Chapter CXII. to incorporate the Sisters of Charity of St
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Chap. CXII.— An Act to incorporate the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph and the Sisters of the Visitation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. May 24, 1828. *Be it enacted, &c., * That Mary Augustine Decount, Elizabeth Boyle, Jane Smith, Rosetta White, Margaret George, Bridget Ferrell, FrancesMary A. Decount and others incorporated. Jourdan, Ann Gruber, Adele Salva, Sarah Thompson, Margaret Felicita Brady, Scholastica Beams, Julia Shirk, Louisa Roger, Martha Dadisman, Mary Joseph Rivell, Mary Agnes O’Conner, Mary Clare Shirley, Mary Paul Douglass, Eliza Martina Butcher, Eugina Clarke, Jane Boyle, Rosetta Tyler, Mary Love, Ann Collins, Mary M’Ginnis, Elizabeth Dellow, Rachael Green, Ann Elizabeth Corbey, Mary Maria Sexton, Jane Regina Smith, Helena Elder, Catharine Stigers, Ann Frances Richardson, Ann Magdalene Shirley, Maria Muller, Ann Parsons, Rebecca Gough, Ellen Pigot, Margaret Shannon, Mary Green, Mary Delene, Ellen Timmons, Mary Harding, Mary Ann Fagan, Eliza Susan Knot, Margaret Brady, Mary Frances Boarman, Ann Dorsey, Eliza Magner, Barbara Mario, Mary Gibson, Lydia Dix, Mary Twyger, Eliza Smith, Bridget Gibson, Ellen Hughes, Ann Wickham, Elizabeth Graver, Mary Councel, and their successors hereafter to become Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph, according to the rules and regulations, that have been, or may hereafter be, established by their association, be, and they are hereby made, declared and constituted a corporation or body politic, in law and in fact, to have continuance forever, by the name, style and title of the Sisters of Charity of St.
Joseph. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That Eliza Matthews, AliceEliza Matthews and others incorporated as Sisters of the Visitation, &c. Lalor, Harriet Brent, Mary Neale, Elizabeth Neale, Margaret Marshal, Ann Combes, Louisa Jones, Jane Neale, Ann Wightt, Elizabeth Clarke, Louisa Queen, Jane C. Neale, Mary Ann Boarman, Grace Turner, 384 TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 126. 1828. Mary Cummins, Eleanor Miles, Mary Olivia Neale, Ann Diggs, Catharine Corish, Lucretia Ford, Mary Caroline Neale, Mary King, Johanna Barry, Mary E.
Neale, Margaret Cooper, Sarah Cooper, Margaret Dent, Elizabeth Wiseman, Jerusha Barber, Elizabeth Lancaster, Matilda Flanagan, Mary Brooks, Margaret King, Rebecca Harrison, Laura Bevans, Williamina Jones, Susan Duke, Catharine Murry, Eleanor Corcoran, Bridget Lynch, Margaret O’Conner, Elizabeth Myers, Catharine Waide, and Ann French, and their successors hereafter to become Sisters of the Visitation, according to the rules and regulations that have been, or may hereafter be, established by their association, be, and they are hereby made, declared and constituted a corporation or body politic, in law and in fact, to have continuance forever, by the name, style and title of the Sisters of the Visitation.
Sec. 3. Bequests to either of said sisters, vested in and confirmed to said corporations respectively. *And be it further enacted, *That all and singular the lands, houses, tenements, rents, legacies, annuities, rights, property, privileges, goods, and chattels, heretofore given, granted, devised or bequeathed to either the said Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, or Sisters of the Visitation, or to any individual of either, or to any person or persons for the use of either of said societies, or that have been purchased for or on account of the same, be, and they are hereby, vested in and confirmed to the said corporations respectively, and that they may severally purchase, take, receive, and apply to the uses of their associations, according to the rules and regulations that they may respectively establish, from time to time, for the management of the concerns of their societies, any lands, tenements, rents, legacies, annuities, rights, property and privileges, or any goods, chattels, or other effects, of what kind or nature soever, which shall or may hereafter be given, granted, sold, bequeathed, or devised unto them respectively, by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, capable of making such grant, and that they Proviso.may respectively dispose of the same: *Provided, always,* That neither of the said associations shall at any time hold, use, possess, and enjoy, within the District of Columbia, either by legal seizure or trust, for their uses and benefit respectively, more than two hundred acres of land; nor shall either of said societies hold, in their own right, or by Income not to exceed $3500.any other person in trust, or for their benefit, an amount of real estate, the annual income of which shall exceed thirty-five hundred dollars.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted, *That the said corporations, by the names, styles, and titles aforesaid, be, and shall be hereafter, capable in law and in equity, respectively, to sue and be sued, within the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in as effectual a manner as other persons or corporations can sue or be sued, and that the said corporations or a majority of them, respectively, shall severally adopt and use a common seal, and the same to use, alter or change at pleasure; and from time to time make such by-laws, not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, or any law of Congress, as either may deem expedient and proper.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted, *That if, at any time hereafter, any of the persons hereinbefore named, or any of their successors, shall cease to be members of said sisterhoods, respectively, such person or persons shall thereafter have no control in the proceedings of said corporation, under and in pursuance of the provisions of this act. Approved, May 24, 1828.