Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-02-18
Act of Incorporation of the
"HOME MISSION SOCIETY,""


Parish of "'ensas.
Be it known, that on this the LIST
day of February, 1921, before me,
A. B. Ratcliff, a Notary. Public in
and for said Parish of Tensas, State
of Louisiana, duly commissioned and
qualified in accordance with the law,
and in the presence of the witnesses
hereafter named and subscribed, per-
sOnally came and appeared the par
Ties whose names are hereto SUBJ
scribed, all residents of this Parish
and State, who declared to me, No
Gary, that availing themselves of the
laws of Louisiana relative to the or
ganization of corporations for be-
nevOlent and charitable purposes,
they hereby covenant and agree to
form themselves and such persons as
may be now, or hereafter become
associated with them, into a corpor-
alton and body polite in law, for the
purposes and objects and under the
conditions stipulated in the following
articles, tO-wit:
ARTICLE 1.
The name of this corporation shall
be the "HOME MISSION SOCIETY
and its domicile shall be on the One.
onta Plantation, Locust Ridge Post
Office, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and
by its said name it shall continue tc
exist for the period of Ninety Nine
| (99) years unless sooner dissolved
and by said name may contract, SUE
and be sued.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes fol
which this corporation is organized
are declared to be purely charitable
purposes, such as, the care of the
sick, burial of the dead, and generally
to do and perform all such acts Of
benevolence and charity as will con
tribute to and promote the genera
welfare of the members of this as
ISOLATION.
ARTICLE III.
This association shall have tn,
power to grant charters to subordi
late societies and to pass all rules ant
regulations necessary for the govern
ment of this society and such subor
dinate societies as may be associate,
with it.
ARTICLE Nv.
This corporation shall have tn.
power to sue and be sued, to hold
acquire, and own property real, per
sonal, and mixed, to acquire tn
same by purchase, donation, or other
wise, to contract for the construction
and repair Of buildings, to sell o
lease the same, and generally to d
and perform all other such acts q
may be permissible under tie law
of this State and in conformity wit
this act of incorporation.
| ARTICLE v.
This charter may be changed, mod
flied, or amended or this corporatio
dissolved by a two-thirds vote of tn
members present at a general meet
ing of the members of the associs
ton held for this purpose after nc
tice given, either by publication twic
in a newspaper published in the Pal
ish of Tensas, or by written motto
to each of the members of this as
ISOLATION, mailed at least ten day
prior to the date of such meeting.
ARTICLE vi.
The corporate power of this asso
citation shall consist of a President
Vice-President, and Secretary-Treas
urer. The first two named officer
shall be ex-Officio members of tn
Board of Directors which Board shal
consist of five members, and the frs
Board of Directors shall be compose
Of the following parties, to-wit
C. H. Mullins as President; Andre,
Cage as Vice-President, and 10
White as Secretary, and Lee Ora
Treasurer and Noah Atkins, the post
office of all of whom is Locus
Ridge, Louisiana. The officers an
directors herein named shall holt
office from the date of the passag
of this act until the first Monday i
January, 1921, or until their success
ors shall have been qualified, and an
nually thereafter on the LIST Monda
in January there shall be held
meeting of this association at whic
, meeting a new Board of Director
shall be elected and installed, whic
said new Board of Directors sha
at once elect officers Of this assc
citation to serve for the ensuing veal
The election Of the Board of d