Chapter 217. to incorporate the trustees of the Young Woman’s Christian Home in Washington, District of Columbia
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CHAP. 217.— An Act to incorporate the trustees of the Young Woman’s Christian Home in Washington, District of Columbia.Feb. 23, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Trustees of Young Woman’s Christian Home, incorporated. That Mary G. Wilkinson, Benjamin II, Warder, Octavius Knight, Thomas P, Morgan, Eliza. N. Blair, Emma E. Dorsey, Nathaniel Wilson, Francis II. Smith, A. J. Falls, It.
D. Mussey, E. D. Powell, Caroline M. Lawrence, Frances E. Childs, II. A. Hall. Elphouzo Youngs, Addison M. Smith, and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, constituted a body politic and corporate in law by the name and style of the “Trustees of Young Woman’s Christian Home”; and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, have perpetual succession, and shall and may take, hold, manage, and dispose of, at all times, real and personal estate, and shall and may do and perform all other acts and things necessary or appropriate for the execution of the purposes, charities, and trusts for which the said corporation is created, and which are set forth in the second .section of this act; and said corporation shall have power to adop and make such constitution, bylaws, and regulations as may be appropriate and necessary for carrying out the purposes of the said incorporation, including provisions for the election of trustees and other officers and agents of the corporation, the filling of vacancies occurring in such offices and agencies, the taking holding, and management of the property of the corporation, and the sale and conveyance thereof, when necessary, for the purposes of such corporation, and the transaction of all other business appropriate and necessary to the purposes of such incorporation, with power to adopt and use a common seal for such corporation, and the same to alter at pleasure.
Sec. 2. That the object purposes, and powers of said corporation shallObjects. be, and the same arc hereby, limited to providing temporary home for young women coming to and being in the District of Columbia, who shall, from any cause, be in want of and willing to accept.temporary home, care, and assistance in the said District; and for the purposes aforesaid the said corporation shall have power to take, hold, use, and enjoy all such real and personal property, endowments, and contributions, whether by devise, gift, otherwise, as may be appropriate for the ’establishment, maintenance, and success of the said institution; and also to acquire, take, hold, use, occupy, manage, and own, either in fee simple or by lease or otherwise, such real estate in the said District, not exceeding in its appraised value the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, to be used, held, occupied, and enjoyed for the purposes of such home, and for the residence and use of the proper and necessary officers, -employees, and agents of such corporation: *Provided*, That the property,*Proviso*.Property exempt from taxation. whether real or personal, owned by the said corporation, and used exclusively for the charitable purposes of the said organization, shall be exempt from taxation.
Approved, February 23, 1887.