Sec. 4. The Bibles and Testaments published or distributed by the Society, shall be without note or comment.

Sec. 5. No misnomer of said corporation shall defeat or vitiate any deed, will, or other instrument, so as to prevent said corporation from taking benefit thereby, if it shall appear that it was the intention of the party to name or describe the corporation hereby constituted, nor shall non-user of the privileges hereby granted, for a term not less than five years, work a forfeiture of this charter.

Sec. 6. This act is subject to revocation, or alteration by the General Assembly.

RESOLVE INCORPORATING DUICK CHARITABLE SOCIETY,

PASSED, MAY 1817.

Upon petition of Thomas Grosvenor, and others, of the first Ecclesiastical Society in Pomfret, shewing that Benjamin Duick left by his last will and testament, a legacy to said Society to be applied for charitable purposes.

Resolved by this Assembly, That the said Thomas Grosvenor, Oliver Grosvenor, and those who are, or may hereafter be associated with them, be a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Duick Charitable Society," for the purpose of receiving, holding and improving said legacy, and such other monies as may from time to time be added thereto, as a permanent fund for charitable purposes, with the usual powers and privileges of corporations, to have a common seal, make by-laws for the choice of officers, for holding meetings and transacting the business of said Society, provided they be not contrary to the laws of this State.

The officers of said Charitable Society shall be a Committee consisting of three of its members, and a Clerk and Treasurer.

The first meeting of said Charitable Society for the choice of officers, be held at the dwelling house of Nathan Williams of said Pomfret, on the second Monday of June, A. D. 1817, and that notice thereof be given by said Thomas Grosvenor, or Oliver Grosvenor, at least five days before said meeting, by posting such notice on the public sign-post in said Ecclesiastical Society in Pomfret.

The capital stock of said Society may be increased by donations or otherwise, but not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, and that the same be exempt from taxation as other charitable funds.

RESOLVE INCORPORATING THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE FUND IN EAST-GUILFORD-PASSED, OCTOBER 1816.

Resolved by this Assembly, That Benjamin Hart, Jonathan Todd, Timothy Dudley, Timothy Graves, and Nathan Bushnel, and such others as now are or may become subscribers to said fund, be, and the same are hereby constituted a body politic by the name of "The Subscribers to the Fund in East-Guilford," who shall have power to sue and be sued by said name, and who may take notes and hold real and personal estate, to an amount not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, the principal of which is to be and remain a permanent fund, the interest of which is to be applied as is herein afterwards provided, which fund is to be raised from the voluntary subscriptions of the donors already obtained, and to be obtained hereafter.

The management of said fund shall be in the hands of five trustees to be chosen by the subscribers to the fund on legal warning given for that purpose, by a warrant from under the hand of any magistrate, giving at least five day's notice of the time and place of meeting, which board of trustees, shall after due notice given to the subscribers to the fund, fill all vacancies in their board by a choice to be made by ballot, have power to appoint a Clerk and Treasurer, who shall keep an accurate account of their doings, which board of trustees shall have powers to manage all the money concerns of said corporation, and shall keep the money subscribed and to be subscribed, out at interest till the principal and interest shall amount to the sum of ten thousand dollars, after which said board of trustees shall apply the interest of said sum or so much thereof as may be necessary to the support of the gospel ministry in the second Society in Guilford, but the capital is never to be reduced below said sum.

The minister to whose support such interest shall be applied, shall be a congregational minister, approved by the association in the eastern district in New-Haven County, and only so long as he is in good standing with the association, and the Church and Society over which he is pastor, and the interest of the ten thousand dollars shall never be appropriated to any other object. Should the capital sum exceed ten thousand dollars, in that case it shall be lawful for said board of trustees to apply the interest on the excess to the purchase of a ministerial library, to be selected by the minister of the parish, the property of which library shall belong to said corporation, but the care exclusively to the minister. No person shall be eligible to the office of trustee, unless he lives within the limits of said second Ecclesiastical Society in Guilford, and is a member in said Society, and possesses a freehold estate sufficient to make him a freeman, and the office of trustee shall become vacant whenever any trustee shall remove without the limits of the Society, or embrace any other form of worship. The trustees shall give bonds with surety to the Treasurer of the Society, for a faithful performance of their duties, which bond shall be taken from each trustees separately; and the trustees shall vest the funds, or such part thereof as they may deem expedient, in bank stock at such time and in such banks of this State as they may deem most expedient, and for all money loaned, the trustees shall take mortgage security on land to double the amount loaned, or two good and sufficient bondsmen, and said corporation shall have power to make by themselves or trustees, all such rules, and regulations, as are

