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 886 THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 60. 1859. Feb- 26, 1859- CHA!. LX.-—An Act to incorporate the Washington .Mzti¢mal Monzzment Society, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Purimé of in- States of America zh Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of com- °°rP°"m°°' pleting the erection, now in progress, of “ a great national monument to the Gorporatom. memory of Washington, at the seat of the federal government," Winfield Scott, Walter Jones, John J. Abert, James Kearney, Thomas Carbery, Peter Force, William A. Bradley, Philip R. Feudal], Walter Lenox, Matthew F. Maury, and Thomas Blagden (being the survivors of the persons mentioned in a certain grant bearing date on the twelfth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, by James K. Polk, then President of the said United States, in virtue of a joint V¤l- i¤· P· 888· resolution of Congress, approved on the thirty-first day of January in the same year, of an authority to erect a monument to the memory of George Washington, on reservation numbered three in the said city of Wasliing— ton) and, also, Jonathan B. H. Smith, William W. Seaton, Elisha Whittlesoy, Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, Thomas H. Crawford, William W. Corcoran, and John Carroll Brent, and their successors to be elected in the manner hereinafter directed, shall be, and [they] are hereby, created a corpora- N”‘° ”°d "*YI°· tion, and body politic, by the name and style of “The Washington National Monument Society? _ _ _ Sec. 2. And 6c it further enacted, That the easement, and all, and 1eB'gMS* P""' singular the rivhts and privileges, conveyed in the aforesaid errant, shall gas, and prop- ¤ . ° . erty. be, and the same-hereby are, vested m, and confirmed to, the corporation and body politic hereinbefore created; and that any and all property and right of property of any and every kind and description whatsoever, whether in possession, or in action, or in expectancy, which may at any time before the passing of this act have been acquired by the voluntary association heretofore known by the name of the lVa.shington National Monument Society, or which may hereafter be acquired by the corporation and body politic hereinbefore created, shall be, and the same hereby are, vested in, and confirmed to, the corporation and body politic hereinbefore created; and that the said corporation and body politic may apply to its uses, and for the purpose of completing the erection of the monu- BY·]¤·W¤»&<>- ment aforesaid, according to sucl1 by-laws, rules, and regulations, as it may, from time to time, hereafter, make and ordain, any and all property, of any and every kind, and description whatsoever, which is now appertaining to said monument, or which the corporation and body politic hereby created may hereafter acquire, by purchase, gift, or other lawful means. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be competent for the persons hereinbefore named and described as constituting the corporation Ang m°mb°; and body politic hereby created, and their successors, to remove, by a §;,°£ ?0;2¥;;s» vote of four fifths of the said persons, any of their number ; and the pervote. son so removed shall no longer be a member of said corporation and body Proviso. Quo- politic, nor have any authority therein: Provided, That for any other act mm- within the legitimate objects of this corporation a quorum of five shall be _Y¤>vi¤<>- N¤- sufficient for the transaction of business: Provided, That notice of all in by-laws. of the corporation shall be given to all members thereof residing within the District of Columbia. mc;¤:;;¤§§¤S  Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy shall hapbe {mad xuhin pen lll the said corporation and body politic, from death or resignation, or ten days. otherwise, the remaining members thereof shall elect and appoint a successor to fill the same, within ten days after the happening of such vacancy; and that on failure to fill the same within thirty days, it shall be the duty of the attorney of the United States for the District of Colum- Proceedings in bia to proceed against the said corporation and body politic, by a writ of g‘f‘f° °5;$§Qs*° scirefacias, for a forfeiture of the charter hereby granted before the Cirwigmn so days. cuit Court of the District of Columbia and the adjudication of that court
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