New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-17


the corporate powers of the Association.
and administer its affairs, other than
those Of the endowment fund. which IS
to be under the control Of the Trustees
herein provided for.
ARTICLE TX.
Regular meetings OF said Board Of Di-
rectors shall be held monthly on the sec
ond Monday If each month at o'clock
P. M, until the said date and hour Of
such meetings shall be changed by 1eso-
luton of the said Board.
ARTICLE X.
Citation or other legal process shall be
served on the President OF this Corpora
ton; or, in his absence, or inability 20
serve, on the Vice President; and in the
case OF the absence or inability of both
President and Vice President, on the
Secretary.
The membership of this corporation
shall consist of active members who shall
have equal vote and shall enjoy all rights
OF membership whatsoever; life members
who shall have all the rights OF active
members, and of associate members who
shall enjoy all rights of active members,
save the rights of voting and of holding
office in the corporation. Active mem
bership shall be opened to the following:
First: To all signers of this Charter,
who becomes members ipso facto; second,
to all members of the organiza ton here
tofore existing in New Iberia, and known
as the New Iberia Protestant Cemetery
4SSnrfatIOn RI oil
fourth, to any Association or corporation
having burial ground in said cemetery,
its gifts of membership to be exercised
by its presiding officer; fifth, to all those
who own lots, or who have ancestors or
members of their Immediate families in
tered in any cemetery owned or con-
trolled by this corporation; sixth, to those
who have made donations of at least One
Hundred Dollars to the endowment
funds on terms which the association has
accepted All persons coming under sec
ond above class shall become active mem
bers of this corporation by paying dues
as such, and without further formality
Persons within the remaining classes
may become so, if over sixteen wears Of
majority vote of the Board of Directors.
Life membership shall be open to a.!
persons from whom a gift to the
endowment fund of the value of not
less than One Hundred Dollars has D -,
Such persons shall become life
members upon written application and
election by the Board of Directors. Life
members shall be exempt from the pay
ment of monthly dues.
Associate membership in said cor17r,-
ton shall be open to any person what
soever who shall make written applica
ton therefor and shall be elected BY a |
vote of the Board of Directors.
This includes Associations and CORPORA
tons, the presiding officer acting for
them. Every member except life mem
bers shall pay as dues twenty-five cents
each month.
ARTICLE XI.
This corporation shall be liquidated
upon the expiration of its term, or at any
time earlier, upon vote of three -fourths |
Of the members thereof present at a |
meeting specially called and notified in
writing for that purpose, and three liq-
lidators shall be appointed to effect said
LIQUIDATION, all subject to and in the man
Ter provided by law for the liquidation
If corporations of this character.
ARTICLE XII.
All persons signing this charter as
members, or who shall hereafter become
members hereof, shall thereby be held
s recognizing the title and ownership Of
he Rose Hill Cemetery being that To-
ated in New Iberia, and bounded North
~ North Street, ct ais, East by Fulton
street, ct ais, South by Cemetery, ct ais,
nd West by Main Street, ct ais, as vest
ng wholly in this corporation, subject
My to rights held as owners of lots and
urlal spaces, and that these rights shall
ikewise be subject to the reasonable reg
lations of the Board of Directors and
'ttlcers of the Corpora ton, as above setl
orth.
ARTICLE XIII.
This corporation shall be empowered
. receive and to hold by donation Or
equest, or any other manner, and either
l full ownership or upon conditions not
/ conflict with this Charter, property,
9th real and personal, stocks, bonds,
,edits, funds and money; and to ad-
linlster, lease, collect and re-invest same
trough trustees as hereinafter mentioned,
rovided that the principal sum thus re-
lived, held and administered, together
18th not less than fifty per cent of all
lie amounts resulting from the sale Ct
is or other burial space, shall consti-
tie and be kept as an endowment fund
II said corporation and cemetery.
ARTICLE XIV.
The first three Trustees of this Asso-
alton shall be ---- who shall
rye until the regular meeting in May,
'ZZ' who shall serve
it'll the regular meeting in. Nav 1920,
Id who shall serve
It'll the regular meeting in May 1918,
Id until their successors are elected
All future Trustees shall be elected TO
rye for term Of six years respectively
Il vacancies shall be filled, for the IN