or may be necessary for the good management of said fund and library, not inconsistent with the laws of this State.

RESOLVE INCORPORATING THE FEMALE BENEFICENT ASSOCIATION OF FAIRFIELD-PASSED, MAY 1833.

Sec. 1. Resolved by this Assembly, That Catharine M. Beers, Esther Judson, Cynthia Knapp, Sarah Rowland, Rebecca Rogers, and such other females, as have or may become associated with them, for the object aforesaid, and their successors, be, and they are hereby made and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Female Beneficent Association of Fairfield," and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in all courts of competent jurisdiction; and be capable in law, to purchase and hold, real and personal estate; and the capital of said company shall at no time exceed two thousand dollars in the whole, and the said stock shall be exempted from taxes, and the avails thereof, and all the income of said corporation, shall be, from time to time, expended for the objects aforesaid, and no other. The said association shall have power to make such by-laws and regulations, as may be deemed expedient for the proper management of its affairs, not contrary to the laws of this State, or of the United States, and the same to repeal and alter, subject always, to be repealed by the Superior Court in the county of Fairfield; and may have a common seal, such as they may devise, and break, alter, and renew the same.

Sec. 2. Said corporation shall have power, with the consent and approbation of the Judge of Probate for the district of Fairfield, or of the selectmen of said town, to receive any such child as shall be relinquished to them by its parent or guardian, in writing, or if there be no parent or guardian, then by the select-men of said town, and shall thereupon have the exclusive care, direction and guardianship of such child; and have the same powers over the person of said child, as guardians have, when appointed by the Court of Probate, and with the consent and approbation of the said Judge of Probate, or the select-men of said town in writing, the said corporation may bind any child, under their care as aforesaid; and when said corporation have relieved and supported, to be apprentice to some proper person, to be instructed in some suitable trade, pursuit or occupation, if a male until twenty-one years of age, and if a female, until eighteen years of age; or until the marriage of such female, within the age of eighteen.

Sec. 3. The said corporation may prescribe the terms and conditions of membership, and may appoint a president, secretary, treasurer, and directors, and such other officers and agents as they may deem necessary, and prescribe their respective duties; and how many of any board of directors, or executive committees, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi

ness.

Sec. 4. The first meeting of said corporation, shall be held on the first Tuesday in June, A. D. 1833, at the dwelling house of James Knapp, in said Fairfield, at 3 o'clock P. M., and personal notice of such meeting shall be given to, or left at the abode of each of the corporators herein named, by

any two of said corporators, and shall also advertise the same on the signpost, in said Fairfield first society, two days before the said first Tuesday; and all future meetings of said association, shall be held at such times and places, as said corporation shall direct.

Sec. 5. This act may be altered, or repealed, at the pleasure of the General Assembly.

RESOLVE INCORPORATING THE HARTFORD FEMALE BENEFICENT SOCIETY, PASSED, MAY 1813.

Upon petition of Ruth Patten, and others.

Be it resolved by the Governor and Council and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, That the aforesaid persons and their associates, together with such others as may become subscribers to the same institution in the manner hereinafter provided, be, and they hereby are incorporated into a society, by the name of "The Hartford Female Beneficent Society," and by that name shall be a corporation forever, with power to have a common seal, to make contracts relative to the objects of their institution, to sue and be sued, to establish by-laws and orders for the regulation of the said society and its officers, and for conducting the business thereof, and for the preservation and application of the society's funds, provided that the same be not contrary to the constitution or laws of this State; also to take, hold, and possess, any estate, real or personal, by subscription, gift, grant, purchase or devise, or otherwise; and the same to improve, lease, exchange, or sell and convey, for the sole benefit of said institution: provided that the value of the real estate of said society shall never exceed twenty thousand dollars, and the annual income of the whole estate of said society, shall not exceed five thousand dollars.

