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FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. Il`. Ch. 80. 1870. 99 tion, as set forth in its articles of association, unless the corporation shall €§****° °°’P°¤'¤·· have received the same by gift, grant, or devise, and in such case such cor- mn °°° h°m° poration shall be required to sell or dispose of the same within ten years from the tune the title thereto is acquired; and on fuilure so to dispose of the same, said land over and above the amount necessary to be used as aforesaid, shall revert to the original donor, grantor, devisor, or their heirs. Corporations formed under this act. shall have power to employ and appoint a. president or principal for each institution, and all such profes- President,pmsors or servants as muy be necessary, and shall have power to displace f°S°°"’#&°· any of them, as the interests of the institution require; to fill vacancies , which may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, umong said officers V°‘°imm°' or servants; and to prescribe and direct the course of studies to be pur- C9¤'¤° °*` ` sued in said institution. st“d'°s· Any corporation established as aforesaid may require the treasurer of said institution, and all other agents thereof, before entering upon the Bondsoftreas. duties of their appointment, to give bonds For the security of said corpora- umm *¤d¤g°¤*-‘¤· tion in such sums and with security deemed sufficicnt by said corporation or institution. All process against any corporation established under this section shall be by summons, and the service of the same shall be by leaving an at- Suits and sertested copy thereof with the president, secretary, or treasurer, or at the "l°° °f P”°°°“· office of the corporation, at least sixty days before the return day thereofi It shall be the duty of the trustees of any institution, or 21 majority of them, to file, on or before the tirst Monday in January in each year, in Annual statethe office of the register of deeds where the original certificate was tiled, ;‘;:l‘§I:3el;QO€_l;f‘gt. a statement of the trustees and officers of the institution, with nn inven- property, &c. tory of its property and linhilities and students, and such other information as shall or will exhibit its condition or operation. In case any corporation created under this net shall nt any time violate Corpomtitms or fail to comply with any of the foregoing provisions, upon complaint €l:;‘;*‘;°lg:g°f;“_ being made to the circuit court of the District of Columbia, at writ of quo ing to comply warranto shall issue, and the district attorney or city attorney shall prose- with its pw- _ cute, in behalf of the people, for n forfeiture of all rights and privileges °° f°‘”f°*t secured by this wet to such corporation. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. Sec. 2. And be itfmlzer enacted That it shall be lawful for the members of any society or congregation heretofore formed in this District for ilieligious sothe purposes of religious worship, and for members of any society or con- g;;‘g°a‘:d“{0Q§ gregation which may hereafter be Formed for the purpose aforesaid, to re- mt out- dm, ceive by gift, devise, or purchase, a quantity of land not exceeding one §<>fi¢d0}¥; lfmd and acre, and to erect or build thereon such houses and buildings as they may theggggsgor deem necessary for the purposes aforesaid, and to make such other use of purposes of isthe land, and make such other improvements thereon, as may be deemed 'S'°“° “'°*`°l"P· necessary for the comfort and convenience of such society or congregation, and such society or congregation may assume 2, name, and elect or appoint any number of trustees, not exceeding ten, who shall be styled trustees of such society or congregation by the name assumed; and the Trustees to title to the land purchased, and improvements made shall be vested in the mid mI°· &°· trustees by the name and style assumed ns aforesaid. Immediately after the election or appointment of trustees by any soci- Trustees to . ·make certificate ety or congregation as aforesaid, the persons elected or appointed shall under mth, to make n certineate under their hands and seals, stating the date of their bg mcqrdgd, election or appointment, the name of the society or congregation, and m€;¤:ig:€¥¤*° length of time for which they were elected or appointed, which shall be Term Ofomu verified by the affidavit of some one of the persons making the saute, and of trustees. shnll be filed and recorded in the office of the register of deeds lin smd District, and the said trustees shall hold their office for and during the