The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-01-13
CHARTER.

beers nor more than ten members of the
Association. A majority of the Board on
directors or Managers shall constitute n
quorum for the transaction of all busi-
| ness. The first Board of Directors or Man
| ayers of this Association shall consist of
| six persons, and this number NAV he auy
| lLfnted up to ten by a vote of all the mem
| berS OF the Association at any annual
| meeting at which officers and members of
the Board of Directors or Managers ar,
elected. Each member Of the Association
| shall be entitled to one vote at all meet
lugS, such vote to be cast either in person
| or by written proxy. No failure to elect
Il Board OF Directors shall be regarded as
forfeiture of this charter. Said Board
! shall have the right to appoint and dis
miss such clerks and other employees OF
| the Association as, in its judgment, may
| be deemed necessary. Any Director shah
| nave the right to appoint, in writing. an.
other Director to act as his proxy and in
| his stead at any and all meetings of said
| Board.
| ARTICLE NI.-Charles f. Reimann.
whose pOstoIiice address is Mctairie Court
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana: Fred Bertram
whose pOstOiiice address is No. 2g4O Bell
| Street, New Orleans, Louisiana: Willard
Roberts, DR., whose pOStOflce address j.
| No. 4Oll CarOndelet Street. New Orleans
| Louisiana; Cyril z. Geary, whose poStoffice
address is No. 45l5 South Prieur Street
| New orleans, Louisiana; Charles l.. Coll
| whose pOStOiiice address is No BIB Fern
| street, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Louis
| \. Iiemann, whose pOstOfice address is
| No. 4l23' Royal Street New Orleans Lou
| iSiana, shall constitute the first Board Oi
| Directors or Managers of this Association
| with Charles +. Reimann as President.
| Fred Bertram as Vice President, Willard
| Roberts Jr., as Secretary. and Cyril L.
| Geary as Treasurer, to serve until the first
| Tuesday in January, 1922, or until their
| successors have been elected. The above
| named officers and members of the Board
| Of Directors or Managers shall serve with
| out pay.
| ARTICLE Wilt shall be the duty of
| the President to preside at all meetings 10
| sign all official communications in cOnnec-
| ton with the Secretary, to issue all calls
| and to direct the affairs of the Associa-
| ton and perform such other duties as
| usually attach to the Office of President
| ARTICLE Wilt shall be the duty of
| the Vice President to act in the capacity
| of the President in his absence and to per
| form such duties as usually attach to the
| office of Vice President.
ARTICLE kit shall be the duty of
| the Secretary to keep true and correct
| record of all proceedings of the meetings
| of the Association, all Directors meetings.
and to have charge of the books and issue
| all warrants on the Treasurer for disburse-
| ments as may be ordered by the President.
| He shall perform such other duties as are
| usually assigned TO Secretaries.
| ARTICLE Kit shall be the duty OF
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| a correct account of same, and TO pay Sucl
| amounts for which he may receive war
| rants drawn by the Secretary and ap-
proved by the President, out of such funds.
according to the purpose intended
| ARTICLE XI.-All future applications
| for membership in this Association shall
| be made in writing and filed with the Sec
| rotary, who shall submit same to the Board
| of Directors or Managers to be passed on
| at the next regular meeting of the Board
| following the date of such application. In
| order for an applicant to be elected a mem
| Der of this Association, his application
| must receive a favorable vote of the ma
| jority of the members of the Board of Di-
| rectOrs or Managers.
ARTICLE XII.-There shall be an initia-
i ton fee of five hundred ($50O0O dollars,
| which said fee shall be applied to the de
| fraying of expenses incurred in the fur
| thering of the objects and purposes of this
| Association. The upkeep and maintenance
| of this Association, that is. such expenses
| as Office rent, clerk hire, Stenographer, sta
| rived from assessments levied against the
| members of the Association in accordance
| with the expenses incurred.
| ARTICLE XIII.-The first annual meet
| ing of this Association shall be held on
the first Tuesday in January, 1921, at
| which meeting the Board of Directors or
| Managers shall select the dates for the flu
| ture regular meetings of the Association.
| ARTICLE XIV.-The election of officers
| and members of the Board of Directors or
| Managers of this Association shall take
| place at the annual meeting. They shall
| be elected by majority of the ballots east
| by the members present, for the term of
| one year, or until their successors shall
have been elected.
| ARTICLE XV-Any member failing TO
| pay the assessments levied against him in
| accordance with Article MI, within thirty
| days from the date of same becoming due.
| shall be dropped from the roll by the vote
| of the majority of the members of the
| Board of Directors or Managers thereby
| FORGETTING whatever right and interest he
| may have acquired in the Association. No
| tice of all assessments shall be mailed ten
| days before the same become due. The
| second notice to be mailed fifteen days Ia
| ter, and if payment be not made within
| thirty days from the time same be due, IL
| shall be the duty of the Secretary to re-
| port same to the Board of Directors for
| instructions.
| ARTICLE XNI.-Any member desiring to
| resign. after the payment of all assess
| ments regularly levied against him, shall
| give the Association thirty days notice. said
| notice to be addressed in writing to the
| Secretary. And unless a member sends in
| his resignation in writing to the Secretary.
| he shall be considered q member, and shall
pay all assessments levied against him I'M
| til such time as his written resignation
shall have been received by the Secretary.
| ARTICLE XvII.-This charter may be
amended, altered or changed, or this As
| ISOLATION may be dissolved, at any gen.
eral meeting of the members thereof, con
vened for that purpose, after thirty 500
| days written notice of the meeting has
| been given through the mail. addressed to
| each member at his last known place of
| residence and In accordance with the laws
| of this State; providing, that this charter
| may only be amended, or this association
| Al n m Wn-fh
| of the members present at such meeting.
| ARTICLE XVIII-No member shall ever
| be liable or responsible for the contracts,
| faults or debts of this association, nor
| shall any mere informality in its organiZa-
| ton have the effect of rendering this char
| ter null, or of exposing any member to
any liability beyond the unpaid balance
due on the assessments regularly levied
| against him.
Thus done and passed. in my office, at
| the City of New Orleans, on the day.
| month and year first hereinaboye written,
| in the presence of Messieurs Charles Lee
| Blanc and Leslie p. Beard, competent wit
ness, above the age of majority, who have
| signed their names with said appearers
and me, Notary, after due reading of the
whole.
| (0RIGINAL SIGNED):
Chas. +. Reimann, Fred Bertram, VIII
| lard Roberts, Jr., Cyril p. Geary, Chas. L.
| Coll. Louis A. Tiemann.
Witnesses: Leslie p. Beard, Chas Le-
Blanc.
FRANK IT. DOYLE.
Notarv puhlic