Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-03-10

same, according to the rules, regulations and by
avs TINT they may establish from time to time
Tor the management Of the concerns Of the said
society or corporation, any lands, tenementa,
rents, legacies, nnnuities, rights, property and
privileges or any goods, chattels or other effects
oi What Kind or nature soever, which shall or
may have been or may hereafter be given, grant
cd, sold, bequeathed or devised unto the said
association or corporation, by any person or
persons, bodies polite or corporate, capable Of
making such grant, sale or bcquest, and that
the said association or corporation Of the Sisters
Of Mercy in the District Of Columbia, may dis
pose Of and convey the same as they may deem
proper; Proridsd That the said association or
corporation shall not, at any one time, hold,
use, possess and enjoy within the District OF
Columbia, either by legal seizure, or trust for
its use and benefit more than three hundred and
twenty acres Of land, nor shall the said associa-
tion or corporation hold in its own right or by
any other person in trust, for its benefit, real
estate the annual net income Of which, after
discharging nil it's expenses, debts and liabili-
ties, shall exceed the sum Of fifty thousand dol
lars.
Sec .. And he il further enacted, That the
snid corporation, by the name Of the Sisters OF
Mercy, IN the District of Columbia, be, and shall
be hereafter, capable in law and in equity to sue
and be sued, within the District of Columbia
and elsewhere, in as eifectual manner as other
persons or corporations can sue or be sued, and
that the said corporation, or q majority Of tho
persons composing the same, shall adopt and
use common seal, and the same to use, alter or
change at pleasure. and from timo to time make
such hy-laws, not Inconsistent with the Consti-
tuition Of the United States or any law of Con-
gress, as TINY may deem expedient and proper
for carrying into effect the objects Of the said
association or corporation, Including the care
control and education of children; tho care
protection, instruction and employment of des-
ulute temalesi the care nursing and alienation
of the suierings Of sick or wounded persons and
such other objects Of literature and charity as
may be determined upon by their by-laws, as
aforesaid, and which their means aud net income
may enable them to effect and support.
Sec. A. And be it further enacted, That if, at
any tine hereafter, any Of the persons herein
before named, or any of their successors as Sis
tiers of Mercy, in the District Of Columbia, shall
cease to belong to the said association or oorpo-
ration, according to the said bylaws, such per-
sons shall thereafter have no part or control in
the proceedings of the said association or corpo
ration under or IN pursuance Of the provisions
Of this act.
SEQ. 8. And be it further enacted, That the
said association OF corporation shall have power
to appoint such officers, agents and persons as
may he necessary and to construct or purchase
such buildings or to create such establishments
IS may be required to effect and carry out the
humane and charitable objects Of its institution,
in accordance with its bylaws and regulations,
as aforesaid, under this act
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That tho
schools and all other institutions of instruction,
education or employment. established by the
Sisters Of Mercy in the District of Columbia,
shall at oil times be subject to the visitation and
inspection of tue justices OF the supreme court
of the District Of Columbia, or any one Of them,
or the committees on tho District of Columbia
in either house of Congress, or any other COM |
mttoe Of Congress that either house may ap- |
point, and the books, records or proceedings Of |
said Sisters of Mercy shall at all times be sub |
ject to the examination and inspection of said |
justices or any such committee.
Sec Z. And be it further enacted, That this
act may, at any timo hereafter, DO amended,
altered or repealed in whole or in part, accord
ing to the pleasure OF Congress.
Approved, February %, 1865.