Chapter 226. To incorporate the Congressional Club

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CHAP. 226.— An Act To incorporate the Congressional Club. May 30, 1908.[[H. R. 22029.]](/us/bill/70/hr/22029)[[Public, No. 166.]](/us/pl/70/166) *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That Mrs. James BreckDistrict of Columbia.Congressional Club incorporated.Incorporators. Perkins, of New York; Mrs. John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi; Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts; Mrs. Julius Kahn, of California;

Mrs. Champ Clark, of Missouri; Mrs. Joseph Dixon, of Montana; 477 Mrs. J. Sloat Fassett, of New York; Mrs. William M. Howard, of Georgia; Miss E. P. Wood, of New Jersey; Mrs. A. A. Wiley, Mrs. Richmond P. Hobson, and Mrs. O. W. Underwood, of Alabama; Mrs. William B. Cravens, of Arkansas; Mrs. W. F. Engle bright, Mrs. Duncan E. McKinlay, Mrs. Joseph R. Knowland, Mrs. James C. Needham, and Mrs. S. C. Smith, of California; Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, Mrs. George W. Cook, and Mrs. Robert W.

Bonynge, of Colorado; Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley, Mrs. Zalinski, Mrs. Nehemiah D. Sperry, and Mrs. Edwin W. Higgins, of Connecticut; Mrs. Harry A. Richardson, of Delaware; Mrs. Frank D. Clark and Mrs. William B. Lamar, of Florida; Mrs. Alexander S. Clay. Mrs. James M. Griggs, Mrs. Charles L. Bartlett, Mrs. Gordon Lee, and Mrs. Thomas W. Hardwick, of Georgia; Mrs. Weldon B. Heyburn and Mrs. Burton L. French, of Idaho; Mrs. Albert J. Hopkins, Mrs. James R. Mann, Mrs. William W. Wilson, Mrs.

Frank O. Lowden, Mrs. Joseph V. Graff, Miss Cannon, Miss Mattis, Mrs. Henry T. Rainey, Mrs. Benjamin F. Caldwell, Mrs. PleasantT. Chapman, and Mrs. Frank Vrooman, of Illinois; Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge, Mrs. John H. Foster, Mrs. Jesse Overstreet, and Mrs. Edgar D. Crumpacker, of Indiana; Mrs. J. P. Dolliver, Mrs. John A. T. Hull, Mrs. Walter I. Smith, Mrs. James P. Conner, Mrs. Elbert H. Hubbard, Mrs. William E. Fidler, and Mrs. Brayton, of Iowa; Mrs. C. Curtis, Mrs. Daniel R.

Anthony, Mrs. Charles F. Scott, and Mrs. James M. Miller, of Kansas; Mrs. Ollie M. James and Mrs. Ben Johnson, of Kentucky; Mrs. Arsène P. Pujo, of Louisiana; Mrs. Eugene Hale, Mrs. Llewellyn Powers, and Mrs. Charles E. Littlefield, of Maine; Mrs. Isidor Rayner, of Maryland; Mrs. W. Murray Crane, Mrs. Charles G. Washburn, Mrs. Charles Q. Tirrell, Mrs. Samuel W. McCall, Mrs. John W. Weeks, and Mrs. Augustus P. Gardner, of Massachusetts; Mrs. William Alden Smith, Mrs. Gilbert Wilkes, Mrs.

Edward L. Hamilton, Mrs. Gerrit J. Diekema, Mrs. Samuel W. Smith, Mrs. Joseph W. Fordney, and Mrs. George A. Loud, of Michigan; Mrs. Halvor Steenerson, of Minnesota; Mrs. Thomas Spight, Mrs. Eaton J. Bowers, and Mrs. Frank A. McLain, of Mississippi; Mrs. James T. Lloyd, Mrs. Joshua W. Alexander, Mrs. Edgar C. Ellis, Mrs. David A. De Armond, Mrs. Richard Bartholdt, Mrs. Joseph J. Russell, and Mrs. Thomas Hackney, of Missouri; Mrs. Charles N. Pray, of Montana; Mrs. Norris Brown and Mrs.

