Twelfth annual report of the managers of the New-York Asylum for Lying-in Women : presented March 12, 1835.

  • New-York Asylum for Lying-in Women.
Date:
1835
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Credit: Twelfth annual report of the managers of the New-York Asylum for Lying-in Women : presented March 12, 1835. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I 13 ■>» AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NEW-YORK ASYLUM FOR LYING-IN WOMEN. PASSED, MARCH 19, 1827. Whereas a number of Ladies in the city of New-York, have formed a society for the benevolent purpose of furnishing- suitable ac¬ commodation and attendance to reputable females desiring an asylum during the period of their confinement in child-bed, and have by their petition to the Legislature prayed to be incorporated, in order more effectually to accomplish the objects of their associa¬ tion : Therefore, Be it enacted, by the people of the State of New-York, repre¬ sented in Senate and Assembly; That all such persons of the female sex as now are or hereafter shall be yearly subscribers to the said association, to the amount of three dollars, shall be and hereby are constituted and declared a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, by the name of “ The JYew-York Female Asylum jor Lying- in Women;” and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and be in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being im¬ pleaded, defending and being defended, in all courts and places, and in all manner of actions, suits, causes, and proceedings whatsoever; and may have a common seal, and alter and change the same at their pleasure ; and shall by that name be in law capable of purchasing, holding, and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the use of the said corporation. Provided, that the said real estate be such only as shall be requisite for the purpose of erecting or providing houses or other buildings suitable to the objects of the said association, or such as shall have been actually mortaged to them by way of security, or conveyed to them in satisfaction of debts previously contracted, or purchased at sales on judgments obtained for such debts : And provi¬ ded also, that such estate, whether real or personal, shall not be ap¬ plied to any other purposes than those for which the said association was formed, and which are herein contemplated and declared. And be it further enacted, That the estate and concerns of the said corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Managers, con¬ sisting of thirty-three members, to be elected by ballot on the second