase, donation or
otherwise, and to sell and convey same,
that this power to sell and
convey snrestraniedly is as to lands not
dedicated to cemetery purposes, which
may not be conveyed except for use as
such; to fix the monthly dues to be paid |
by its active and by its associate mem
oers, and payments for life member |
ship; to provide for the collection of all |
ees and amounts due to it, and to drop
members from the roll for failure to pay, |
or for other serious delinquencies; 70
name and appoint such officers, directors,
committees and agents as may be here
lfter named, or as convenience may re
Iuire; to prescribe all reasonable rules
nd all fees and charges to be paid for
he acquisition, and for the upkeep Ct
ITS and graves in said cemetery. and for
he use, care and management Of lots and
raves therein; but there shall be no
discrimination as to the right of burial
y any cemetery maintained by this cor
,oration. or az to the other rights in the
orpora ton, as against anv white person
f one of the protes amt faiths as m
qvor of persons of another; but this
hall not be understood as excluding
rom burial in such cemetery of persons
{ other beliefs whatever; to employ
extons and other labor, and assistants,
D make and establish bylaws, rules
nd regulations not inconsistent with
lis Charter, and to alter and change
,ne at pleasure and generally to nro-
de for the management of the affairs
{ said corporation as NAV be necessarv
nd proper to carry out the objects and ;
imposes Of said CORPORATION.
ARTICLE ".
The officers of the corporation shall be y
ected from among the active members, t
nd shall consist Of President, Wee |
resident, Secretary, Financial Secre {
nv. three Trustees and Board Of
irectors.
ARTICLE V.
The said officers and members Of the
GARD Of Directors Of this corporation
lall be elected by ballot annually, at 4
Getting of the members Of said associa-
on to be held on the Second Mondav .
May of each year, after ten days pub
,ation in one Of the local newspapers.
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