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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 330, 331. 1910. 591 they may deem proper, and to make all needful rules and by-laws for the government of the organization, for the general management of its affairs, and for the control of the institution or institutions ` under their char e and all pro erty of said corporation not incon—. sistent with the daws of the Uiirited States and this Act. All the Tm°t°°r°°°“y' groperty, real, personal, and mixed, now vested in or belonging to aint V1ncent’s Orphan Asylum, incorporated under the Act of Congress approved February twenty-ii th, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, rs hereby vested rn and confirmed to the Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum as reorganized under this Act; and Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum may take and hold and sell and dispose of any other property, real, personal, or mixed that it may acquire by gift, purchase, devise, or otherwise for the uses and purposes of its organization: Previded, That the net annual income from all of its ro erty Hmm, shall not exceed in value the sum of twenty-five thousandpddilars. ` Sec. 2. That the incorporators may Hll any vacancy occurring in. V°°“”°i°s· their number by death, resignation, or otherwise. Sec. 3; That the affairs of said body corporate-shall be managed §§’&"§(,‘jf__§{§f""“ by a board of trustees, five in number, to be elected armually by the incorporators; and said board of trustees shall annually make report · to the incorporators, at a general meeting, of their management of the institutions under their charge and of the financial condition of such institution or institutions. Any vacancy in the said board of trustees may be filled at any time by the mcorporators. The number of said trustees may be increased from time to time by the incorporators as they may deem expedient, and, if increased, may again be diminished whenever deemed proper. Sec. 4. That the urpose of this body \co crate shall be to main- dxggm °* *°¤“‘° °*¥“· tain and conduct a home or asylum for femlalie orphans and indpgent ` female children under the age of eighteen years, and it sha be lawful for it to receive any such child or children into its institution, with the consent of the arent or guardian, or parent’s gpardian or friend of any such child or children, or of its own vo `tion when there is no parent, guardian, or friend to care for such child or children, and to keep, instruct, and support such child or children, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the by—laws, rules, and regulations for its government and management. Sec. 5. That any Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act pg?§£‘°“¤8 *°‘” "°· are hereby repealed. Sec. 6. That it shall be lawful for Congress at any time to alter, ·‘·m°¤dm°¤’· amend, or repeal this Act or any part thereof. _ Sec. 7. That this Act shall not take effect until accepted by said P,,‘Q§§§,*Q,°f‘“°° by °°"‘ co oration by writing filed with the Commissioners of the District oflgolumbia. M Approved, June 22, 1910. CHAP. 331.-An A To re la rtion of sections four hundred and twenty- ·T¤¤¤ ?2»19i°· nine and thirty-seven liiindredpsiid tiirfianty of the Revised Statutes of the Unitgd States. [r·ur»1re,r~:¤.24c.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRqn·esentatices oft/te United States Qf America in Obngress assembled, That the second clause of {,'g;g’l;m O, Sem, section four hundred and twenty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the un-;. H United States and the following words in section thirtg—seven hun- 0,,?f{lZdf°r Supp °s dred and twenty of the Revised Statutes of the United tates: "aDd Pfgigfgtfafém reported by the Secretary of the Navy to Congress at the commence- ’ ment of every regular session. The report shall contain a schedule embracing the offers by classes, indicating such as have been accepted/’ be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, June 22, 1910.