Chapter 94. To incorporate the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf
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CHAP. 94.— An Act To incorporate the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf. January 26, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That Edward M. Gallaudet, of Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, incorporated.Washington, in the District of Columbia; Francis D. Clarke, of Flint, in the State of Michigan; S. Tefft Walker, of Jacksonville, in the State of Illinois; James L. Smith, of Faribault, in the State of Minnesota;
Sarah Fuller, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts; David C. Dudley, of Colorado Springs, in the State of Colorado, and John R. Dobyns, of Jackson, in the State of Mississippi, officers and members of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, and their associates and successors be, and they are hereby, incorporated and made a body politic and corporate in the District of Columbia by the name of the “Convention of American Instructors of the, Deaf,” for the promotion Object.of the education of the deaf on the broadest, most advanced, and practical lines; and by that name it may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity, and may have and use a common seal and change the same at pleasure.
Sec. 2. That the said corporation shall have the power to take and Powers.hold personal estate and such real estate as shall be necessary and proper for the promotion of the educational and benevolent purposes of said corporation, which shall not be divided among the members of the corporation, but shall descend to their successors for the promotion of the objects aforesaid. Sec. 3. That said corporation shall have a constitution and regulations Constitution, etc.or by-laws, and shall have power to amend the same at pleasure: *Provided,* That such constitution and regulations or by laws do not *Proviso.* Restriction.conflict with the laws of the United States or of any State.
Sec. 4. That said association may bold its meetings in such places Meetings and report.as said incorporators shall determine, and shall report to Congress, through the president of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Washington, District of Columbia, such portions of its proceedings and transactions as its officers shall deem to be of general public interest and value concerning the education of the deaf. Approved, January 26, 1897.