New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-02-24
ACT OF Incorporation
OF THE
PTotestantCemetey Association
Of New Iberia.

OF New Iberia.
United States of America Parish of Ibe-
ria, City of New Iberia, La.
Be 1t Known, that before, me, the un-
dersigned authority, personally came and
appeared Mary Louise Pomeroy, Mrs.
Emily L. Grant, II. N. Brown, Eliza
beth de Valcourt, Nina de " Barnard,
Mrs. J. c. M. Robertson, Mrs. K. NJ 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 Y. Craig, Theda F. Murray, F. Hen
derson, L. Henderson, Jno. K. Taylor
John M. Weeks, Edward T. Weeks, VIM
Bauman, w. G. Weeks, d. A. Long L.
Z. Smedes, Mary c. Smedes, H. F. Bell
M. A. Bell, all of the Parish of Iberia
State of Louisiana, to me well 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 IN
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 corporations
for the purpose of establishing, owning
and maintaining cemeteries are recog
nized as charitable corporations under
tho loyp of fhic State and ecneciallu IN
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
those who may hereafter be associated
with them; all for the objects and pur-
poses and under the stipulations follow
ing towit:
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. 1t shall exist and continue
for term of ninety years from the date
of its incorporation.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes of said cor
poraton 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
| o+b rty Of LipI hot
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
I personal, either by purchase, donation or
otherwise, and to sell and convey same,
providedly 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
bers, and payments for life member
ship; to provide for the collection of all
fees and amounts due to it, and to drop
members from the roll for failure to pay,
or for other serious delinquencies; TO
name and appoint such officers, directors,
committees and agents as may be here
after named, or as convenience may re-
quire; to prescribe all reasonable rules
and all fees and charges to be paid for
the acquisition, and for the upkeep cf
Its and graves in said cemetery. and for
he use, care and management of lots and
graves therein; but there shall be no
discrimination as to the right of burial
In any cemetery maintained by this cor
poration, or as to the other rights in the
corporation, as against any white person
of one of the protes. ant faiths as in
favor of persons of another; but this
hall not be understood as excluding
from burial in such cemetery of persons
| Of other beliefs whatever; to employ
-extons and other labor, and assistants,
to make and establish bylaws, rules
and regulations not inconsistent with
this Charter, and to alter and change
anne at pleasure, and generally to pro
| --Ide Tor the management Oh the dlIdlIo
of said corporation as NAV be necessary
and proper to carry out the objects and
purposes of said CORPORATION.
ARTICLE ".
| The officers of the corporation shall be
elected from among the active members
and shall consist of a President, Vice
President, Secretary, Financial Secre-
-arv, three Trustees and Board Of
| Directors.
ARTICLE V.
| The said officers and members of the
+: Board of Directors of this CORPORATION
shall be elected by ballot annually, at
m eeting of the members of said associa-
| ton. to be held on the Second Monday
# May of each year, after ten days pub
| LEGATION in one of the local newspapers.
Each active member being entitled 70
one vote, and majority of those voting
being necessary to elect. All officers
shall hold office until their successors are
elected and installed. At said annual