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 384 TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess.1. Ch. 126. 1828. Mary Cummins, Eleanor Miles, Mary Olivia Neale, Ann Diggs, Catharine Corish, Lucretia Ford, Mary Caroline Neale, Mary King, Johanna Barry, Mary E. Neale, Margaret Cooper, Sarah Cooper, Margaret Dent, Elizabeth Wiseman, Jerusha Barber, Elizabeth Lancaster, Matilda Ilglanaganwligary 'Bropks, M§rgaretDK§pg, étipecca Iliiarrisonigiiiaura evans, 1 iamma ones, usan u e, a anne urry, eanor Corcoran, Bridget Lynch, Margaret dO’Conner, Elizabplth Miyers, Catharine Waide, and Ann French, an their successors erea er to become Sisters of the Visitation, according to the rules and regulations that have been, or may hereafter be, established by their association, be, and the are hereb made, declared and constituted a corporation or body pchitic, in lawy apd tin éact, to page cprntinuance forever, by the name st le and tite o the isters 0 the isitation. Bequests ,0 Sai:. And be it further enacted, That all and singular thellands, either ofsaid sis- houses, tenements, rents, legacies, annuities, rights, property, privileges, gglgrcggafseéqo goods, and chattels, heretofore given, granted, devised or bequeathed to md t,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, either the said Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, or Sisters of the Visitar¤¤p¤¤¢ive1y· tion, or to any individual of either, or to any person or persons for the use of either of said societies, or that have been purchased for or on account of the same, be, and they are hereby, vested in and confirmed to the said corporations respectively, and tpat;] they may severally purchase, take, receive, and app y tot e uses 0 their associations, according to the rules and regulations that they may respectively establish, from time to time, for the management of the concerns of their societies, any lands, tenements, rents, legacies, annuities, rights, property and privileges, or any goods, chattels, or other effects, of what kind or nature soever, which shall or may hereafter be given, granted, sold, bequeathed, or devised unto them respectively, by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, capable of making such grant, and that they ?¤’°‘*i¤°- may respectively dispose of the same: Provided, always, That neither of the szpd zipsociatiopséhpll at any tlime hold, use, possess, and enjoy, within the istrict o oumbia, eit er b lerral seizure or trust for their uses and benefit respectively, more {hah two hundred acres of land; nor shall either of said societies hold, in their own right, or by axigggnysgog t¤ akpy other person in qruspop fc; gieir begefg, annamolpntdoféegl Estate, ‘ the annua income o w nc s a excee t nrt ~ ve un re dollars. Corporations, Sec. 4. And be it jitrt/ter enacted, That this said corporations, by
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` ble in law and in equity, respectively, to sue and be sued, within the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in as effectual a manner as other persons or corporations can sue or be sued, and that the said corporations or a majority of them, respectively, shall severally adopt and use a common seal, and the same to use, alter or change at pleasure; and from time to time make such by-laws, not inconsistent with the Corfstitution of the United States, or any law of Congress, as either may deem expedient and proper. Persons was- Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it, at any time hereafter, {;5S*20b§a,;2°:*g any of the persons hereinbefbrenamed, or any of their successors, shall c,,,,,},,, ,,, me cease to be members of said sisterhoods, respectively, such person or pgpgegggqgsmgf persons shall thereafter have no control in the proceedings of said cor- ,,0,,, porgtion, undepwandgrp pggérance of the provisions of this act. prnovan, ay,. Sururic 1. ""‘*' May 24, 1828. CHAP. CXXVI.—— Arr. Hot for the relief of the legal representatives of William -—-·-—-———--— Shannon and Hugh Sherman. gr man- Be it enacted, e§·c., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury " settle and adjust the claim of the representatives of William Shannon