Chapter LXII. *to amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the National Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Home,” approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.* Feb. 22, 1867. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the b
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CHAP. LXII.— An Act *to amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the National Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Home,” approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.* Feb. 22, 1867. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the board of trustees ofBoard of trustees of National Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Home.Number.Quorum.Names.Powers. the National Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Home shall hereafter consist of seven persons, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum to do business; and D.
K. Carter, Henry D. Cooke, Amos B. Eaton, J. W. Alvord, Horatio Bridge, Byron Sunderland, and Franklin A. Dick are hereby declared to be the trustees of said corporation, and they and their successors shall have the entire control and management of all property, moneys, and other securities now held or used for the benefit of said corporation, or which shall hereafter belong to it; and the said board of trustees shall have power to fill any vacancies occurring by death, resignation,Vacancies. or otherwise.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That immediately upon their organizationBoard of lady managers.Election.Powers, bylaws, &c.Vacancies.Term of office. the trustees shall elect a board of lady managers, consisting of thirteen persons, who shall have power to superintend and manage the internal affairs of the asylum, and to fill vacancies in their own board, to make their own by-laws, rules, and regulations, to hold their offices till the second Wednesday in January, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; their successors to be elected annually by the board of managers in the manner which their by-laws shall prescribe.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted, *That the surviving parent or legalParents, &c. may withdraw children.Minors over sixteen to be discharged on their written requestRepealing clause. guardian of any child placed under charge of said corporation may withdraw such child therefrom, and any minor over sixteen years of age, upon his or her request in writing, shall be discharged therefrom, at the discretion of the managers. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted, *That so much of the act to which this is amendatory as is inconsistent with this act be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, February 22, 1867.