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 858 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 126, 127, 129. 1860. June 18, 1860. Cmun CXXVI.—A.n Act granting an Invalid Pension to Beriah Wright, of Mw York. Be it enacted Q1; the Smmte and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the lnte· Pension m Bs. rior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Beriah Wright, HW wrighhiu of New York, upon the roll of invalid pensioners of the United States, to the pension he is now receiving, from the sixteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, during his natural life. Am-uovnn, June 13, 1860. June 18, 1860. Cnu. CXXVII.——An Act for the Relic/`ql`Erastus Hutchins. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the_Secretary of the Inte- Pensivu to rior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Erastus Hutchins, §;”°“‘“ H“*"h' of Ohio, a soldier in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, upon the ` pension roll, and allow him eight dollars per month from the first of January, eighteen hundred and sixty. APPROVED, June 13, 1860. June 15, 1860· Czar. CXXIX.—An Act to Incvgwam the National Gallery and Sc/wal of Arts in the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there may be established in the District of Columbia by the persons hereinafter named a gallery fine arts, and their application to patriotic purposes, by means of exhibitions, libraries, museum, instruction, and any other practicable operations. Iustituticuhvw Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the said institution shall be g¤°°_b° m“”g°d* under the management, direction, and government of a number of trustees, not exceeding twenty-five, to be elected annually by the contributors to the said gallery and school, in such manner and under such limitations and restrictions as may be provided in the by-laws thereof; and the first First Trustees. trustees of the said institution shall consist of the following persons, namely : Horatio Stone, John Cranch, J. M. Stanly, J. G. Bruil`, Robert Bogle, W. W. Corcoran, A. F. Cunningham, T. G-. Clemsen, J. G. Berret, F. P. Stanton, A. Thomas Smith, H. G. Fant, Charles Eames, B. Ogle Taylor, George WV. Riggs, Charles Haskins, Seth Eastman, Samuel F. Vinton, and L. D. Gale, which said trustees and their successors shall be a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of N*!“° °’ °°"‘ “The National Gallery and School of Arts; " by which name and title OY8E10B, POWSTS,. . _ gw. the saxd trustees and thexr successors shall be competent and capable, 111 law and equity, to take to themselves and their successors, for the use of the said institution, any estate in any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, moneys, and other effects, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, assurance, will, devise, or bequest of any person or persons whatsoever: Provided, The same do not exceed, in the whole, the yearly value of fifty thousand dollars and the same property and effects, real and personal, to grant, bargain, sell, convey, assure, demise, and to farm let, and to place out on interest for the use of the said institution; and by the same name to sue and be sued, to plead and be implcaded, in any courts of law and equity ; and to make and use a common seal, and the same to break and alter at their pleasnue; and generally, by and in the same name, to do and transact all and every the business touching or concerning the premises. “T$e°L:Sg§ Sec.  And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid shall mswes; mk hold the1r offices until the first day of October, eighteen hundred and powers, Gm. sixty, and until their successors shall be elected. And in the mean time,
 * g."ggg_°° °r` and pay him a pension, at the rate of four dollars per month, in addition
 * _` strict of Columbia.
 * ,:§u,§,,d_ and school of arts, for the purpose of promoting the improvement of the