Chapter LVII. to Incorporate St
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Chap. LVII.— An Act to Incorporate St. Joseph’s Male Orphan Asylum, in the District of Columbia. Feb. 6, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Corporators. That Thomas Carbery, James S. Harvey, Thomas Feran, Gregory Ennis, Nicholas Callan, Hugh B. Sweeny, John Carroll Brent, Richard H. Clark, and William H. Ward, and their successors, be and they are hereby made a body politic and Corporate name.corporate forever, by the name of the trustees of St.
Joseph’s Male Orphan Asylum, for purposes of charity and education, and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend; may have and use a common seal, and the same alter and renew at pleasure; may adopt and establish rules, General powers and purposes.regulations, and by-laws, not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, for properly conducting the affairs of said corporation THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 58, 59, 60. 1855. 847 may take, receive, purchase, and hold estate, real, personal, and mixed, not exceeding in value one hundred thousand dollars at any one time, and may manage and dispose of the same at pleasure, and apply the same, or the proceeds of the sales thereof, to the uses and purposes of the said corporation, according to the rules and regulations which now are or may hereafter be established.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That Congress may at any timeThis act may be amended, &c. hereafter alter, amend, or repeal the foregoing act. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted, *That nothing in this act shall be soBanking powers not given. construed as to authorize the said corporation to issue any note, token, device, scrip, or other evidence of debt, to be used as a currency. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted, *That each of the trustees in the said corporation shall be held liable in his or her individual capacity for allTrustees liable for debts. the debts and liabilities of the said company, however contracted or incurred, to be recovered by suit, as other debts or liabilities, before any court of competent jurisdiction.
Approved, February 6, 1855.