1873-88-1
SECTION 1. That section one of an act, approved January 14, 1846,
entitled "An Act to indorporate the female seminary of St. Mary's of the
Woods, in Vigo county, Indiana, be so amended as to read as follows,
to-wit:
SEC. 1. That Anne Theressa Guerrie (Sister St. Theodora), Victoria
Gaze (Sister St. Vincent), Louise Ciercen (Sister St. Liquori), Irena
Sefer De LaMotte (Sister St. F. Xavier), Josephine Puriellan (Sister
Marie Joseph), Elanor Bailey (Sister Mary Cecelia), Mary Ann Graham
(Sister Augustine), Sisters of Providence, of Vigo county, or the
survivors of them, and their associates and successors, be, and they are
hereby constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic, by
the name and style of The Sisters of Providence of St. Marys of the
Woods, and by that name shall have perpetual succession with full
power to elect, from time to time, such officers, instructors, managers,
and agents, as they may think necessary for the management and
benefit of the female seminary of St. Marys of the Woods, in the county
of Vigo, and State of Indiana, now under their charge, by virtue of said
act, to which this is an amendment; the said Sisters of Providence of St.
Marys of the Woods, under the provisions of this section, and of the act
to which this is an amendment, shall also have the power to provide for
and maintain schools for the education of youth, an asylum for the care
and support of orphans; a hospital in said county of Vigo, now under
their charge and ownership, for the wants of the sick , to contract and
be contracted with, to acquire, hold, enjoy, and transfer property, real
and personal, to receive and hold title to such real estate as they may
have, or shall acquire by gift, endowment, bequest, conveyance, or
otherwise, for the purposes herein named, to have and use a common
seal, and the same to alter at pleasure, to sue and be sued, to plead and
be impleaded in any court of law or equity, to receive and accept any
grant, gift, donation, bequest or conveyance, made by any person,
company, or corporation, of any property, real or personal, and to have
and to hold, enjoy or dispose of the same as may by them be deemed
best for the interest of said corporation, constituted for the purpose
hereinbefore expressed, to make, ordain, establish and execute such by-
laws, rules and ordinances, and to do all other acts as they shall deem
necessary for the welfare and prosperity of said corporation, for the
promotion of the arts and sciences of learning, and charity, not
inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States, and the
constitution and laws of the State of Indiana; Provided, That it shall not
be lawful for said corporation to hold, or be the owners of real estate,
exclusive of improvements, exceeding in value three hundred thousand
dollars; and if by donation, devise or otherwise, it shall become the
legal or equitable owner of real estate of greater value, the same shall
be sold by said corporation within two years after such title shall have
accrued or become vested therein, but this shall not be construed to
require the sale of any real estate now owned by said corporation,
which may be necessary for the enjoyment of the powers and privileges
of the corporation.
1873-101-1
(Amended by Acts 1937, c.227, s.1.)
1873-103-1
SEC. 1. That section one of the above entitled act be, and the same
is hereby amended to read as follows:
A majority of the council shall form a quorum, and meet on their
own adjournment. The mayor, or in his absence, the recorder, may call
special meetings, and whenever met, shall have full power to enact and
publish all such laws and ordinances as to them shall seem necessary,
relative to the opening, repairing, graveling, and turnpiking of streets,
as shall be necessary to keep said streets and alleys in said town open
for the free use of the public; to declare what shall constitute a
nuisance, and to prevent and abate the same, and for the erection of
market houses, regulating markets, and for restraining and preventing
swine from running at large within the bounds of the corporation, and
for the preservation and safety of all buildings, whether public or
private, for cleaning chimneys, to regulate the speed of railroad trains
within said corporation, and to prevent the assemblage of boys at the
depot thereof; for preventing and extinguishing fires within the limits
of said corporation; for setting out shade trees, and protecting the same;
to build bridges at said town, to encourage enlistments, to encourage
education, to make such donation as to them may seem proper and just
for the encouragement of any literary, agricultural, or scientific
institution, located within said corporation, and for these purposes,
shall possess full powers by ordinance to levy all taxes necessary to
enable them to pay such donations or appropriations, and may issue the
bonds of the corporation therefor, signed by the mayor and recorder
thereof; to regulate by ordinance the sale of intoxicating liquor within
said corporation, and to require a license therefor; to impose fines upon
all persons transgressing against the laws and ordinances of the
corporation, and to enact and publish all such other laws and
ordinances as the said council may deem necessary and proper for the
health, safety, cleanliness, convenience and good government of said
corporation and the inhabitants thereof, not contrary to the constitution
of the United States, nor the State of Indiana; Provided, That all laws
and ordinances which shall be passed by said council, shall be
published at length on the door of the court house or at some other
public place in the town of Vernon, or in some newspaper published in
said town, at least five days, after which said laws and ordinances shall
be in force until repealed or modified by the proper authority.
