Public Law 38–CLXIX

That Basil Mullen, John Warren,

Colored Catholic Male Benevolent Society incorporated.

William H. Wheeler, Charles Dyson, James M. Ferrell, David Adkins, William Queen, John H. Butler, William Ford, and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and title of the Colored Catholic Male Benevolent Society, located in the city of Washington, and by its corporate name shall have perpetual succession, with power to sue and be sued, to implead and be impleaded, in any court of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, of competent jurisdiction, to receive subscriptions, gifts, and benefits, and to make such rules and by-laws as shall be necessary and expedient for the government of the society, and to alter the same from time to time in such mode as shall be prescribed therein: Provided, always, That such rules and by-laws shall be in no-wise inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the United States, or with the objects of the society. The objects of the society are hereby

Objects, powers, and duties.

declared to be to provide for the care and comfort of such members as shall be sick, disabled, or dependent, and of the families of such members, in cases where the officers of such society shall deem it expedient, and also to provide for the decent interment of such persons as may die in membership of such society, or belonging to the families of such members.

Sec. 2.

And be it further enacted, That said society shall have power

May hold, &c., real and personal estate.

to hold real estate, or personal and mixed estate, by purchase, gift, or devise, for the purposes of such society and no other, and to lease, sell, or convey such real estate or mixed estate, or personal property, as may be devised or donated to such society, and the leasing or sale of which will promote the interests of said society.

Sec. 3.

And be it further enacted, That congress shall have the right,

Act may be altered or repealed.

at any time, to modify, amend, or repeal this act.