John F. Boyd, of Nebraska; Mrs. Francis G. Newlands, of Nevada; Mrs. Frank D. Currier, of New Hampshire; Miss Kean. Mrs. Frank 0. Briggs, Mrs. Henry C. Loudenslager, Mrs. Charles N. Fowler, Mrs. William Hughes, Mrs. Le Gage Pratt, Mrs. Eugene W. Leake, and Mrs. John J. Gardner, of New Jersey; Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew, Mrs. Charles B. Law, Mrs. George E. Waldo, Mrs. William M. Calder, Mrs. W. Bourke Cockran, Mrs. Herbert Parsons, Mrs. J. Van Vechten Olcott, Mrs. Francis B. Harrison, Mrs.

William S. Bennet, Mrs. D. S. Alexander, Mrs. John E. Andrus, Mrs. George W. Fairchild, Mrs. James S. Sherman, Mrs. Michael E. Driscoll, Mrs. John W. Dwight, Mrs. Sereno E. Payne, Mrs. Peter A. Porter, Mrs. Edward B. Vreeland, and Mrs. William H. Ryan, of New York; Mrs. John H. Small, Mrs. Charles R. Thomas, and Mrs. Robert N. Page, of North Carolina; Mrs. Porter J. McCumber, of North Dakota; Mrs. Robert L. Owen, of Oklahoma; Mrs. Joseph B. Foraker, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mrs.

J. Eugene Harding, Mrs. Timothy T. Ansberry, Mrs. Edward L. Taylor, junior, Mrs. Matthew R. Denver, Mrs. Ralph D.Cole, Mrs. G. E. Mouser, Mrs. Albert Douglas, and Mrs. James Kennedy, of Ohio; Mrs. Willis C. Hawley and Mrs. William R. Ellis, of Oregon; Mrs. Joel Cook, Mrs. J. Hampton Moore, Mrs. William W. Foulkrod, Mrs. George W. Kipp, Mrs. Benjamin K. Focht, Mrs. Daniel F. Lafean, Mrs. George F. Huff, Mrs. J. Davis Brodhead, Mrs. Joseph G. Beale. Mrs. Nelson P. Wheeler, Mrs.

William H. Graham, Mrs. John Dalzell, Mrs. James Francis Burke, and Mrs. 478 Andrew J. Barchfekl, of Pennsylvania; Mrs. George P. Wetmore and Miss Granger, of Rhode Island; Mrs. Robert J. Gamble and Mrs. William H. Parker, of South Dakota; Mrs. Robert L. Taylor, Mrs. William C. Houston, Mrs. Thetus W. Sims, and Mrs. Finis J. Garrett, of Tennessee; Mrs. Charles A. Culberson, Mrs. Jack Beall, Mrs. Rufus Hardy, Mrs. A. W. Gregg, Mrs. John M. Moore, Mrs. Albert S. Burleson. Mrs. Robert L.

Henry, Mrs. Oscar W. Gillespie. Mrs. James L. Slayden, and Mrs. John N. Garner, of Texas; Mrs. Reed Smoot and Mrs. George Sutherland, of Utah; Mrs. David J. Foster, of Vermont; Mrs. Charles C. Carlin, of Virginia; Mrs. William E. Humphrey, of Washington; Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. Nathan B. Scott, Mrs. Harry C. Woodyard, and Mrs. James A. Hughes, of West Virginia; Mrs. Robert M. La Follette, Mrs. Henry A. Cooper, Mrs. James H. Davidson, Mrs. Elmer A. Morse, and Mrs. John J.

Jenkins, of Wisconsin; Mrs. Frank W. Mondell, of Wyoming; Mrs. N. G. White, Mrs. Vespasian Warner, Mrs. J. B. Henderson, Mrs. Silas Hare, Mrs. Thropp, Mrs. H. S. Irwin, and Mrs. Z. L. Tanner, of the District of Columbia, and all such other persons as may from time to time be associated with them and their successors, are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, by the name of “The Congressional Club.”Name. And by that name they and their successors may have perpetual succession,Seal.Powers. may use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, and elect officers and agents, and may take, receive, hold, and convey real and personal estate necessary for the purposes of the association.

Sec. 2. That the object of the club is to promote acquaintanceshipObject. among its members, to facilitate their social intercourse, and to provide a place of meeting which may help to secure for them the advantagesConstitution, etc. of life in the national capital. And, in pursuance of said object, it may have a constitution, by-laws, rules, and regulations to carry out the same, and shall have power to change and amend its constitution,*Proviso.*Restriction. by-laws, rules, and regulations at pleasure: *Provided*, That such constitution, by-laws, rules, and regulations, or amendments thereof, do not conflict with the laws of the United States or of any State.

Sec. 3. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act.Amendment. Approved, May 30, 1908.