New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1917-03-10
Barnard, Financial Secretary.
ARTICLE VIII

and three others, and it shall exercise
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 reso-
| 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 %
serve, on the Vice President; and in the
case of the absence or ina ability 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 organization here
tofore existing in New Iberia, and known
as the New Iberia Protestant Cemetery
Association; third, to all protestants;
fourth, to any Association or corporation
having burial ground in said cemetery,
| its rights 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
age, upon their written application, by
majority vote of the Board of Directors
i Life membership shall be open to all
natural persons from whom a gift to the
endowment fund of the value of not
less than One Hundred Dollars has . =.
accepted. Such persons shall become life
members upon written application md
election by the Board of Directors. Life
members shall be exempt from the pay
ment of monthly dues.
Associate membership in said corpcrr-
tion shall be open to any person what
soever who shall make written appIca-
ton therefor and shall be elected by a
ajority vote of the Board of Directors.
This includes Associations and Corpora
} tions, 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 liz
uidators shall be appointed to effect said
| liquidation, all subject to and in the man
} ner provided by law for the liquidation
of corporations of this character
ARTICLE XII.
All persons signing this charter as
members, or who shall hereafter become
members hereof, shall thereby be held
as recognizing the title and ownership Of
the Rose Hill Cemetery, being that To-
Gated in New Iberia, and bounded North
by North Street, ct ais, East by Fulton
Street, ct ais, South by Cemetery, ct ais,
and West by Main Street, ct ais, as vest
ing wholly in this corporation, subject
only to rights held as owners of lots and
burial spaces, and that these rights shall
likewise be subject to the reasonable reg
ulations of the Board of Directors and
Officers of the Corporation, as above set
forth.
ARTICLE XIII.
This corporation shall be empowered
to receive and to hold by donation or
bequest, or any other manner, and either
in full ownership or upon conditions not
in conflict with this Charter, property,
both real and personal, stocks, bonds,
credits, funds and money; and to ad-
minister, lease, collect and re-invest same
through trustees as hereinafter mentioned, |,
provided that the principal sum thus re-
ceived, held and administered, together
with not less than fifty per cent of all
the amounts resulting from the sale cf
lots or other burial space, shall consti-
tute and be kept as an endowment fund
for said corporation and cemetery.
ARTICLE XIV.
The first three Trustees of this Asso-
citation shall be -- who shall
serve until the regular meeting in May,
1922, ----- who shall serve
until the regular meeting in May 1920,
and --- who shall serve
until the regular meeting in May 1913,
and until their successors are elected.
All future Trustees shall be elected TO
serve for term of six years respectively.
All vacancies shall be filled, for the un-
expired term, by election. The duties of
said Trustees shall be to receive, hold and
| administer any property, real or personal