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 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Ssss.II. Ch.42. 1842. 831 instructors of the children, any compensation for their services, but such services shall in all cases be gratuitous. Sec. 4. And be tt further enacted, That there shall be a meeting of Annual mm. the trustees of the Washington’s Manual Labor School and Male Or- he forthe upphan Asylum Society, in each year, the manner of giving notice for pgl"°"‘°“,§,° which, and the— time and place for said meeting, to be regulated by the 0 mm' c` by-laws; at which meeting the said trustees may fill all vacancies in their own board, and appoint their officers for the ensuing year, whose duties shall be regulated by the by-laws of the society. Vacancies in the board may also be filled at such other meetings of the trustees as may be necessary, and under such regulations as may in their by-laws be prescribed. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, with the consent and appro- (gong,,;,,,,, bation of the parent, or guardian, or other competent authority having upon which charge of any male child, the same may be received into the said Wash- m°l°,;’l"ld"m ington’s Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum, under such ziyed? reregulations as may be made by the by-laws, and there protected, instructed, and supported; and he shall not thereafter be withdrawn or be at liberty himself to withdraw from the said asylum, without the consent or dismissal of the corporation aforesaid, until he shall have attained the age of twenty-one years; but up to the age aforesaid, he shall remain subject to the direction of the said corporation, unless he may, by the same, be exonerated from service previous to attaining the age aforesaid; and the said corporation shall have the power, with the consent of the parent or guardian of any child under their care, to bind any such child, 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 which conditions shall be delivered to, and they shall be binding on every person to whom any child may be so bound : Provided, That every such orphan, whilst he shall Pr0viS¤- remain subject to the direction of the said corporation, or during the period of his service, if bound out as an apprentice as aforesaid, shall be entitled to the benefit and protection of all the laws of the District relating to apprentices. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall Jvurnultn be keep a journal of all its proceedings, in which the by-laws shall be re- :f,P;gg;',dn:2§;` corded; and shall make report, at the annual meeting as aforesaid, of the affairs and condition of the said school and asylum for the preceding ear. y Sec. 7. And be it farther enacted, That it may be lawful for Congress Act magbe hereafter to alter, amend, modify, or repeal, the foregoing act. °l*"€d» °· Am-novnn, June 13, 1842. Sururs II. Crm}-. XLII.—An Act to authorize the issuing of a rcgisterfor the brig Gulnarc. June 13, 1842. Be it enacted, &c., That there be issued, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register for the brig Gulnare, formerlyra Arggisrgytg British vessel, now lying in the port of New York, which was seized in bv 1551166- Boston, by George Barclay and Schuyler Livingston of the city and state of New York, citizens of the United States, for a debt due to them from the then owner of said brig, and sold by the sheriff, under a decree of the Court of Massachusetts, and by authority of the laws of that state, to the said Barclay and Livingston, and by them purchased in order to secure in part the debt due to them from the said owner, and which vessel has been by them repaired: Provided, It shall be proved proviso_ to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the cost of the repairs of said vessel, made in the United States, by the said Barclay and Livingston, her present owners, after the purchase of her by