Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-04-20

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 AN ACT to ineorpoate Saint yincents Orphan Asylum l in the District of ofCounbia.
 Be n enacted by Me Senate and House ot
 Representatives ofthe United Sates of .fme-
 rica in Congress assembled, That William
 Matthews, Matthew Deagle, Peter s Shrei-
 Dor, Thomas Carberry and William Hickey,
 and their successors in office are hereby made, declared, and constituted a corporation and
 body polite, in law and in fact. to have con-
 tinuance for ever under the name, style and
 title of Saint Vincent's Orphan Asylum.
 Sec. 9. find De it furthe, enacted, That all and singular the lands, tenements, rents, llegacies, annuities, rights, privileges, goods, and chattles, 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, ana enj " any lands, tenenents, rents, annuites, rights, or privileges, or any goods, chattles, orother effects, ct what kind or nature scever, which shall or may hereaf- ter be given, granted, sold. beqneathed, or | devised urito them, or either of them, as
 Trustees of the said Ayslum, by any pei'st'h nr pers' ms, bodies polite or corporate. capa1 ble of making such grant, and to dispose of the same: ProUided, The clear annual in como of property to be acquired by said cor peration shall, at no time, exceed the sum ot | five theusind d'allars.
 Sec. 3. find De it further enacted, That
 the said corp ration. 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 impleatled, within the District of Co- mmbia and elsewhere, in as effectual man ner as ether persons or corporations Can sue
 or be sued; and that they shall ad pt and use | ccn,mon seal, and the same to use, alter, CT exchange at pleasure; 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 CT all of them, and appoint others, as ot-
 ten as they shall think fit; and the said cnrpa-
 ration shall make such by-laws as may De | Il: eful fir the government and support, and fer the general accomplishments of the objects ofthe said Asylum, as hereinafter menticned, | and net inconsistent with the laws of the Uni. ted States, or the laws in force in the District | fCclumba, for the time being, and the same | to alter, amend, Gr sbrngate at pleasure.
 Sec. 4. find De it further enaeted, That there shall be a meeting of the regular antr- 1 al contributors to the support ot Saint Vn- cents Orphan Asylum, in the month ot Jurr, | n each year, the hour and day and mannerhf hf giving notice for which, to be regulated by l the bylaws; at which meeting, by these wh | from the bv-laws may be qualified to vot, nine female managers shall be elected, wfo l shall appoint a first and second DreCtre$, and may fill vacancies in their own Board, ni-
 tl 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. And 6e it further enacted, That
 with the consent and appreciation of the pa rent, guardian, or fi' ends, whomay have the
 care of any male or female child. or where
 child may be destitute of any friend or pro tectfr, the same may be received into Saint Vincent's Orphan Asylum, under such regu-
 lations as may be made by the bylaws, and
 there protected, instructed, and supported;
 and they shall net thereafterbe withdrawn, or | be at liberty themselves to withdraw from the | As, lum, without the consent or dismissal of
 the corporation aforesaid, until, if d male, he 1 shall have attained the age of twenty lone years, or, if female. the age of eighteen years; but, up to the ages aforesaid respec-
 lively, they shall remain subj ct to the direc- titn of the said Corporation, unless they may, | by the same, be exonerated from service pre- vous to attaining those ages respectively; an
 the said corporation shall have the power te | bind any child nntler their care, for the pur-
 pose df acquiring knowledge of some useful
 trade, occupation or profession, under such lconditicns as may be determined by the by flaws, copy of which conditions shall be de l6vered to, and they shall be binding on every
 perscn to whom any child may be so bound l that there may alss be established, in connex- lion with Saint Vincent's Orphan Asylum, schools for the daily attendance of children
 whose parents or guardians are or may be unable to pay fir their instruction, or whose parents or guardians may contribute towards
 .he support of the Asylum, under such regu. llations as may be made in the bylaws.
 l Sec. 6. .And De it furfher enacted, hal any vacancy, which, from death, resignation
 r otherwise, may happen in the Board O l Trustees, shall be filled according to the mode to be prescribed m the by-laws; that they l may ndld such meetings as they shall think pr per. and, to give form to their proceedings | may appoint such officers as they may deem |necs ssary, and provide proper checks and re
 possibilities for the security of the property and funds of the corporation aforesaid; tha they shall keep journal of their proceedings ipon which the bylaws shall be recorded and that they shall make report at the annua meeting to be held in June, of the affairs ant
 condition of the institution for the proceed ing year. TT. l SeC.T (. -dUu OC b JHfHef e"eeb.", ~''s 1t may be lawful for Congress hereafter to al ter, amend, modify or repeal the foregoing lact APPROVED, February 25, 1881. 1 TPUBLIc-No. s.
 AN ACT to pvd for the adustmsnt of claims of person.
 entitled to undr the convention betweei
 the United Sat,s and his Majesty the King of Denna
 of tho tw,ntyghh March, eighteen hu1dred and thirty
 a,dfr ,h dist among such claimants ot ht sum
 lo be paid by th, Danish Government to that of the Uhi
 ted States aceortng the ,puiaton of the said cove