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 798 THIRTYLSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 104, 105. 1863, and fm ¤> *-l¤¤ free from tolls or other charge upon the transportation of any property, UM S“*‘°°· maps, or mans of the Uma sms. Mods ofdispos· Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to i¤8 °*"*h°l•”d°· said States shall be disposed of only in the following manner, that is to say : That a quantity of land, not exceeding thirty sections, for said road, may be sold; and when the governors of said states shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any ten continuous miles of said road are completed, then another quantity of land, hereby granted, not to exceed thirty sections for said road, having ten continuous miles completed as aforesaid, may be sold, and so, from time to ume, until the said road 1S completed; and if said road is not completed within five years, no further sales shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States. Mode of con- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted That said military road shall be wm? °‘° constructed with sutlieient drains and ditches, and not less than forty feet ' in width, with a grade not less than sixteen feet wide, with such gradua- - tion and bridges as shall permit of its regular use as a wagon road in all seasons of the year, and in nch other special manner as the States of Michigan and Wisconsin may' prescribe. Approved, March 3, 1863. March 3,3% Czar. CV.—An Act to incorporate m•’s Infant Asylum, in the District of Cb- U. Bc it enacted Qy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United rst Ann’s In- States of America in Congress assembled, That Theresa A. Costello, Lucy §;';A’;k’°':°’ Gwynn, Margaret Bowden, Sarah M. Carroll, Catherine Ryan, Louisa rwFisher, and Catherine Shea, and their successors, be, and they are hereby, made a body politic and corporate forever, by the name of “St. .A.nu’s Infant Asylum," for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, an institution for the Objects. maintenance and support of foundlings and infant orphan and haltiorphau children, and also to provide for deserving indigent and unprotected females during their confinement in childbirth; and by that name may Name andseal. sue and be sued, prosecute and defend; may have and use a common seal, and the same alter and renew at pleasure; may adopt and establish By-laws. rules, regulations, and by—laws not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, for properly conducting the affairs of said corpora- Am<>¤¤t of ¤¤— tion; may take, receive, purchase, and hold estate, real, personal, and ll'"' mixed, not exceeding in value at any one time one hundred thousand dollars, and may manage and dispose of the same, and apply the same, or the proceeds of the sales thereof, to the uses and purposes of said corporation, according to the rules and regulations which now are or may here- _ after at any time be established. mg’°¤'lQ:::£¤¤ I Sec. 2. and be it further enacted, That said corporation shall be enfqundlinia and Utled W mtfml U}ld€¥' lihitlf 03\`€, charge, and restraint, and subject to the mI`ant_ c ndren rules and discipline of said corporation, all foundlings and infant children ‘é‘;;';‘“;'\f§jl 8‘;;_‘” committed to their keeping as fully and completely, to all intents and ’ ’ ’ purposes, as if they were regularly indented and bound apprentices to said institution, until said foundlings and infants shall be, if males, twenty one years old, and if females, eighteen years old, or any shorter period that wrpny bind gg: may be agreed upon; and said corporation shall have power to bind them for l’l"°°°pm¤, gm out for-Ia time not to ezrceed said ages of twenty-one and eighteen years, respectively, as apprentices to learn any trade or business, or to learn to be. useful in housekeeping, or may, under terms proper in the view of the said corporation and to be by them stipulated, place them for adoption, or as inmates with any families or persons, said corporation not being restricted m the eirercise of their powers of binding or placing out to the District of Columbia; and all such acts shall be in writing, signed by the president