The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-07-31
INDUSTRIAL LIFE INSURANCE
AND SICK BENEFIT
ASSOCIATION.

United States of merica, State of Louisiana,
Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans. Be
it known, that, this End Gay of the month
of July, in the year of our Lord, one thou
sand nine hundred and nineteen, and of the
Independence of the United States of Ameri-
ca, the one hundred and forty-third. Before
me, Conrad G. Collins, Notary Public, in
Louisiana, duly commissioned and qualified,
and in the presence of the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared, Paul Freund, President,
and Oramel H. Simpson, Secretary of The
Hemlock Industrial Life Insurance and Sick
Benefit Association, a corporation organized
under the existing laws the State OF
Louisiana, by act of Incorporation passed
before the undersigned Notary, dated Sep
TENDER 7, 1907, and duly recorded in Mort
amended by act before Joseph Sinai, Notary
Public, of December 10Th, 1907, and which
amendment is recorded in Mortgage Office,
Book 1871, Folio -, who declared, That at
meeting of the members OF said corpora,
ton held June 18th, 1919, the Charter of
said corporation was by unanimous vote OF
all the members amended as hereinafter set
out, certified copy of the minutes of said
meeting hereto annexed as part of this act
In pursuance thereof, the said appearers
do now appear before me, Notary, to make
an authentic act of said amendments, and dc
hereby declare, that said act of incorporation
is hereby amended, as follows:
That Article III of the said Charter as
heretofore amended, be amended so as tc
read as follows:
of this Association are: To conduct a MI
tual Assessment and Industrial Life Insur
| ance, in which stipulated premiums, assess
| ments, or dues are levied and collected al
stated prices, less than month apart, tC
| issue policies or Benefit Certificates on
oil af III nArad
lars or less, for disability caused by sick
ness accident; and to provide for the ser
vices of Physicians, medicines and funerals
| That Article V, of the charter be amended
| so as to read as follows:
ARTICLE Vail citations or other lega
process shall be served on the President
| or, in his absence, on the Secretary.
That, Article VIII, of the Charter as here
tofore amended be amended so as to read a!
follows:
ARTICLE vIII.-Section /. The corpo
rate powers of this Association shall be vest
ed in and exercised by Board of Directors
composed of five policy holders in good stand
ing They shall be elected by the member
on the second Tuesday in January, 1920, ant
quadrennially thereafter, under such rule
and regulations as may be prescribed by tn
Board of Directors.
Section II. Each member in good standing
shall be entitled to one vote, which may b.
cast in person or by written proxy, granting
| special power OF attorney ana deposited ii
the office of the Association at least fiv
days previous to an election. majorit!
of the votes cast shall elect. Failure t
hold an election, on the day designated shall
not dissolve this association, as the direc
tors in office shall serve until their success
sors are duly elected and qualified.
| Section III. The Board of Directors. a
| the first meeting after their election, shall
organize by electing from their number
President, a First and Second Vice+Presiden,
Secretary and Treasurer. Three direc
| tors shall constitute quorum for the trans
action of all business. A director may rep
resent another by written proxy.
Section Nv. The Board of Directors shall
have full power and authority to enact re
peal and amend all bylaws, rules, regula
ments governing the business Of the Asso
citation or effecting the issuance of Policie
or Benefit Certificates. They shall fix al
compensations of officers or employees. The.
shall have full authority to select meetn
place; to suspend discharge any officer o
employee for neglect of duty or for the goo
of the Association; to fill any vacancy oc
curing in their number, and generally t
perform all, acts necessary for the props
conduction of the business of the Association
Thus done and passed, in my office, on tn
day, month and year first above written i
the presence of Milton r. De Reyna, an
Georges Damiens, competent witnesses, VIII
lhereunto subscribed their names with tn
said appearers and me, Notary, after du
reading of the whole.
i Witnesses: Milton r. De Regina, George
Damiens.
(The Original is Signed Paul Freunt
President; o. II. Simpson, Secretary.
| CONRAD G. COLLINS,
Notary Public.
I, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgage!
in and for the Parish of Orleans, State c
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the abov
and forepoinp act of amendment of the Hen
lock Industrial Life Insurance and Sic
Benefit Association, was this day recorde
in my office, in Book 122s, Folio 693
New Orleans, La, July 30, 1919.
(Signed) EMILE ]. LEONARD, by. /
A true copy.
CONRAD G. COLLINS,
Notary Public.
sJuly 104l7-24-31; Aug. ia.