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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 45 STAT. · February 25, 1831 · Chapter 858

Chapter 858. to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to incorporate Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, in the District of Columbia,’ approved February 25, 1831.” Chapter 858 45 Stat. 945 1928-05-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file i

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Chap. 858: To change the name of Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum and amend the Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to incorporate Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, in the District of Columbia,’ approved February 25, 1831.” Chapter 858 45 Stat. 945 1928-05-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 858.— An Act To change the name of Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum and amend the Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to incorporate Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, in the District of Columbia,’ approved February 25, 1831.
” May 29, 1928.[[S. 2511](/us/bill/70/s/2511).][[Public, No. 568](/us/pl/70/568).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * District of Columbia.Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum.Vol. 36, p. 590, amended. That the Act of Congress amending the Act incorporating Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, approved on the 22d day of June, 1910, be, and it hereby is, amended as follows: " “The name of said corporation shall be Saint Vincent’s HomeSaint Vincent’s Home and School.New name. and School.
“Sec. 2. The purpose of said corporation shall be to care for andCare, etc., of female children. educate orphan, indigent, and other female children under eighteen years of age under such rules and regulations as it may adopt. “Sec. 3. All property now vested in Saint Vincent’s OrphanProperty of Orphan Asylum vested in new corporation. Asylum as incorporated as aforesaid is hereby vested in and confirmed to Saint Vincent’s Home and School as reincorporated by this Act. Said corporation shall have power to acquire, hold, andCorporate powners. convey such real estate as it may deem proper for its said purposes and to hold such personal property as it may use, or use the income from, for said purposes, and to take and hold real estate and personal property by grant, devise, or bequest: *Provided, *That any real*Proviso.*May dispose of real estate not used. estate granted or devised to it and not used for its corporate purposes shall be sold and conveyed away within five years after the date of such devise.
“Sec. 4. Cornelius F. Thomas, Michael J. Riordan, Samuel JosephIncorporators and trustees. Henry, Paul E. Johnson, O. H. Perry Johnson, Peter A. Drury, Michael F. Calnan, William P. Normoyle, E. Francis Riggs, Joseph E. Ransdell, B. Francis Saul, James F. Shea, and William H. De Lacy are hereby constituted and confirmed as the said corporation and as trustees to manage the said corporation. When a vacancyFilling vacancies, etc. occurs in their number they may fill such vacancy, and they may increase or diminish their number from time to time as they may deem expedient.
They shall elect a president, a secretary, and aOfficers, seal, etc. treasurer from their number, adopt a corporate seal, and make all needful by-laws and rules and regulations for the institution to be conducted by said corporation. “Sec. 5. That the proviso in section 1 of said Act of CongressLimitation on income, etc., repealed.Vol. 36, p. 591, repealed. approved on the 22d day of June, 1910, and all parts of said Act inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. “Sec. 6.
The right is reserved to alter, amend, or repeal this Act.”Amendment. " Approved, May 29, 1928.
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