Chapter XXIV. *to incorporate the Howard Institution of the city of Washington.* March 2, 1837. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That William W
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Chap. XXIV.— An Act *to incorporate the Howard Institution of the city of Washington.* March 2, 1837. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That William W. Seaton, Archibald Henderson, Mathew St. Clair Clarke, William A. Bradley, John Coyle, GeorgeCertain persons incorporated as the Howard Institution. Gilliss, N. B. Van Zandt, Richmond Johnson, John Nourse, Michael Nourse, B. F. Rittenhouse, Lewis II. Machen, Rezin Orme, Peter W. Gallaudet, Jacob Gideon, George Stettinius, William C. Orme, John P.
Ingle, William Brent, John G. Whitwell, John Shackford, C. T, Coote, Thomas Blagden, Griffith Coombe, William Speiden, William Doughty, Marmaduke Dove, and G. D. Hanson, and all other persons who have contributed to the fund of the Howard Institution of the city of Washington, each in a subscription of an annual sum of at least one dollar, ami all who may hereafter contribute to the said funds in a like annual subscription of a sum not less than one dollar, shall be, and are hereby, made, constituted, and declared, to be a corporation and body politic in law and in fact, to have continuance forever under the name, style, and title, of the Howard Institution of the city of Washington.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That all and singular the lands,May hold property. tenements, rents, legacies, annuities, rights, privileges, goods, and chattels, that may hereafter be given, granted, sold, devised, or bequeathed to the said Howard Institution, be, and they are hereby, vested in and confirmed to the said corporation; and that they may purchase, take, 686TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 24. 1337.receive, and enjoy, any lands, tenements, rents, annuities, rights, or 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 the said institution, or unto any trustee for the use of the said institution, by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, capable of making such grant, and to dispose of the same for the Proviso.benefit of said corporation: *Provided,* The amount of property held by said institution shall, at no lime, exceed the amount of twenty thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. Capable to sue and be sued, &c. *And be it further enacted,* That the said corporation, by the name and style aforesaid, be, and shall be hereafter, capable, in law and equity, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, within the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in as effectual manner as other persons or corporations can sue or be sued. Sec. 4. The present officers continued. *And be it further enacted,* That such persons as shall be officers of the said Howard Institution at the time of the passing of this act, shall be continued to be such until the first Tuesday in October next, on which day such of the persons hereby incorporated as shall then, or within a year preceding that day, contribute one dollar to the support of the said institution, and be or become a subscriber of one dollar or more per annum towards the same, and shall assemble at the house now belonging to the said institution at such hour as shall be Election of officers.directed by the board, shall proceed to elect a president, a first and second vice-president, a treasurer and secretary, and twenty-four managers, four from each ward of the city of Washington, for the term of one year, who shall constitute the board of managers of the said Howard Institution of the city of Washington; and in like manner, on the first Tuesday of October in each year thereafter, the like officers shall be elected for the same term of one year, at such hour and place as shall have been previously designated by the board of managers, of which time and place at least two days’ notice shall be given by publication in some newspaper printed in the city of Washington; and if, from any cause, an election shall not be held on the day of the month herein appointed, then an election may be held on any other day, of which the like notice shall be given, and those persons in office shall so continue until their successors shall be elected; and at all such elections, every contributor of not less than one dollar, in the manner as aforementioned, shall be entitled to one vote; but those who contribute, by a yearly subscription, a larger sum, shall be entitled to a greater number of Vacancies.votes, to be regulated by the by-laws of the board; and any vacancies which may occur in the board by resignation, death, removal, or otherwise, shall be supplied by the board of managers in such manner as the by-laws of the board may direct.
Sec. 5. Object of the corporation. *And be it further enacted,* That the object of the said Howard Institution of the city of Washington, shall be to afford relief to the indigent females of the city of Washington, by providing work for those who may desire it, and by procuring for them fuel and other necessaries of life on the most reasonable terms, and to adopt such other means as may be found expedient for bettering the condition of the poor of the said city. Sec. 6. All business to be transacted by the board of managers. *And be it further enacted,* That all the business of said corporation hereby created shall be transacted by the board of managers, except the election of the said board, as hereinbefore provided for; the number of the board to form a quorum to transact the business of the said corporation, to be regulated by the by-laws of said institution.
At all meetings thereof the President, if present, shall preside; and if he be absent, then one of the Vice-presidents, if either of them be present, and if neither of these shall be present at any meeting of the board, then TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 26. 1837.687the members present shall appoint one of their number as president pro tempore. Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* That the board of managersPowers of the board of managers. shall have power to adopt and use a common seal, as the seal of this corporation, and to alter and exchange the same at their pleasure.
They shall have power to adopt all by-laws which they may think necessary for the management of the concerns of the institution, and which shall not be inconsistent with the laws of the United States, or .the laws in the District of Columbia for the time being. They shall appoint such officers, agents, and servants, as may be necessary to carry on the business of the institution, and regulate the compensation to be paid to them for their services; and they may dismiss any of them at their pleasure, and appoint others in their stead, as often as they shall think fit.
They shall keep a journal of their proceedings, in which shall be recorded every by-law which may be adopted. They shall adopt such checks and regulations as may appear necessary for the security of the funds and property of the institution; and shall annually make a report of the affairs and condition of the institution for the preceding year. Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall be lawful for Congress,Act may be altered, &c. at any time hereafter, to alter, amend, modify, or repeal this act.
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