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 FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. Sns .I. Ch. 130. 1818. 215 goods, chattels, or effects, be laid out or disposed oi, for the use and benefit of the said corporation, according to the intention of the donors. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation, hereby Powe; of qw created, shall have full power and authority to fill all vacancies which ¤°¤'P¤¤’¤ii¤¤· may happen in their number; to make, ordain, establish, and execute, such by-laws and ordinances as may be deemed useful to the institution, and the same to alter, amend, and abrogate, at pleasure; to make, have, and use, a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and renew, at will; to appoint such officers as may be required for the management of the concerns of said corporation, and to assign them their duties; and, generally, to provide for the transaction of all business appertaining to the said corporation: Provided, That no by-law, rule, or ordi- p,.,,,·;,°_ nance, of the said corporation, shall be made repugnant to the laws · of the District of Columbia. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation may pro- Corporation cure, by purchase or otherwise, a suitable building for the sittings of may P¤‘¤¤¤¤‘¤ ¤ the said institution, and for the preservation and safe-keeping of a library bm d‘"g’ &'°* and museum; and, also, a tract or parcel of land, for a botanic garden, not exceeding five acres: Provided, That the amount of real and per- Proiiao. sonal property to be held by the said corporation shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That there shall be an annual ,4,,,,,,,;,,,,,,;. meeting of the members of the said corporation, at such time and place inaas the proper officers of the aid corporation may appoint, of which due notice shall be given, in one or more of the newspapers published in the District of Columbia; at which time and place the members pre- Electioud sent shall elect or choose, by ballot, the officers of the institution, to °m¤¢F¤· serve for one year ensuing their election, and until others shall be elected and consent to serve in their places. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall _Notm engage not be engaged in any banking or commercial operations; and the con- m b¤¤ki¤g· tinuance of this charter shall be limited to twenty years from and after Charter limited the passage of this act, unless sooner revoked by Congress. ¢¤90y¤¤r¤- Approved, April 20, 1818. Srsrurn I. CHAP.CXXX.—.dH Act for the reliq" of Cornelia Mason. April 20, ISIS_ Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to place on the hall-pay pension list, for live years, at the To be placed rate of four dollars per month, Cornelia Mason, the widow of Alexander on the bqliipay Mason, who volunteered his services as a militia man, with a detach- l’°”“°" lm'- ment of militia commanded by Brigadier-General Perkins, on the northern frontier, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and who was killed in a battle with a party of Indians, in the month of September in the said year, to be to the use of her and her six children, the legitimate offspring of her, the said Cornelia Mason, and her said deceased husband, Alcxandcr Mason, under the rules and regulations prescribed in, and provided for by, an act entitled "An act making further A MA _ provision for military services during the late war, and for other pur- ,6 $216 elfés. poses," approved April sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and six- ’ ’ teen. Approved, April 20, 1818.