436 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 49, 50. 1865. Suits. District of Columbia and elsewhere, in as effectual a manner as other per. sons or corporations can sue or be sued, and that the said corporation, or a majority of the persons composing the same, shall adopt and use a S°’·l· common seal, and the same to use, alter, or change at pleasure, and from By-laws- time to time make such by-laws, not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States or any law of congress, as they may deem expedient Objects ofas- and proper for carrying into cH`cct the objects of the said association or °°°mi°¤- corporation, including the care, control, and education of children ; the cars, protection, instruction, and employment of destitute females; the care, nursing, and alleviation of the sufferings of sick or wounded persons, and such other objects of literature and charity as may be determined upon by their by-laws, as aforesaid, and which their means and net income may enable them to effect and support. pmcus mms Sec. 4. Amd be itjjurther enacted, That it, at any time hereafter, any hmln *5 ¤°¤'P<>~ of the persons hereinbefore named, or any of their successors, as Sisters
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no control, &c. association or corporation, according to the said by-laws, such persons shall thereafter have no part or control in the proceedings of the said association or corporation under or in pursuance of the provisions of this act. Umoers, agents, Sec. 5. And be itfurt/ner enacted, That the said association or corpora- &°‘ tion shall have power to appoint such officers, agents, and persons as may be necessary, and to construct or purchase such buildings or to create such establishments as may be required to eifect and carry out the humane and charitable objects of its institution, in accordance with its by-laws and regulations, as aforesaid, under this act. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the schools and all other institutions of instruction, education, or employment, established by the Sisters of Mercy in the District of Columbia, shall at all times be subject _ Visitgtion and to the visitation and inspection of the justices of the supreme court of the ‘”SP°°“°"· District of Columbia, or any one of them, or the committees on the District of Columbia in either house of congress, or any other committee of congress that either house may appoint, and the books, records, and proceedings_ of said Sisters of Mercy shall at all times be subject to the examination and inspection of said justices or any such committee. Act may be Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That this act may, at any time here- ‘““°“d°°l· &°* aiier, be amended, altered, or repealed, in whole or in part, according to the pleasure of congress. Approved, February 23, 1865. ren. aa, uses. L}_—— Act to amendtzn S; En fact/fg gtggmme theegdttmbia Imat- "`*"_"‘_""' 012 m' mrtructton 0 e " • gbmary g' . }¥§j,l·;‘j:“i61_ tam, eighteen hundred cndfjijty-sac;. G tappmW Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives J the United jrosching the States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of said act as b{;i‘:gd¤°* '°‘ requires the teaching of the blind in said institution be, and the same is q Chahge of ,,0,, hereby, repealed, and the corporate name and style thereof shall hereperm name. rgter bbc “The Columbia Institution for the instruction of the Deaf and um .’ Indiggnt blind, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior where to be edu- be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause all indigent blind children who °"°d' are now, or may hereafter become entitled, under the law as it now exists, to instruction in said institution, to be instructed in some institution for the education of the blind, in Maryland, or some other state, at a cost not greater for each pupil than is, or may be for the time being, paid by such gate, and to cause the same to be paid out of the treasury of the United tates. when act be Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take cH`ect from Mlm ¤if¤<=t· and after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Approved, February 23, 1865.
