Arkansas intelligencer., 1857-05-22
CHAP. ALNI.
AN ACT to incorporate the Columbian IN
sttutIUn ror the Instruction vi tue deaf an,
dumO, and the bind.
Appro> eli, Jan. 26, 1857.

AN -ACI W liCOI pOESJc IuG COluILpi,'I III
sututUn ior the Instruction vi tue deaf aaI
dumO, and the bind
| BE 1t oIsacted By the .Srsate and House q
ReDreSel4tatieeS Of the U"5tcd States Of 1U.e.
Ctcu IN Congress uSSemtied, That Byron sun
derland, j. 4. Mcclure, DAVID y. Hail. and
George ". Riggs, Of Washington city, Wm.
Edes, and JudsUn Mitchell, ot Georgetown,
aud Amos Kendall, and VIM. Suckney, OF
the county oi W ashlngton, and such persons
as uIay hereafter be associated with them, by
| coutn buttons Nor the instruction OF the deaf
| and dumb, AM the blind, are hereby created
body poiitc and corporate under the name
| vi the Columbia Institution Tor the lnstruc-
| tsUu ot the Deal and Dumb, and blind, to
| us.ve pc. ,,etUal ouctcsson and be capaJI 10
| take, hold and euJoy lands, tenements, here
! dltalnents and personal property, to use a
common sca anu saline 10 alter al plea
sure: PrO0.dea, That no real or personal
property shall be held by sad CORPORATION,
except such lis may be necessary to the nl..H-
tenouce and cl1cieut management oi SAID ia
Solution.
See ?. -A,ld DC Il yurther caacted, That
the lHstllu,ion shall be Managed as provided
Tor IA It, presvnt CONSTITUTION, and such addi-
Oo !ouuu necessary; Out soon i.s sufficient
contributions shall have been paIa in to au-
,uorlze an election according TO TIE PROVISIONS
VI said constitution, the prONtaou,d officers
,uvreIH named SHAH give AOucc 4 a general
iuuctug 10 the cOnuloutUrs IOt the ciec,lyiI
y. Officers, i.nd lie Oihcyis clyc,cu at aucu gem
cral meeting SHAH no4G tncIr offices lor ono
car and until tAelr successors shall be elect
cd As III SAID constitution pro, !lcu: IfoUtGca,
nat sad constitution may DC altered III the
manner therein pIoSIdel, but not IN such
manner to Violate the constitution OF any
Il" oil the United States OF Of Tie Distinct oi
OOlUnlDla.
Sec. 3. 1la be It juyfhcr eaoctca. That ii
,nal, Ue the duty oi tic justices Of the Peace
III the several wards Of the cities Of Washing
ton and of Georgetown and Of the county Of
Na-huugtuu, to ascertain the names ana rest
dences Of all deaf and dumb, and blind pr.
sons within theirre pcctlyc wards and districts;
who ot them are of ;eachable age, and also
VINO OF them are in Indlgent circumstances,
and report the same to the President OF the
Institution hereby Incorporated.
Sec. 4. ind be IL 1arthcy enacted, That
Whenever the Secretary OF the Interior shall
be satisfied 10y evidence produc d by the
President Of the institution hereby ncorpo-
rated that any deaf and dumb or blind per
son of teachable age properly belonging to
this District, is in INDECENT circumstances and
cannot command the means to secure an cdu-
cation it shall be his duty to authorize the
said person to enter the said Institution for
instruction, and to pay for his maintenance
and tuition therein at the rate of one hundred
and fifty dollars per annum, for such deafand
dumb pupil, and at the rate Of one hundred
and fifty dollars per annum for such blind pu-
pill payable quarterly out of the treasury OF
the United States.
Sec. 5. ind be 1t FURTHER enacted, That
it shall be lawful for said institution to re-
ceive and instruct deaf and dumb and blind
persons from any Of the States and Terrific
ries of the United States on such terms as
may be agreed upon by themselves, their pa
rents. guardians, or trustees, and the proper
authorities of said institution.
Sec g. A,,d be at further enacted, That it
shall be the duty Of the President and direc-
tors of said institution to report to the Secre
tary of the Interior the condition of said in
| stitution on the first day of July in each year.
embracing in said report the number OF pu-
pills of each description received and dischar
ged during the preceding year, and the mum
beI remaining in the institution; also the
branches of knowledge and industry taught
and the progress made therein also "a state
inent showing the receipts of the institution
| and from what sources, and its disbursements
and for what objects.
Approved, Feb l6, 1857.
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