Chapter XLI. *to incorporate Washington’s Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society of the District of Columbia.* June 13, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That James L
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Chap. XLI.— An Act *to incorporate Washington’s Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society of the District of Columbia.* June 13, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That James L. Edwards, Thomas Sewall, An-thonyIncorporation. Preston, Michael Nourse, Thomas L. Smith, Joseph W. Hand, John P. Ingle, Peter Force, William Morton, Thomas F. Hunt, Franklin Knight, Leonidas Coyle, and Peter W. Gallaudet, trustees for said school and asylum, and their successors in office as trustees, are hereby made, declared, and constituted a corporation and body politic in law and in fact, to have continuance forever under the name, style, and title, of Washington’s Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That all and singular the lands,May hold properly. tenements, rents, legacies, annuities, rights, privileges, goods, and chattels, that may have heretofore been given, granted, sold, devised, or be-queathed, to the said Washington’s Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society, be, and they are hereby, vested in and con-firmed to the said corporation; and that the said corporation may purchase, take, receive, and enjoy, any lands, tenements, rents, annuities, rights, 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 it, or to the said trustees, or either of them, as trustees of the said school and asylum, by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, capable of making such grant, and to disposeProviso. of the same for the benefit of the said society: *Provided*, That the clear amount of annual income of property to be acquired by said corporation shall at no time exceed the sum of five thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That the said corporation, by theMay sue and be sued, fee. name and style aforesaid, be, and shall be hereafter, capable, in law and equity, to sue and be sued, to plead and to be impleaded, within the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in as effectual a manner as other persons or corporations can sue and be sued; and that they shall adopt and use a common seal, and the same use, alter, or exchange, at plea-sure; that they may appoint such officers as they shall deem necessary and proper; assign them their duties and regulate their compensation, and remove any and all of them, and appoint others, as often as they shall think fit.By-laws.
And the said corporation shall make such by-laws as may be useful for the government and support, and for the general accomplishment of the objects of the said asylum and school, and not in-consistent with the laws of the United States, or the laws in force in the District of Columbia, for the time being; and the same to alter, amend, and abrogate, at pleasure; but all by-laws adopted by said corporation shall, before they have any force or effect, be submitted to and receive Proviso.the approval of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia: *Provided, also.* That no part of the funds of said corporation shall be appropriated to pay the trustees of said society, except the teachers and TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 42. 1842. 831 instructors of the children, any compensation for their services, but such services shall in all cases be gratuitous. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, That there shall be a meetingAnnual meeting for the ap-pointment of officers, &.c. of the trustees of the Washington’s Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society, in each year, the manner of giving notice for which, and the time and place for said meeting, to be regulated by the by-laws; at which meeting the said trustees may fill all vacancies in their own board, and appoint their officers for the ensuing year, whose duties shall be regulated by the by-laws of the society.
Vacancies in the board may also be filled at such other meetings of the trustees as may be necessary, and under such regulations as may in their by-laws be prescribed. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted*, That, with the consent and appropriationConditions upon which male children may he received. of the parent, or guardian, or other competent authority having charge of any male child, the same may be received into the said Wash-ington’s Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum, under such regulations as may be made by the by-laws, and there protected, instructed, and supported; and he shall not thereafter be withdrawn or be at liberty himself to withdraw from the said asylum, without the con-sent or dismissal of the corporation aforesaid, until he shall have attain-ed the age of twenty-one years; but up to the age aforesaid, he shall remain subject to the direction of the said corporation, unless be may, by the same, be exonerated from service previous to attaining the age aforesaid; and the said corporation shall have the power, with the con-sent of the parent or guardian of any child under their care, to bind any such child, for the purpose of acquiring a knowledge of some useful trade, occupation, or profession, under such conditions as may be determined by the by-laws; a copy of which conditions shall be delivered to, and they shall be binding on every person to whom any child may be so bound: *Provided*, That every such orphan, whilst he shallProviso. remain subject to the direction of the said corporation, or during the period of his service, if bound out as an apprentice as aforesaid, shall be entitled to the benefit and protection of all the laws of the District relating to apprentices.
Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted*, That the said corporation shallJournal to be kept, and annual report made. keep a journal of all its proceedings, in which the by-laws shall be recorded; and shall make report, at the annual meeting as aforesaid, of the affairs and condition of the said school and asylum for the preceding year. Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted*, That it may be lawful for CongressAct may be altered, &c. hereafter to alter, amend, modify, or repeal, the foregoing act.
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