Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-07-15
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LAWS OF TIE UNITED STATES.
Pq.sed at the First Session Of The Thirty
eighth CongrsSs.
IPuRLIo-No. lO2.

lPUBIo-No. 1o2l
As.cr 10 incorporate the Home for Priendless Wo-
men and Children.
Be it enacted by the Senate aud House OF kspresen
tAtyes or the United stRtes Of America IN OShsEeSs
s.ssmUi,d Tnat Mary I. hay, EIiEA h. MOrFiA' JSGe
r. J.m,. Eliza mAae Fitzgerald, 8eorgiAnA y.
kpzAkr, kmhy b. hugglts, lIdIanh Plant mary
rayLaIn Maj Virginia Brown, and the rassoolAtes
nuu successor hereby created BODY cOrPoTAte
anu pVht,e, with C mmOn seal, tue FISht oil suSees
aim with AGILITY 10 sue aud liability 10 Oe sued q
natural PersOu. Aud the ssId cOTP0rAtion shau Ds
kuo~ u by the oil -Ens Home for the helieL Of
Pr.eudltsa Women aud Cni'uTen Inc business ~
Hsiu yUTAtIUu snail be the eat Ibl shment IN ms
CITY II Washington, At u convenient anu elgloie
Tit MT exec, dug iu miles from the
CIV OF ~ institution where provision eau be made
bS pubic Gh4iIy lie CAFE End siei OF tneLd'es1
aId deserving ItAies, and for the Gaze Auu IN anu
t,nALce yUuug piIau " destitute ehhaieu' trAle
or female, who may be or are likely 10 bscome
CLAr.u upUu yubnc clarity. Anu raid c0rpOfatIo
LII pCss,ts aud euJOy ali Ihe powers essential Anu
LroI. r CaT.9lnH Uut OF the purposes oil lts
creAt on
So. : And be it further enacted, That sald corr
pCrsTiU. MAJ Iectiys, lake and bold, by purchase,
gtft, d,v any al OF personal estate, for the
uTpUses empIatsd IN thi- act: Provided, howeV-
Thar the LeII annual income Of IN II RAJ estate
BUAli not exceed thirty thousand dollIrp.
Sec. .. And be It further enacted, TT at Mary T.
Hay, Eliza ~ Morris, liza Wade Fitzgerald GeorE-
isua peaks, Epl, b. Kuggles In iAnA Plan I. Jane
y. Jams, Mary GrayhAni, Mary Virginia Brown,
81 AL Constitute til board Of Danag rs until the
h'st 81 ncAy Of May. 4. D., eighteen lundred and
sixty i've, end until their successors shall be chosen
or elect herein pro idei. a meeting OF the
members Il the association shalt be hid the first
Monday of May, ghtesn hundr, an PiKty' i've, at
rome convenient hour and plSce, the city OF
Washington, of which two weeks public notice
FhA be given by the board Of managers in two
daily newspapers published in the city Of Washing.
tor; and a. such meeting the members Of the as o
citation who shall be present aha proceed to ect a
beard OF managers in the places OF those hereby
designated or authorized; and any manager may be
reelected from time to time. Each member, At
h meeting, shall be entitled to one vote. An an
nuAl etiug of the associates corpOratnrs shall,
in like manner and upon like notice. be he ii on the
fTst Monday Of Nav, in each year after eighteen
hundrC aud sxty.hVe, for the election OF managers
for the ensuing year but IT, IN any case the said
meeting SHALL for reason, fail to be held on the
day herein drsiEnAted, the same may. upon the no.
Iice a owe provided, be held on any other day with
elected shall hold their O;es until the rst Monday
Of May next ensuing, aud until their successors
shall be chosen, aforesaid. The said board Of
managers shall have sRer TO I'LL any vacancies &C.
