Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-07-22
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at tile Second Session ofMe Thirty
Eighth Congress.

PUBLIC-NO. 81.
An Act to incorporate national military
and naval Asylum for the relief Of the
totally disabled officers and men Of the
Volunteer forces of the United States.
BE it enacted by tile Senate and House
orRepresentatires ofthe United States Of
Imerica in Congress assembled. That
Ulysses S. Grant, David G. Farragut,
Hanniba; Hamlin, Andrew johnson, Sal
mon P. Chase, Edwin NJ. Stanton, Gideon
Welles, John A. Dix, George Bancroft,
William T. Sherman, John A. Andrews,
Andrew G. Curtaic, Oliver p. Morton,
Beniamin F. Butler, George G. Meaae,
John Brough, Nathaniel p. Tod, Henry
Ward Beechpr, Ambrose f. Burnside,
John A. Logan, Daniel s. Dickinson,
William A. Buckingham, Carl Schurz.
Oliver o. Howard, Hamilton Fish, Frank
Sigel, Francis Wayland, Austin Blair,
Thomas G. Fletcher, Robert Breckinridge,
Lowell H. Rousseau, Horace Greeley.
George H. Stuart, Joseph Henry. John G..
Barnark. Henry J. Raymond. William b.
Astor, James Gordon Betnnctt, H. w. Hal
leck. William +. Dodge, William NJ.
Evarts. James S. Brady, Gerritt Smith,
Reuben f. Fenton, Bellamy Storer, George
=. McIlvaine, Galusha A. Grow, Henry
w. Bellows. J. S. G. Abbott, Jay Cooke,
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Israel Washbnrn.
Ichabod Goodwin. Fredrick Smyth. John
u. Goodrich, Charles Henry Davis, Will
liam Claflin. J. Wiley Edmands. Amos A..
L,wrpnce. Edward S. Tobey, Thomas
Russell. Charles q. Loring, George
b. Upton, Charles G. Greene, s. NJ. s.
Williams, George G. S'annard, Henry M.
Rice, Grenville NJ. Dodge, Morton NJ.
Mitchell, Thomas Webster, James M. SEQ.
vel, Dathaniel b. Baker. Richmond J..
Field. Henry G. Carey, John w. Forney.
Bishop NJ. Simpson, G. s. Griffith, Will
liam Henry Charming, James E. Yeatman,
Dwight Durkee, A. T. Stewart, Barnabas
Hobbs, Montgomery Blair. Joseph X.
Barnes, f. B. Ward. Henry Benham,
Frank Moore, Alfred Lee, Edward Solo
mon. Thomas c. Terry. Edward Tomp-
kins, Moses F. Odell, and their success
sors, duly chosen, are herby constituted
and created body corporate in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Sec. 2. And be It further enacted. That
the said corporation hereby constituted
shall consist of one hundred members.
They shall have power to fill all vacancies
created by death, signation, or otherwise
and to make bylaws, rules, and regula-
tions: Provided, That such bylaws,
rnles, and regulations are not repugnant
to the constitution or laws of the United
States.
Sec. 3. A~d be It. further esected. That
the business of said corporation shall be
managed by board Of twelve directors,
who shall elect from their number . pres.
ident, two vice. presidents. and secretary,
and seveu Of the directors. Of whom the
president or one Of the vice-prc~idents
shall one. shall form . quorum for the
transaction Of business a, any special meet
ing ef the board Of directors
Sc T. Asd h. 1 fsrfkSr ~sacsoS. Tha,
the board Of directors shall have aushcrity
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