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 TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. On. 88. lS33. 539 tels, that may hereafter be given, granted, sold, devised, or bequeathed, Lands, &,c. to the Georgetown Free School and Orphan Asylum, be, and they °°”m"‘°d *9 are hereby, vested in, and confirmed to, the said corporation; and that the c0rP°mm` they may purchase, take, receive, and enjoy any lands, tenements, rents, annuities, rights, or 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, or either of them, as Trustees of the said Free School and Asylum, by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, capable of making such grant, and to dispose of the same: Provided, The clear annual income of prop— p,,,,,;,°_ erty to be acquired by said corporation shall at no time exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation, by C<>¤’1>¤*¤*l°¤ the name and style aforesaid, be, and shall be hereafter, capable, in :,‘°Z,s`§:"d b° law and equity, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, within i the District of Columbia, and elsewhere, in as eifectual a manner as other persons or corporations can sue or be sued; and that they shall adopt and use a common seal, and the same to use, alter, or exchange, at pleasure; that they may appoint such officers as they shall deem Omem. necessary and proper, to assign them their duties, and regulate their compensation, and to remove any or all of them, and appoint others, as often as they shall think fit; and the said corporation shall make such by-laws as may be useful for the government and support, and for By-laws. the general accomplishment of the objects of the said Asylum, as herein after mentioned and not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, or the laws in force in the District of Columbia, for the time being, and the same to alter, amend, or abrogate, at pleasure. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a meeting of Aman; meat. the regular annual contributors, to the support of the Georgetown Free WS- ‘ School and Orphan Asylum, in the month of June, in each year, the hour and day and manner of giving notice for which to be regulated by the by-laws; at which meeting, by those who, from the by-laws, may be qualified to vote, nine female managers shall be elected, who Election. shall appoint a President and Secretary, and may fill vacancies in their own board, until the next annual election; that their duties shall be regulated by the by-laws, Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, with the consent and ap- B¤<=¤P*i<>¤ <>f probation of the parent, guardian, or friends, who may have the care °mmr°°’ &°' of any male or female child, or where a child may be destitute of any friend or protector, the same may be received into the Georgetown Free School and Orphan Asylum, under such regulations as may be made by the by-laws, and there protected, instructed, and supported; and they shall not thereafterbe withdrawn, or be at liberty themselves to withdraw, from the Free School and Asylum, without the consent or dismissal of the corporation aforesaid; until, if a male, he shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, or, if a female, the age of eighteen years; but, up to the ages aforesaid, respectively, they shall remain subject to the direction of the said corporation, unless_they may, by the same, be exonerated from service previous to attaining those ages, respectively; and the said corporation shall have the power Power to bind to bind any child under their care, for the purpose of acquiring a °“*· knowledge of some useful trade, occupation, or profession, under such conditions as may be determined by the by-laws, a copy of winch conditions shall be delivered to, and they shall be binding on, every person to whom any child may be so bound; that children may behreceived into the schools for daily attendance, whose parents or guardians Schggflg, are, or may be, unable to pay for their instruction, or whose parents or guardians may contribute towards the support of the Free School and Asylum, under such regulations as may be made in the by-laws.