Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-09
1PCBLIC-NO. 40.1
AN ACT for incorporating a hospital for found
lings in the city of Washington.

Be Il enacted BY the Senate and House of Pepre.
ssnfatires q ne Tnited States Of america in Con
ard, Il. ID. Gilman, William Stickney, A. G.
Richards, b. Sunderland, A. n. Zevely, Wright
Kiyss, Dr; James c. Hall, David X. Cartier,
l.. Sheriff, b. b. French, Joseph s. Stettinius,
and John X. Arison, and such other persons as
may he duly chosen, are hereby created and
District Of Columbia, under the name of the
Wa hington Hospital for Foundlings, to have
perpetual succession, and be capable to take,
hold, and enjoy lands. tenements, and personal
property: Prorided, That no real or personal
property shall be held by said corporation, ex-
cept such as may be necessary to the MAIN
tenance and efhcient management Of said ho1-
pital.
SIC. 2. And be IL further enacted, That said
corporation, hereby constituted, shall have
over to ill vacancies In the board Of directors,
and to make all necessary bylaws, rules, and
regulations not inconsistent with the Constitu-
ton and laws OF the United States.
SEC. 3. And be IL further enacted, That the
management of said hospital shall be under the
control OF a board Of ten directors. The board
OF directors shall also have power to appoint all
officers and committees necessary to the proper
administration OF the affairs of the hospital.
SEC. f. And be IT. further enacted, That the first
seven corpor rators named in the first section
hereof, together with those who may be elected
and appointed directors, as provided in the pre-
cedng section, shall constitute the first board of
directors, who shall, from their number, elect a
president, vice-president, secretary, and treas
urer; and i've OF the directors, including either
of the aboye-named officers, shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of business. 1t shall
be the duty Of the president and directors TO
report to the Secretary Of the Interior the con-
dition Of said institution on the first day of July
SEC. s. And be IL further enacted, That the OBJ
jcct of this association Is to found in the city OF
Washington q hospital for the reception and
support Of destitute and friendless children.
SEo. 8. And be IL further enacted, That found
lings received by this hospital shall be deemed
and considered wholly under the guardianship,
Gated, apprenticed, or otherwise disposed of, in
such manner as the directors Of said hospital
may, in their judgment, deem for the best inter-
age Of eighteen years, when said care and con-
troll shall cease.
Set. Aad be 1t further enacted. That the
ration shall be exempt from all taxes and as
sessmeHts levied by authority Of Congress or Of
any municipal corporation within the District
OF Columbia, CSpgIess may at any time alter,
Approved, April 22, 1870.
lPuBLIc-No. AL
AN ACT declaring the construction Of " An act
TO incorporate the National Theological In
stitute, approved May tenth, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-six, and also "An act to amend
an act entitled An act to incorporate the
National theological Institute, and to define
and extend the powers OF the same,'n APP
proved March second, eighteen hundred and
Whereas an act to incorporate the National
theological Institute, approved May ten, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-six, and also an act to
define and extend the powers Of the same, ap-
proved March second, eighteen hundred and
.i1ty-seven, has fhavel been misconstrued BY
an attempt to remeve the seat Of its operations
to a distant locality, in direct contSayention of
said acts; and whereas the following
Persons, Joseph C. Lewis, Edmund Furney,
John 3. P9ler, Charles H. Morse, William r.
Johnson, Lindsay Muse, WilIia1 y. Nelson,
Seorge Mcclellan, Clement Robinson. George
N. Gendr1n, 3. Alexander, U. H, Hutchins, ~.
their functions as the executive mmitteeS hy
the authority Of said corporation at its seSf az
operations within the said District Of Coiumhia.
tberefs re,
Ben enacted By he ssSats anS Assse Of Repre-