Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-05-13
: re OF RHODE ISLAND &, PROVIDENCE
PLANTATION


benevolent and other purposes:
SEcr. lst-Be it enacted by the General Assembly
ana 10y the authority thereof Is enacted that Moses
Brown and others together with the other members,
ot the Y early Meeting of Friends of New England
VINO with their predecessors for than century
past nave usually held their general annual meeting IN
view ort III this State be and they hereby invested
inc power usually given to corporate bolcs tor the
holders receiving, managing, disposng, and aPpropria
real and personal estate, for charitable ana Denc
vocnt and other uses by the of the Yearly Meet
ing OF Friends for New England, and that they and
their successors being admitted and approved mcm
oets OF the said yearly meeting, according to their usu
III order and discipline shall by the name OF the
Yearly Meeting of Friends for New England aforesaid,
perpetual succession and be able and capable IN
law to receive hold and enjoy, by purchase device,
gut or otherwise, land tcnemeuts and Entertainments,
goods and chattcs estates and property of every kind,
provided the net income thereof shall not III any ono
year exceed the of thirty thousand dollars, of
which they shall stand seized and possessed, notwith
saulnS any missioner, imperfect description IN the
Eilt, grant, other transfer, and conveyance
thereof provided the interest be evident the said Year
~ Meeting shall take the same to use, manage, INA
prove or otherwise dispose of, ut their will and pleas
ure, to make and establish all such rules and rcgula
tions relative to tho management of the said property
as they may deem expedent, provided the sumo
not repugnant the laws of the United States, and
this State, and generally to do and perform all acts
matters aud things, relative to the purpose aforesaid
that corporate body could by law have power to do
and perform provided nevertheless that in every
IN which any donation of any kind has been made to
the said Yearly Meeting of Friends, for New England
III trust for any particular object purpose the in
teests of the donor shall be forever regarded and the
donation shall be forever used employed, and appropri
ated to the full and faithful execution of the trusts
and the object and purpose of the donation, according
to the true intent and meaning OF the donor thereof
SEC. 2.-And be it further enacted, That whenever
SAID Yearly Meeting of Friends for New England at
their annual other meeting held at such times and
places IS they may judge convenient shall appoint
clerk secretary treasurer trustees, committees and
other officers agents, for any length of time they
deem expedicnt, TO act for them their behalf The
clerk or secretary treasurer trustees committees, and
other officers, and all agents which they shall or may
appoint III their usual way and of appointing
te shall be considered and deemed to be their officers
ana agents enumerated and designated in this act.
SEC 5-And whereas certain devises, requests, and
oonons real and personal estates and annuties have
heretofore been made and given by different persons
more especially by the late Obadiah Brown, decd, in
and by his last will and testament and codc thereto
and also by Sylvester Wicks, Thomas Fasome and
Lydia iinghast their last will and testaments,
ana Tor the use and benefit of the poor of the Yearly
Meeting of Friends, to their Committee of Suffer
ings of said Yearly Meeting or to their Treasurer of
the Yearly Meeting School Committee or to the Trea-
surer OF the School Fund for the and ben
GnI OF SAID Yearly Meeting Boarding School, being
under The government and patronage of the said
early Meeting of Friends. Reference being had to tho
.,ie respective wills and ccdici.s of the late Obadiah
ofoen, Sylvester Wickcs, Thomas Folsome, and Lid
Ia Fiilnghast fnr more particular escrption of the
aeV'ses, beqnes's, dOnstions, and annuities. Be it
t"1re'ore e. ac;ed by the authority aforesaid, shalt
ana singular the divses beques donations aud annu
ies aforesaid principal income and interest, hereby
declared to be charities and devses requests danations
aid annues and to charitable uses and that SUCH
ley De hoiden used managed improved and appropri-
aed to the objects and purposes by the the
pective beneacors and donors thereof according to
t:ciz true intent and meaning
SEC. 4.-And be it further enacted that ell the es
tate and property of every kind holden and belong
ing to the said Yearly Meeting of Friends for New
England either for their use, trust hereby
secured q confirmed unto them tho said Yearly Meeting
OF Friends for New England TO their successors in
the capacity IN which they stand by virtue of this
and they hereby authorized empowered to hold
Y, and OIL Gall
the estate and property belonging the said Yearly
Meeting OF Friends in their r4ht or lin to the
provisions of the trust.
Sec. 5-And be it further enacted That the said
Yearly Meeting of Friends for New England be 81 they
are hereby authorized and empowered by of this
act to demand take hold USE and manage all estates
and property and all requests and devises donations
and annuties principal, income and interest given to-
and TOR the use of the said Yearly Meetings. Boarding
Schools to the said Yearly Meeting of Friends or to the
Treasurer appointed by the Meeting of Suernps of the
said Yearly Meeting to the Yearly MEETINGS School
eoInmitteeor the Treasurer of the Yearly Meetings.
school Funds which made and given subject to
the direction and control of the said Yearly Meeting of
Friends to their School Committee or the COMMITTEES
tor Suftengs of the said Yearly Meeting of Friends OF
10 the treasurer of the Yearly Meeting of Friends
or to any other persons in whatever
capacity IN trust for the and benefit Of any Literary
moral or religious institution, of the said Yearly Meetinr
o FRIENDS or under their and patronage and es
Pecaly the cevises, beques donation, and annuites
principal, income, and interest given as before herein
stated by Obadiah Brown, Tho Folsome, Lydia Filling
| IN,
sad estates and property devises, bequests donations
and annuIes, principal income, and interest are here
oy secured and confirmed to the said Yearly Meeting of
FRIENDS tor New England in the capacity in which they
stand by tins act, to be by them TAKEN holden
improve and appropriate the faithful execution of
TINS trust aud to the object and purpose for which the
same were gwen according to the intent and mean
ing OF the benefactors and donors thereof and the
aforesaid, Yearly Meeting of Friends for New England
are hereby authorized empowered to bargain, contract
and compromise for and respecting all and singular the
estates and property, devises, bequest donations and an
huitles IN the section mentioned with the person or
persons having the possession control and cement
thereof, and it shall be lawful for and moreover
inc duty OF all, and every person persons, now hav
g or who may hereafter have, the CONTROL possession
or management of any such estates and property devil
cs oequcst donations and annutes whether they have
,he possession, CONTROL and management thereof as
trustees executors administrators, or in whatever
SaPaciy' they have the same, by good and sufficient
oGeu TO transfer assign and deliver the said YEARLY
meeting Of Friends, for New England in their capaci
as aforesaid, all and singular said Estates and proper
W requests devises donations and annuities PRINCIPAL
income ana interest, the amount and value of the
same as may be agreed, contracted, compromised for
,hefn' said Yearly Meeting of Friends for New Enr
I9nd and IN particular, the agreement or compromise
already made between the executors of the said Obad
an brown and the said Yearly Meeting of Friends for
I've" England; whereby the said Yearly Meetinr have