60 FIFIY -SEVEN'1`H CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 145,146. 1902. river, or the said structure shall be altogether removed if in the judg- . ment of the Secretary of War the public good may require such removal, and without expense or charge to the United States. ,,£f"° °‘ °°”""‘°' Sm. 7. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of said bridge be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the approval of this Act. A¤¤¢¤d¤¤*=¤*· Sec. That tgp right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby express y reserv . Approved, March 10, 1902. Uimh 19. IW- 146.-An Act To incorporate the Eastern Star Home for the District of [P¤blic,No.34.] um IK Be it enacted by the Senate and Ifmwe peg}? esentatives QM United D3¤"*e°:;>g%9j°g::-8 States of America in Congress assemb , That Alcena mond, L. umn-pmm. Cabell Williamson, and John A. Moyer, of the Grand Chapter of the I”°°"’°“"’”‘ Order of the Eastern Star of the District of Columbia, and John F. O’Neill, of Ruth Cha ter Numbered One; Mary B. Okey, of Electa Chapter Numbered Two; Annie V. Yeatman, of Naomi Chapter Numbered Three; M. Ella Espey, of Martha Chapter Numbered Four; Clara Barnard, of Esther Chapter Numbered Five; Fred. J. Randolph, of Bethlehem. Cha ter Numbered Seven; Henry G. Wagner, of Miqpah Cha ter Numbered Eight; Grace Holtzclaw, of Adah Chapter umbered Nine, and Matilda R. Sprague, of Areme Chapter Numbered Ten, being the constituent cha ters under the . said Grand Chapter, and their successors to be selected in the manner hereinafter declared, representing the several bodies before named of . the Order of the Eastern Star, be, and they are hereby, inco rated and made a body politic and corporate, in the District of Coriiihibia. ,,§,‘f“‘° °‘ °°'P°’* bydthp nalme of "The EasterndS;)a3r Hpdme of She Diiprict of Cplpmbia," an yt at name maysue an su ,pea anim ea e in any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction, and i)nay have and use a common seal, and the same chan e at pleasure, and be entitled to rise and exercise all the powers, riéits, and privileges incident to suc cor ration. P“’P°°°¤ Sec. 2?0That the particular business and object of such corporation shall be to provide and maintain. under the direction of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of the District of Columbia, a home for needy and worthy master masons of this jurisdiction, their needy and worthy widows and orphans, and needy and worthy members of the Order of the Eastern Star of this jurisdiction and their needy and worthy orphans, under such rules and regulations as the board of directors, acting under said Grand Cha ter, shall gialte and establish, not inconsistent with the laws of the United ta es.
- "°*’°"F P°"°”· Sec. 3. That the said corporation shall be capable of taking and
holding real and personal estate by ift. purchase, or devise. which estate, real and personal, shall never Se divided among the members of the said corporation, but shall descend to their successors duly elected and appointed in the manner hereinafter declared by the bodies they represent, for the promotion of the rinciples of the_said corporation and the benevolent urposes of the Order of the Eastern ,“kj,‘;;j;j”€{§**' °*‘****° Star; that the said corporation shall take and hold no more real estate
than is necessary for the purposes of said home and its proper support, and to suitably and conveniently carry out the benevolent purposes for which this charter is granted.
Fwd ¤f¤¤¤¤¤¢¤¤- Sec. 4. That the government and direction of the affairs of the said corporation shall be invested in a board of directors consisting of
