686 TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 24. 1837. 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 the said institution, or unto any trustee for the use of the said institution, by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, capable of making such grant, and to dispose of the same for the P,-Oviw benefit of said corporation: Provided, The amount of property held by said institution shall, at no time, exceed the amount oftwenty thousand dollars. capabieio Sue Sec. 3. And be it jiertker enacted, That the said corporation, by gid b¤ Sued. the name and style aforesaid, be, and shall be hereafter, capable, in law °‘ and equity, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, within the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in as effectual manner as other persons or corporations can sue or be sued. The present Sec. 4. And be it fizrzher enacted, That such persons as shall be QH50a"' °°¤· officers of the said Howard Institution at the time of the passing of this umu5d' act, shall be continued to be such until the first Tuesday in October next, on which day such of the persons hereby incorporated as shall then, or within a year preceding that day, contribute one dollar to the support of the said institution, and be or become a subscriber of one dollar or more per annum towards the same, and shall assemble at the house now belonging to the said institution at such hour as shall be Election of directed by the board, shall proceed to elect a president, a first and °m°°”· second vice-president, a treasurer and secretary, and twenty-four managers, four from each ward of the city of Washingtori, for the term of one year, who shall constitute the board of managers of the said I·Ioward Institution of the city of Washington; and in like manner, on the first Tuesday of October in each year thereafter, the like officers shall be elected for the same term of one year, at such hour and place as shall have been previously designated by the board of managers, of which time and place at least two days’ notice shall be given by publication in some newspaper printed in the city of Washington; and if; from any cause, an election shall not be held on the day of the month herein appointed, then an election may be held on any other day, of which the like notice shall be given, and those persons in office shall so continue until their successors shall be elected; and at all such elections, every contributor of not less than one dollar, in the manner as aforementioned, shall be entitled to one vote; but those who contribute, by a yearly subscription, a larger sum, shall be entitled to a greater number of Vacancies_ votes, to be regulated by the by-laws. of the board; and any vacancies which may occur in the board by resignation, death, removal, or otherwise, shall be supplied by the board of managers in such manner as the by-laws of the board may direct. Object of the Sue. 5. And be it fiort/ter enacted,That the object of the said Howcorporation. ard Institution of the city of Washiiigtoii, shall be to afford relief to the indigent females of the city of Washington, by providing work for those who may desire it, and by procuring for them fuel and other necessaries oflife on the most reasonable terms, and to adopt such other means asénay be found expedient for bettering the condition of the poor of the sai city. All buginggg Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all the business of said corgggéfgggzgtgg poration herebycreated shall be transacted by the board of managers, managers. except the election of the said board, as hereinbefore provided for; the number of the board to form 21 quorum to transact the business of the said corporation, to be regulated by the bylaws of said institution. At all meetings thereof the President, if present, shall preside; and if he be absent, then one of the vice—presidents, if either of them be present, and if neither of these shall be present at any meeting of the board, then
