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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 217, 218. 1901. 761 whatsoever of the Government in the premises: Provided, That should _{;Q*{g{§e9·0, to mw, the district attorney neglect or refuse to file the plea, answer, demur-` rer, or defense, as required, the plaintiff may proceed with the case under- such rules as the court may adopt in the premises; but the c,,{j§¤°*”°°°¤°¤b**°¤ plaintiff shall not have judgment or decree for his c aim, or any part ` thereqf, unless he shall establish the same by proof satisfactory to the court. . ' Approved, February 6, 1901. CHAP. 218.-An Act To reincorporate and preserve all the corporate franchises February 6,1901. and property rights of the de facto corporation nown as the German Orphan Asy- "*—*"‘*‘ lum Association of the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0{ R resentatives of the United States of Ameriea in Omwressaasembled, hagacob Jose, Louis Kettler, gjggggg Gogauggia- William Kettle1·, John Walter, Frederick Imhoff, Charles G. Rogier, rum Asseeriirou mg: Charles Graff, Jacob J. A/ppieh, George J. Seufferle, George Breit· °°'P°’“’°d· barth, Christian Heurich, erner· Koch, John A. Griesbauer, William H. Veerhoif, Clement A. Didden, George Bessler, John F. Schneider, and Otto Wehner, the present board of directors of the said de facto coréporation, and their present associate members and successors, be, an they are hereby, created a body politic and corporate by the name of German Orphan Asylum Association of the District of Columbia, with all the powers, franchises, and privileges, and for the purposes set forth in the original Act of incorporation, executed September twentieth, eilghten hundred and seventy-nine, and recorded October eleventh, eig teeen hundred and seventy-nine, in liber numbered three, folio sixty-two et sequentes, Acts of incor ration, in the office of the recorder of deeds for the `District of Coliiimbia: Provided, however, Prt¢;>‘; into by the said German Orphan Asylum Association of the District exe. of Columbia, while acting as a corporation de facto, are hereby declared to be valid, and that all propertyrri%hts acquired by the said German Orphan Asylum Association of the istrict of Columbia and _belonging to it while a corporation de jure, and all property right acquired by it while actin asf a corporation de facto, are hereby conhrmed unto the German Orphan Asylum Association of the District of Columbia by this Act incorporated, which shall hereulpon succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the said German Orp an Asylum Association of the District of Columbia the body corporate de jure and de facto, saving, however, to all persons and corporations all rights and rights of (action against the said original corporation and the said cororation e acto. P Sec. 3. That the said German Orphan Asylum Association of the A¤¤¤<>¤iW¢<>¤¤¤»¤¢<‘~ District of Columbia by this Act incorporate is hereby authorized, if such be deemed necessary, to institute in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, proceedings in equity, by bil against all persons and corporations who may set up any claim to any of the property rights of the said original corporation or de facto corporation by this Act vested in the cor oration created hereby for the purpose of determining iinally the riggrts of any such adverse claims and of having its right and title to all Such property rights finally aiiirmed by the decree of said court: Provided, however, 'lghat nothing in this Act shall be f§‘§’,{"°‘0, Umm, held in any wise to disturb or aifectany reserve lien which the United S¤¤f¢¤· States may have under existing law upon any of the property of the said original corporation or the said de facto corporation. Sec. 4. Congress hereby reserves the right to alter, amend, or A¤¤¤¤¤¤¤<=¤¢- repeal this Act. _ Approved, February 6, 1901.