Nebraska advertiser., 1863-07-16

CHAR. XXXIII-An Act to incorporate the Nation
al Association for the Relief of destitute Colored
Women and Children.
Be 1t enacted By the tSeaate and House of Repre-
seRtatiUesof the United States of America ia Con-
gress assembled, That Sayles j. Bowen, Daniel
Breed. George E. Baker, their associates and sue
ccssors, being members of said soci :ty, by paying
into its treasury the sum of two dollars annually,
or life members by paying fifty dollars at one time
are hereby incorporated and made a body polite by
the name Of "The National Association for the Re-
lief of Destitute Colored Women and Children"
for the purpose of supporting such aged. or indig-
ent and destitute colOred women and children as
citation to provide for them a suitable home, board
clothing and instruction, and to bring them under
Christian influence; and by that name shall have
perpetual succession, with power to use a common
seal, to sue and be sued, to plead and be implicated
in any court Of the United States, to collect sub
scriptions, make bylaws, rules and regulations
neodful for the government Of said corporation, not
inconsistent with the laws of the United States, to
have hold and receive real and personal estate by
purchase gift, or devise; to use sell or convey the
same for the purposes and benefit of said corpora
tion, and TO choose such officers and teachers as may
be deemed neeessary, prescribe their duties, and fix
the rate Of their compensation
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the OIL
GERS Of said association, shall consist of a president
vice~president, secretary, treasurer, and a board OF
manaae1s TO be composed of nine members, the
whole to constitute an executive committee, whose
duty it shall be to carry into egect the plans and
purposes for which said association was formed all
of which officers shall be elected on the fifteenth
day of March next and hold tn cir Offices till the
second Tuesday of January eighteen hundred and
sixty four on which day and annually on the second
Tuesday Of Janusrylin each succeeding year, at the
annual meeting Of said association, which shall be
held oe said day, their successors shall be elected
and hold their Offices for the term Of one year and
until their successors shall be duly elected. And in
case OF a ea:aney it shall be FLIED by the other
members Of the executive committee.
Sec: 3. And be it further enacted, That said So
ciety may receive into a hose or building to be pro-
Xldea by It any deStisnte child or children at the
request OF the parents or guardians, or next friend,
or the moth T, if the father be dead, or has aban-
doned his family, or does not provide for thesr sup
port or Is an habitual drunksrd suoh parents, guar
dian, or next friend. or mother, making a written,
surrender Of such child or children. The superin-
tendent or other officer in immediate charge may
with che concurrence Of the executive committee,
or OF a board Of trustees to be appointed by said
committee, and to consist Of three persons, citizens
OF Washington City, govern the inmates. preserve
order enforce discipline, import instruction in use
tm knoNledge and some regular erurse of labor,
ana establish rules for the preservation Of health,
ana Tor their proper physical, intellectual and
moral improvement. The trustees may, viii the
consent of the executive committee, bind out by
lndeltnres such ehildrod as may be deemed capable
OF learning trades or of becoming useful in other
occupations to su1as persons as will give them tle
benefit Of good examples, wholesome instruction,
an other means Of Improvement IN virtue and know
ledge, and the opportunity Of becoming int Higent
moral, and useful member Of society.
See. 4. And be it further enaeed, That it shall
be lawful tor said assecia ion, by and With the adj
vice and censet Of tho Secretary Of Wac, to occupy
for the obJects OF said association any lands not ex-