CURING therein beiwe the regular cleo above
provide i'll this act, and mrJ1rity OF said bsard
shall form a uorum for the transaction Of business.
sec. I. Ana be It further enacted, That the board
Of managers shall have power IN appoint such
agent, mAtrOns assisGu and teachers, and to sm-
ploy dome tics ana servants, as shall be DEEM
ed nee, sssTy, and to make all nesdul and proper
regulations their respective, general or Spectac
duties, we'll as for the government, direction and
control II all peIAons who may at any time become
inmates of tn "Homs' authorized by this act, aud
m y prescribe for the children and youth committed
such rules OF discipline shall be deem.
ed b. them necessary.
Sec. 5. Aud be It further enacted, That whenever
any chld who, from the neglect OF inability OF Its
parents guardian to support 1t, shall become
charge upon sub! charity, aud shall be surrender
ed the charge of the association, pursu ant to the
rovslons OF TINS act by such parent or It's guardian
b. the overseer superintendent of the poor of
said cit Of Washi! gton, or other officer having the
char of the poor OF whenever any destitute and
dependent oTpau shal be surrendered to such insti
tuition, ia the manner rein provided, by an instru-
meDt In writing. duly signed by such parent, guar
dian o. pubic ficer, the said board Of managers
In F1t4fR a RRNaHg role
with some proper person under articles of tndentuTe
10 be executed in due form of Law, with such pro-
visions for maintenance AID education as shall be
b. one Of the judges Of the Supreme
CJurt Of the District Of Columbia; and the said
board OF mansgers are hereby authorize TO permit
the adoption OF any such child by any respectable
and proper person who, under provisions to be
apprLy as Aforesaid, shall undertake the
care and proper educ4tlon Of sush
destitute OF orphan child --r
Sec. o And be Il further enacted, That In case of
the death or lega intapaciiy of the father Of any
depend mt child, or OF the imprisonment Of such
iaiher for GRIM, Of his abandoning neglectir &
TO provide for his family, the mother II residing u
the District of Columbia, shall be deemed the legal
guardian Of her children for the purposes Of this
act, aud shali have power to make the surrender
aforesaid But in case the mother also be dead, or
nonresident Of said District, or legally incapable
OF &C ing in tue premises, be impriEobed Tor
crime, neglect to provide for such child, and in
case there be &. ardaln or other person legally
,und 10 sup oTt ch child qualified TO make the
surrender al resad, then, ald such case, the
Supe iutendent Of the poor OF the Mayor OF Wash
ingtJn OF other public Nicer having charge OF the
poor for the purposes Uf this act, be II ed,
a g., III ,uArdain OF such child and may make,
such the surrender Of such child 10 the said
Poia ION by the instrument in writing aforesaid,
which ender Shalt IN alt tcts be AVA ID aud
Ell cfuLI IL made b. the father parent OF such
Chi d: crowded, That no surrender of any such
hid shall be made under the provisions OF this
tiOu. unless such surrender shalt 90 examination,
h approved by one Of tue JUDGES OF the Supreme
Court of said District.
SeL- 7. Aud be It further enacted, That the board
OF mHu IHerH may lrct from their own member q
President, Vice Presid Ut aud Sec etar.; aud they
may further elect - Treasurer 1hey may, in their
dtcr.uOn. an OiDt An tx='utivs Committee. con-
si.tiug II fiVe IN, mbers OF their bUaId, who m y
unJer tue gsnerar recIiOn Ut the ard take cha
Of he sd iIs OF tue corporation during any recess
Of the board.
Sec. Aud be it further euacted. That the ca
snrtr Of 50 TporAIOn stall at am Iiue upon the
Gail OF U5nET, report fail sud perfect statement
of the afftirs OF such cUrpUr luon, the IotR;,Un
TAu AID income Of all reaI estate owned by IT, the
anoInt OF eipts, expenditures, investment,
aud prs1nai estate, and all other information winch
OJngress may ItquiTe
Sec. Ls u further enacted, That Congress
may at a y tim alter, amend or repeal this act.
sec. 10. Ara be it furthei ouActed, That this nc
shall take fleet Immediately.
Approved, June l., 1874.