, 1864-09-12

in or to any portion or part of the aforesaid
lots, tracts, pieces, or parcels Of land which are
granted, relinquished, OF conveyed b1 this act
Approved, June Is, 1854.
An AcT to incorporate the Home for FriendiesS
Women and Children.
Be 10 enacted by the Senate and House Of
RepTeseNtdtices Of the United Nates9 Amerielt
IN Congress assembled, That Mary I. Hay,
Eliza n. Morris. Jane F. James, Eliza Wade
Fitzgerald, GeOrgiana =. Speaks, Emily D.
Ruggles, Indiana Plant, Mary Graham, NifiG
Virginia Brown, and their associates and sue
cessors, are hereby created body corporate
and polite, with common seal, the right Of
succession, with ability to sue and liability to
be sued as q natural person. And the said
corporation shall be known by the name Of
@The Home for. the Relief Of Friendless Women
and Children" The business Of said corpora.
tion shall be the establishment, in the city Of
Washington, CT at convenient and eligible
point not exceeding in distance seven miles
from the city, Of an institution where provision
can be made by public charity for the care and
relief Of friendless and deserving females; and
for the care and maintenance Of young orphan
or destitute children, male or female, who may
be or are likely to become charge tipbh pub
lie charity. And said corporation shall possess
and enjoy all the powers essential and proper
for the carrying out Of the purposes Of its crea-
ton.
Sec. 2. And be IL. further enacted, That said
corpora ion may receive, take, and hold, by
purchase, gift, or devise, any real or personal
estate, for the purposes contemplated in this
act Provided. h0iceUeT, That the nett annual
income Of their real estate shall not exceed
thirty thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. And be IL further enacted, That Mary
T. Lay, Eliza N. Morris, Eliza Wade Fitzgerald,
Georgiana Speaks, Emily B. Ruggles, Indians
Plant, Jane r. James, Mary Graybam, Maria
Virginia Brown, shall constitute the board Of
managers until the first Monday Of May, A. u.
their successors shall be chosen or elected a.
herein provided. A meeting Of the members
Of the association shall be held on the first
Monday Of May, eighteen hundred and sixty
Eve, at some convenient hour and place, In tho
city Of Washington, Of which two weeks pub
lie notice shall be given BY the board Of mana
gers, In two daily newspapers published in the
city Of Washington; and at such meeting the
members Of the association who shall be pres
ent shall proceed to elect board Of managers
in the places Of those hereby designated or au-
thorized; and any manager may be reelected
from time to time. Each member, at such
meeting, shall be entitled to one vote. An an
nual m citing Of the associates or corporatofs
shall, in like manner and upon like notice, BE-
held on the iirsG Monday Of May, In each year
after eighteen hundred and sixty-tive. for tho
election Of managers for the ensuing year; but
iG in any case, the said meeting shall, for any
reason, fail to be held on the day herein desigi
mated, the same may, upon the notice abovs
provided, be held on any other day within thre,
months thereafter; and the managers then
elected shall hold their Offices until the tirst
Monday Of May next ensuing, and until their
successors shall be chosen, as Aforesaid. The
said board Of managers shall have power totih
any vacancies occurring therein between the
regular elections above provided in this acts
and majority Of said board shall form quo,
rum for the transaction Of business.
Sec. 4. ARd De IL Jifyther enacted, That the
board Of managers shall have power to appoint
such agents, matrons, assistants, and teachers
and to employ such domestics and servants; ts
shall be deemed. necessary, and 70 make all
needfll and proper regulations for their respec-
tive, general, or specific duties. as well as for
the government, direction, and control OF all
persons who may at any time become inmates
Of the aHome" authorized by this act, and
NAV prescribe Tor the children and youth COM
mitted to their care such rules Of discipline as
shall be deemed BY them necessary.
Sec. 8. And Be IL further enacted, That
whenever any child who, from the neglect or
inability Of lis parents or guardian to support
il, shall become charge upon public charity
and shah be surrendered 10 the charge Of The
association, pursuant 10 the provisions Of this
act, by such parent or BY It's guardian, or BY
the overseer or superintendent o. the poor Of
said city Of Washington, OF other officer having
the charge Of the poo, or whenever any desti.
tute and dependent orphan shall be surrendered
10 such institution. in the manuer herein pro
yided, by an instrument in writing, duly signed
by such parent, guardian, or public olneer, the
said board Of managers may. in their discretion.
place such child to service with some proper
person under articles Of indenture, to be exc
eutrd in due form Of Law, with such provisions
for maintenance and education as shall be np-
proved by one Of the Judges Of the Supreme
Court Of the District Of Columbia; and the
said board Of managers are hereby authorized
to permit the adoption Of any such child oy
any respectable and proper person who. under
provisions to be approved as Aforesaid, shall IN.
dertake the maintenance, care, and proper edu-
cation Of such destitute or orphan child.
Sec. G. Ahd Be it further enacted, That IN
case Of the death or legal incapacity Of the
father Of any dependent child, or Of the I'm
prisonmunt Of such lather for crime. or Of his
abandoning or neglecting TO provide for bis
family, the mother, Il residing in the district
Of Columbia, shall be deemed the legal guardian
Of her children Cor the purposes Of this aet, and
shall have power 10 make the surrender aiore.
said. But in case the mother also be dead, or
q nonresident Of said district. or legally inca
paLle Of acting in the premises or be tnpris.
oned for crime, or neglect to provide for such
child, and in case there be no guardian or other
person legally bound to support such ehIld, or
qualified to make the surrender Aforesaid then,
and in any such case, the superintendent Of
the poor, or the Mayor Of Washington. or
other public officer having charge Of the poor,
shall, Tor the purposes Of this aet, be required.
as ex oficio guardian TO the said corporation BY
the instrument in writing Aforesaid, which sur.
render shall, In al respects, be as valid and e..
iectual as if made by the father or parent Of
such child: Provided, That no surrender OF
any such child shall DO made under the provis.
ions Of this section, unless such surrender shall
on examination, ne approved BY one o. the
Judges Of the Supreme Court Of said District.
Sec. Z. And BE- Il further Enacted, That the
board Of managers may elect from Their own
number president, vice president and secre-
iary; and they may further elect treasurer
They may, In their discretion appoint an ex.
ecntive committee, consisting Of i've members
Of their board, who may, under the genefI