Chapter XXXV. to incorporate Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, in the District of Columbia
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Chap. XXXV.— An Act to incorporate Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, in the District of Columbia. Feb. 25, 1831. *Be it enacted, &c., * That William Matthews, Matthew Deagle, Peter S. Shreiber, Thomas Carberry and William Hickey, and their successorsW. Matthews and others incorporated. in office 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 Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum. 454 TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 35. 1831. Sec. 2. Property of corporation. *And be it further enacted, *That all and singular the lands, tenements, rents, legacies, annuities, rights, privileges, goods, and chattels, that may hereafter be given, granted, sold, devised, or bequeathed to Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, be and they are hereby, vested in, and confirmed to, the said corporation; and that they may purchase, take, 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 them, or either of them, as Trustees of the said Asylum, by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, Proviso.capable of making such grant, and to dispose of the same: *Provided,* The clear annual income of property to be acquired by said corporation shall, at no time, exceed the sum of five thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. Capacity to sue, &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 a manner as other persons or corporations can sue or be sued; and that they shall adopt and use a common seal, and the same to use, alter, or exchange at pleasure; Appointment of officers.that they may appoint such officers as they shall deem necessary and proper, to assign them their duties, and regulate their compensation, and to remove any or all of them, and appoint others, as often as they shall think fit; 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, as hereinafter mentioned, and not inconsistent 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, or abrogate at pleasure.
Sec. 4. Meeting of contributors. *And be it further enacted, *That there shall be a meeting of the regular annual contributors to the support of Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, in the month of June, in each year, the hour and day and manner of giving notice for which, to be regulated by the by-laws; at which meeting, by those who from the by-laws may be qualified to Managers, &c.vote, nine female managers shall be elected, who shall appoint a first and second Directress, and may fill vacancies in their own Board until the next annual election; that their duties shall be regulated by the bylaws; and the present managers may continue in office until the election in June next.
Sec. 5. Right to receive children, &c. *And be it further enacted, *That, with the consent and approbation of the parent, guardian, or friends, who may have the care of any male or female child, or where a child may be destitute of any friend or protector, the same may be received into Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, under such regulations as may be made by the by-laws, and there protected, instructed, and supported; and they shall not thereafter be withdrawn, or be at liberty themselves to withdraw from the Asylum, without the consent or dismissal of the corporation aforesaid, until, if a male, he shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, or, if a female, the age of eighteen years; but, up to the ages aforesaid respectively, they shall remain subject to the direction of the said corporation, unless they may, by the same, be exonerated from service previous to attaining those ages respectively; and the said corporation shall Power to bind out, &c.have the power to bind any child under their care, 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; that there may also be established, in connection with Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, Schools.schools for the daily attendance of children whose parents or guardians are or may be unable to pay for their instruction, or whose parents or TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 43, 44, 45, 46. 1831. 455 guardians may contribute toward the support of the Asylum, under such regulations as may be made in the by-laws. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted, *That any vacancy, which, fromTrustees. death, resignation, or otherwise, may happen in the Board of Trustees, shall be filled according to the mode to be prescribed in the by-laws; they may hold such meetings as they shall think proper, and, to give form to their proceedings, may appoint such officers as they may deem necessary, and provide proper checks and responsibilities for the security of the property and funds of the corporation aforesaid; that that they shall keep a journal of their proceedings, upon which the bylaws shall be recorded; and that they shall make report, at the annual meeting to be held in June, of the affairs and condition of the institution for the preceding year.
Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted, *That it may be lawful for Congress hereafter to alter, amend, modify, or repeal the foregoing act. Approved, February 25, 1831.