912 TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Crr.4l),4l. 1844. and forty-three, to the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. h 1 E¤*l*l¤d l0 l>¤- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That said Abigail Gibson shall be mm 9*1 °" l?"" entitled to the full benefit of all laws,and resolves which shall hereafter affecting said . . . . act, be passed continuing in force the said act of seventh July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and the several acts and resolves amenda— tory thereof Avrnovsn, May 31, 1844. Srarurn I. *·"—‘ June 4, 1644. CHAP. XL.——.»2n Act for lhe relief of Benjamin B. Ferguson. Be it enacted eye. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, To be placed required to plade the, name of Benjamin B. Ferguson, of the state of °¤ P¤¤Si<>¤ WU- Pennsylvania, on the roll of invalid pensioners, at the rate of five dollars and fifty cents per month; said pension to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and to continue during his natural life. S L Approved, June 4, 1844. rarer: June 10, E14; Cmp. XLI.—An del lo inemporalei Ggorgelcwn College in the ]){$lrict of C0- um uz. To be caged Be it enacted, &c., That there be erected, and hereby is erected,. in "The Presi- Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, a college for the instruction g;;‘O?"g€E;'°°' of youth in the liberal arts and sciences, the name, style, and title of ,,,,,,.,1 Cone ici: which shall be " the President and Directors of Georgetown College." James Ryiler Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That James Ryder, Thomas
- 1 m' Lilly, Samuel Barber, James Curley, and Anthony Rey, be, and they
P0are hereby decfargd to be, a bodylpolitictand dcorporate, wp}: perpetqjal succession in ee or in aw to al mten s an purposes w a soever, y the name, style, and title of ," the President and Directors of George- Power; of the town College," by which name and title they and their successors shall °¤¤’P°¤‘¤¥l¤¤- be competent, at law and in equity, to take to themselves and their successors for the use of said colleve any estate whatsoever in any messuage, lands, tenements, heredisaments, goods, chattels,’moneys, and other effects, by gift, bequest, devise, grant, donation, bargain, sale, conveyance, assurance, or will; and the same to grant, bargain, sell, transfer assign, convey assure demise, declare to use and farm let and to place, out on interest’for theiuse of said college, in such manner as to them, or a majority of them, shall be deemed most beneficial to said institution; and to receive the same, their rents, issues, and pronts, income and interest, and to apply the same for the proper use and benefit of the said college; and by the same name to sue and be sued, to implead and be impleaded, in any courts of law and equity, in all manner of suits, actions, and proceedings whatsoever, and generally, by and in the same name, to do and transact all and every the business touching or con- Pmvigg, cerning the premises : Provided, That the same do not exceed the value of fifty thousand dollars nett annual income, over and above and exclusive of the receipts for the education and support of the students of said college. To h,,,,,, ,, Sec:. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall common seal. adopt a common seal, under and by which all deeds, diplomas, and acts of the said college or corporation, shall pass and be authenticated and the same seal at their pleasure to break and alter, or devise a new one. Mimomcr not Sec. And he it further enacted, That no misnomer of the said to deleatado- corporation shall defeat or armul any donation, gift, grant, devise, or ““"°“· &°· bequest, to or from the said corporation. bS¤:::¤l¤¤¤$Q Sec. 5. and be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall banking2i;,,; not employ its funds or income, or any part thereof, in banking operations, tions, or for any purpose or object other than those expressed m the first
