Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-23

Washington, or at a convenient and eligible
loint not exceeding in distance seven miles
rom the city, OF an Institution where provl.
zion can be made by public charity for the
relief of friendless and deserving females,
and for the care aud maintenance Of young
orphan or destitute children, mail or female.
who may be or are likely to become charge
on public charity, Aud said corporation
shall possess and enjoy all the powers es.
sential and proper for the carrying out OF
the purposes of It's creation. nH
Sec. 2. And be Il fltrter enacted That said
may receive, take, and hold, by
purchas, gift, or devise, any real or personal
estate, for the purposes contemplated In this
act Provided, howecer That the net annu-
al income of their real estate shall not ex-
coed thirty thousand dollars,
See. g. And be il further enacted, That
Mary I. Hay, Eliza NJ. Morris, Eliza Ward
Fitzgerald, Georgiana Speaks, Emily B.
Ruggles, Indiana Plant, Jane Flames, Mary
Grayham, Maria Virginia Brown, shall con
stitute the board of managers until the
first Monday in May, AID, eighteen hundred
and siXty-tive, and until their successors
shall be chosen or elected as herein provided
A meeting of the members of the association
shall be held on the first Monday in May,
eighteen hundred and siXty-ive at sons
convenient hour and place, in the city OF
Washington, of which two weeks public
notice shall be given by the board Of mana
gers, in two daily newspapers published in
the city of Washington; and at such meet
ing the members of the association who
shall be present shall proceed 10 elect. q
board of managers in the places of those
hereby designated or authorized; and any
manager may be reelected from time 10
time. Each member, at such meeting, shall
be entitled to one vote. An annual meet
infr Of tba ogsppiataa ~ ghall in
like manner, and upon like notice, be held
on the first Monday of May, In each year
after eighteen hundred .and siXty-hve, for
the election Of managers for the ensuing
year; but if, in any case, the said meeting
shall, for any reason, fail to be held on this
day herein designated, the same may, upon
the notice above provided be held on any
other day within three months thereafter;
and the managers then elected shall hold
their Office until the first Monday of May
next ensuing, and until their successors shall
be chosen, as aforesaid. The said board Of
managers shall have power to fill any vaSa-
nces occurring therein between the regular
elections above provided in this act and
majority of said board shall form quorum
for the transaction of business,
SEC. 4. And be ii further enacted, That the
board of managers shall have power to ap-
point such agents, matrons, assistants, and
teachers, and to employ such domestics, and
servants as shall be deemed necessary, and
to make all needful and proper regulations
for their respective, general or specific
duties, as well as for the government, direct
ion, and control ofIal persons who may at
any time become inmates of the HONG
authorized by this act, and may prescribe
for the children and youth committed to
their care such rules of discipline as shall be
deemed by them necessary
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
whenever any child who, from the neglect,
or inability Ofits parents or guardian to sup =
port ii, shall become charge upon public
charity and shall be surrendered to the charge
of the association, pursuant to the provis-
ions of this act, by such parent or BY
its guardian, or by the overseer or superin-
dent of the poor of said city of Washington,
or other officer having the charge of the
poor, or whenever any destitute and depend
nt,orphan shall be surredered to such insti-
tuition, in the manner herein provided, by an
instrument in writing, duly signed by such
parent, guardian, or public officer, the said
| board of managers may, in their discretion,
| place such child to service with some prop
! er person under articals of indenture, to be
| executed in due form of law, with suehpro-
| visions maintenance and education as shall
| be approved by one of the judges of the SUI
| preme court OF the District of Columbia,
and the said board of managers are hereby
| authorized to admit the adoption of any
such child by any respectable and proper
| person who, under provisions to be approved
as aforesaid shall undertake the mainte-
| nance, care, and proper education of such
destitute or orphan child.
| Sec. 6. And be IL tvrther enacted, That in
| case of the death or legal incapacity of the
| father of any dependent child, or of the i'm
| prisonment of such father for crime, or of
| his abandonngior neglecting to provide for
| his family, the mother, if residing in the
| District of Columbia, shall be deemed the
legal guardian of her children for the pur-
| pose of this act, and shall have power to
| make the surrender aforesaid But in case
the mother also be dead, or a nonresident of
said district, OFFICIALLY incapable of acting
in the premises, or be imprisoned for crime.
| or neglect to provide for such child and in
| case there be no guardian or other person
| legally bound TO support such child, 0rqual-
| flied 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, for the purposes of this act, be
| required, as ex-officio guardian of such child.
! and may make, as such the surrender of
| such child to the said corporation by the in.
| strument in writing aforesaid, which sur
| render shall, Ill all respects, be as valid and
| effectual as if made by the father or parent
| of such child: Provided. That no surrender
| of any such child shall be made under the
| provisions Of this section, unless such sur
! render shall, on examination, be approved
| by one Of the judges Of the supreme court of
| said District. aa
| SEC. T. And be ii further enacted That the
| board of managers may elect from their own
number president, vice-president, and Sec
rotary; and they may further elect treas
| urer. They may, in their discretion, appoint
an executive committee, consisting of five
members of their board, who may, under
the general direction of the board, take
charge of the affairs Of the corporation dur
ing any recess of the board. e3A
SEC. g. And be ii further enacted, That the
treasurer of said corporation shall at any
time upon the call of Congress report full
and perfect statement of the affairs of such
corporation, the location, value, and income
of all real estate owned by it, the amount
of its receipts, expenditures, investments,
and personal estate, and all other informa-
ton which Congress may require.
SEC. 8. And be IL further enacted. That
Congress may at any time alter, amend, or
repeal this act.
SFC IN And he II further euncted That