S30 TWEN'FY·SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 41. 1842. of them, assigned, in April, seventeen hundred and eighty-four, to Israel Pearce, father of the aforesaid Elizabeth Pearce and Mary M. Telfair, namely : Robert Allen, Marks Barrons,Casar Finch, Ichabod Howard, Joseph Wheeler, Hugh McDuga1, and J abez Remington, who each` and all appear to be entitled to land bounty, but who assigned their right, Proviso, as aforesaid, to Israel Pearce: Provided, The said Elizabeth Pearce and Mary M. Telfair shall, on the delivery to them of the land warrants aforesaid, execute and lodge with the Secretary of War their joint bond, with approved security, to indemnify the United States against the legal claim of all other persons to the said warrants. Approved, June 4, 1842. Srarora II. JMB l3» 1842- Cru?. XLI.-An Act to incmjporate Washington’a Manual Labor School and Male "_""`_` Orphan Asylum Society of the District of Columbia. Be it enacted, dw., That James L. Edwards, Thomas Sewall, An- Incorporation. thony Preston, Michael Nourse, Thomas L. Smith, Joseph W. Hand, John P. Ingle, Peter Force, William Morton, Thomas F. Hunt, Franklin Knight, Leonidas Coyle, and Peter W. Gallaudet, trustees for said school and asylum, and their successors in office as trustees, are hereby made, declared, and constituted a corporation and body politic in law and in fact, to have continuance forever under the name, style, and title, of Washington’s Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society of the District of Columbia. May hold pm. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all and singular the lands, P¤1‘*Y· tenements, rents, legacies, annuities, rights, privileges, goods, and chattels, that may have heretofore been given, granted, sold, devised, or bequeathed, to the said Washingtorfs Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society, be, and they are hereby, vested in and confirmed to the said corporation; and that the said corporation may purchase, take, receive, and enjoy, any lands, tenements, rents, annuities, rights, 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 it, or to the said trustees, or either of them, as trustees of the said school and asylum, by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, capable of making such grant, and to Proviso. dispose of the same for the benefit of the said society: Provided, That the clear amount of annual income of property to be acquired by said corporation shall at no time exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. May sue and Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation, by the be “°d· &°· name and style aforesaid, be, and shall be hereafter, capable, in law and equity, to sue and be sued, to plead and to be impleaded, within the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in as effectual a manner as other persons or corporations can sue and be sued; and that they shall adopt and use a common seal, and the same use, alter, or exchange, at pleasure; that they may appoint such officers as they shall deem necessary and proper; assign them their duties and regulate their compensation, and remove any and all of them, and appoint others, as often as they By.]uwg, shall think fit. And the said corporation shall make such by-laws as may be useful for the government and support, and for the general accomplishment of the objects of the said asylum and school, 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, and abrogate, at pleasure ; but all by-laws adopted by said corporation shall, before they have any force or effect, be submitted to and receive Proviso. the approval of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia: Provided, also, That no part of the funds of said corporation shall be appropriated to pay the trustees of said society, except the teachers and