Every married woman belonging to said society, who shall, with the consent of her husband in writing, receive any of the money or other property of said society, shall thereby render her husband accountable therefor to said society; and every woman whether sole or married, who shall subscribe and pay to the funds of said society the sum of one dollar annually, shall by such subscription and payment become a member of said society, liable however to be removed whenever she shall refuse or neglect to pay her said annual subscription, and also may cease to be a member by declaring her intention in writing no longer to remain a member, and lodging the same with the secretary of the society; any woman advancing twenty-five dollars, or paying that sum in three instalments, shall be a member for life.

The said society shall meet on the last Wednesday in May annually, for the purpose of electing by ballot from their members, the officers of the society; and said officers shall be a president, secretary, treasurer, and nine managers, who shall hold their said offices for one year, and until others shall be elected to succeed them. And the secretary for the time being shall publish a notification of the time and place of each annual meeting, in two of the newspapers printed in the city of Hartford, at least three days before the time of holding the same. Upon any urgent occasion the president may

call a special meeting of the society, and she shall call such meeting on application of the managers, or of a majority of the members of the society; and in case of the absence of the president, the managers may call a special meeting. Special meetings are to be notified in the same manner as the annual meetings. And the society shall also have power from time to time, to appoint such other officers as may be found necessary, and also to adjourn the meetings of the society from day to day. And at any regular meeting the society may remove from office any manager, and by ballot fill any vacancy in the board of managers, or any other corporate office: provided that on such removal, two thirds of the members present shall concur. If the of fice of secretary or treasurer shall become vacant, the president and managers shall designate a member of the society to fill the vacancy, until another shall be chosen into office by the society.

The president shall preside at the meetings of the society, have a seat at the board of managers and there preside if present, on all questions in the meetings of the society or managers; when an equal vote shall take place, she shall have a casting vote. The president also shall have a general superintendence of the affairs of the society, and do and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the by-laws of the society. The board of managers for the time being shall have the management and application of the subscriptions, funds and estate of the society, solely for the purpose of this institution, and no sale or transfer of any real or personal estate of said society shall be valid unless approved by them; and no money shall be paid out of the treasury of said society except by their order. They shall also have authority at their discretion, to take such female children as they may judge suitable objects of charity, to enjoy the benefits of the institution, and also to accept a surrender in writing by the father, or where there is no father, by the guardian or mother of any female child or children to the care and direction of said society, and by and with the approbation of the Judge of Probate for the district of Hartford, to bind out in virtuous families until the age of eighteen years, or marriage within that age, any orphans or children thus surrendered, or any female child or children who being destitute of parents, guardians, relatives or friends to support them within this State, and shall be destitute of support, and shall have been relieved and supported by said society; provided that any parent whose child or children, or any guardian whose ward during the absence of their said parent, guardian out of this State, shall have received relief and support, or been bound out as aforesaid, shall have liberty at any time when demanded, to receive such child or children upon paying to the treasurer of said society, the expense for her or their relief and support as aforesaid. And the managers shall have authority to establish rules and by-laws for the regulation of the proceedings of said board, and the concerns of said society, not repugnant to the laws of the State, or the by-laws and orders of said society. Provided that all such bylaws may be at any time repealed by the Superior Court held in and for the county of Hartford, if by such court deemed unreasonable or unjust. Not less than three managers shall constitute a quorum for transacting business, and all questions shall be determined by the votes of a majority of the members present.

Any writ or process against said corporation may be served by the officers leaving an attested copy thereof with the treasurer of said society, or at her nsual place of abode, twelve days before the return day thereof, and the said treasurer, or any agent appointed for that purpose by the society, or by