New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-10-18
upon the Secretary.
Article II

lie opJcctS ana purposes Oh tHlS
corporation shall be the establish
ment in UatOutville, of a club
room, library and reading room,
for the literary improvement of
its members and the cultivation
of friendly and social intercourse
and for the carrying out of the OBJ
jects and purposes of this cOrpO.
ration.
Article III.
The corporate powers of this
association and the management
of its affairs shall be vested in
and exercised by five (5) mem
bers composing the Board of Gov
eminent. Said Board to consist
of the President, Vice President,
Secretary-Treasurer, and two
other members elected by ballot
at an annual meeting of the mem
bers of this corporation to be held
on the second Tuesday of Jan
uary of each year. by a majority
of members necessary to form Il
quorum as hereinafter established.
Messrs. Alphonse Landry, Sid
ney Hebert, Gustave Leblanc,
Paul Kratzer and Fernand Do
mingue have been chosen and Sc
lected to compose the first Board
Of Government, with the said Al
phonse Landry as President; the
said Sidney Hebert as Vice-Presi-
dent and the said Gustave Leblanc
as Secretary Treasurer, to serve
until the annual meeting Of the
members Of this corporation to be
held on the second Tuesday of
January. 1920, and until their sue
cessors are elected and installed.
Article Nv.
The expenses incurred by this
corporation Incidental to the
carrying out of the purposes OF
it's organization. as well as the
cost of maintaining its club rooms
shall be paid out of funds derived
from such monthly dues as may
be assessed against it's members
bv it's bylaws and out Of the TO-
ceipts from the amusements pro-
vided; and all sums so received
shall be expended by the Board
Of Government for the object and
purposes herein set forth by Arti-
Gle IT of this Charter.
Article v
Special meetings of the members
of this corporation may be called
by the President, or in his absence
by any one of the officers named
in Article three of this Charter, in
the order of their naming, at their
own discretion, but they shall d.
so upon the written request Of five
members.
Article vi.
A quorum for the ordinary
transaction of business shall con-
sist Of fifteen of the members OF
this corporation.
Article VII.
No member Of this corporation
shall ever be held. liable or re-
sponsible for the contracts or
faults of this corporation in any
further sum than the amount OF
his Indebtedness to the Associa-
ton; nor shall any mere informal
ity in organization have the effect
Of rendering this act null, or Of
exposing a member to any liabil-
ity beyond the amount Of his in
debtedness.
Article VIII.
This act Of incorporation may
be altered, amended and modified
by a vote of majority of all the
members of the association at a
special meeting called for that
purposes.
Thus done and passed at New
Iberia in the Parish OF iberia,
Louisiana. on the day, month and
year first above written. in the
presence Of the undersigned COM
petent witnesses after due read
ing Of the whole.
George Gary, Willie Landry,
Charles Gary, Laodice Gary. Maui
rice Moncla. II. Lemaire, Sidney
Hebert. Ernest Bodin. Oiean Olivia,
Denis Bodin, Richard Harnes, l..
A. Rogers, Gustave Leblanc. r. j:
Gary. Antoine Goulas, Alfred
Goulas. Telsmar Ransconnet,
Adam Myers. Andre Myers. Paul
Bonvillion. E. B. Bayard, P. E.
Kratzer, Ernest Bonvillan, Wiley
Clark. Fernand Dominique.