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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . I. CHs . 857-859 . 1928 .

945 That any sums allowed and paid under this Act to the attorneys shall froummonoba~rle be reimbursable to the credit of the Creek Nation out of any amount by Court of Claims . or amount s which may he reafter be de creed by the Court of Claim s to said attorneys for their services and expenses in connection with the Creek tribal claims and suits under the above-mentioned Act of May 24, 1924 . Approved, May 29, 1928 . CHAP. 858 .-An Act To change the name of Saint Vincent's Orphan Asylum

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251ij am ' and amend the Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled `An Act to in- [Public, No . 568,j corporate Saint Vincent's Orphan Asylum, in the District of Columbia,' approved February 25, 1831 ." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the District of Columbia . United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of saint Vincent's Or- Congress amending the Act incorporating Saint Vincent's Orphan PVo .Asylum . 3sP~o, amend. Asylum, approved on the 22d day of June, 1910, be, and it hereby is, ed. amended as follows "The n ame of said corpo ration shall be Sa int V incent 's Hom e Saint Vi ncent's Hom e and School . and School .

New name . " SEC. 2 . The purpose of said corporation shall be to care for and chare, etc., of female educate orphan, indigent, and other female children under eighteen years of age under such rules and regulations as it may adopt . " SEC. 3 . All property now vested in Saint Vincent's Orp han A Yr lum ope vest dO rphan Asylum. as incorporated as aforesaid is hereby vested in and con- corporation. firmed to Saint Vincent's Home and School as reincorporated by this Act . Said corporation shall have power to acquire, hold, and Corporate powners . convey such real estate as it may deem proper for its said purposes and to hold such personal property as it may use, or use the income from, for said purposes, and to take and hold real estate and personal Proviso . property by grant, devise, or bequest : Provided, That any real May dispose of real estate grante d or d evised to it a nd not used f or its corpor ate pur poses estate not used. shall be sold and conveyed away within five years after the date of such dev ise . " SEC . 4. Cornelius F . Thomas, Michael J . Riordan, Samuel Joseph tru in co stee porators and Henry, Paul E . Johnson, O . H. Perry Johnson, Peter A . Drury, Michael F . Calnan, William P . Normoyle, E . Francis Riggs, Joseph E . Ransdell, B . Francis Saul, James F . Shea, and William H. De Lacy are hereby constituted and confirmed as the said corporation and as trustee s to manage t he said corpo ration . When a va cancy Filling vacancies, etc . occurs in their number they may fill such vacancy, and they may increase or diminish their number from time to time as they may deem expedient . They shall elect a president, a secretary, and a Officers, seal, etc ° treasurer from their number, adopt a corporate seal, and make all needful by-laws and rules and regulations for the institution to be conducted by s aid corporati on . "SEC. 5 . T hat the provi so in section 1 of said Act of Congress me Limit atio n c .repealed . ain- cocome, etc ., approved on th e 22d day of June, 1910, a nd all parts o f said Act Vol. 36, p. 591, re- inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed .

pea led . " SEC . 6 . The right is reserved to alter, amend, or repeal this Act." Am endment . Approved, May 29, 1928 . May 29, 1928. CHAP. 859 .-An Act Providing for the meeting of electors of President and [H . R . 7373.] Vice President and for the issuance and transmission of the certificates of their [Public, No . 569 .] selection and of the result of their determination, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Presidential elec- . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the electors tlMeeting of electors . of President and Vice President of each State shall meet and give O