otherwise; to use the same for purposes mentioned in section one of this act; and shall have all the powers and be subject to all the restrictions provided by the general corporation law, so far as applicable thereto. It may contract debts at a rate not exceeding the legal rate of interest, in the purchase of property for its own use. The persons named in the first section of this act, or a majority of them, shall hold a meeting and organize the association and adopt a constitution and by-laws not inconsistent with the constitution and by-laws of this >tate. The constitution shall prescribe the qualifications of members of the association; the manner of electing members; the number and manner of choice of the members of the board of management, by whom the business and affairs of the association shall be conducted, the time and place of the stated meetings of such board, and the requisite number to constitute a quorum for the transaction of its business; the different departments under which the work of the association shall be conducted; the powers, duties and qualifications of the officers of the association and the manner of their election; and it may contain any other provision necessary for the management of the property and regulation of the affairs of the association. No member of the board of management or of any of its committees shall receive any compensation for such services, nor shall any member of the board or of a committee, or any subscriber, be personally liable for any debts contracted by the association.

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY.

L. of 1895, Chap. 355.- An act to incorporate the "Children's Aid Society of Rochester."

Section 1. Caroline B. Stoddard, Alice Bacon, Lillie B. Oothout, Mary A. Farley, Olivia H. Morrison, John B. Y. Warner, James II. Dennis, Bertha Hooker and Thomas A. Hendrick and such other persons as they may associate with themselves, as hereinafter provided, and their successors, are hereby constituted a body corporate and politie by the name of the "Children's Aid Society of Rochester," for the purpose of caring for and protecting children.

§ 2. Such body corporate shall have power:

1. To have perpetual succession by its corporate name.

2. To sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court of law or equity.

3. To make and use a common seal, which may be affixed by making an impression directly on the paper and alter the same at pleasure.

4. To appoint such officers, agents and managers as the business of the corporation may require.

5. To make by-laws not inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United States for the management of its property, the election of its officers and the regulation of its affairs.

6. To contract and be contracted with.

7. To take and hold by gift, purchase, grant, devise, or bequest any property, real or personal, and the same to dispose of at pleasure. But such corporation shall not in its corporate capacity hold real property, the yearly income derived from which shall exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars.

§ 3. Any proper court or magistrate of the county of Monroe may commit to said corporation, the Children's Aid Society of Rochester, any child under the age of sixteen years, who shall be convicted of any crime, or who shall be convicted as a vagrant or disorderly person; and any child coming within the description of "juvenile delinquent," including all children whos commitment to an institution is provided for by the provisions of the penal code. The charge and power of such corporation upon and over said children shall not extend beyond the age of twenty-one years.

§ 4. The trustees or managers of such corporation shall have power to place children committed to their care at such employments and cause them to be instructed in such branches of useful knowledge as shall be suitable for their age and capacities; and shall have power to place such children in the custody of persons having families, to be reared and cared for in such families. The board of supervisors of the county of Monroe is hereby authorized to pay to said corporation a reasonable sum for the support of each of such children in families or elsewhere.

§ 5. The guardianship of the person and the custody of any indigent children may be committed to said corporation in the manner prescribed for the surrender of children to orphan asylums, by section one of chapter four hundred and thirty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-four. In the binding out, transfer or indenture of any child, such child shall, when practicable, be placed with, transferred or indentured to an institution governed by persons of the same religious faith as the parents of the child, or to an individual of like religious fa* ́

§ 6. Said corporation may bind out any child surrendered or committed to it, if a male, for a period which shall not be beyond his twenty-first year, and, if a female, for a period which shall not be beyond her eighteenth year, in the form and manner as prescribed by section five of chapter four hundred and thirtyeight of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for the binding out of children by orphan asylums.

§ 7. The officers of said corporation shall have power, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors of the county of Monroe, to employ a suitable person as agent to investigate into the condition, and look after the welfare of children placed in families, or bound out, pursuant to the provisions of this act, and said supervisors may pay him a reasonable compensation. The duties of such agent may be prescribed by said board of supervisors, and shall be performed under the direction of the officers of said corporation.

$8. The payments by the board of supervisors of the county of Monroe, herein authorized, shall only be made, provided that the children received and retained by said Children's Aid Society of Rochester shall be so received and retained pursuant to the rules established by the state board of charities. $9. This act shall take effect immediately.

HOMES FOR AGED.

L. of 1895, Chap. 607.--An act authorizing religious corporations to establish and maintain a home for the aged poor of their membership or congregation, and to take and hold property therefor.

Section 1. Any incorporated church or congregation in this State shall have power to establish and maintain, by its trustees or other officers, as part of its regular church and charitable work, a home for the aged poor of its membership or congregation; and may take and hold by conveyance, donation, bequest or devise, real and personal property for such purpose, and may purchase or erect suitable buildings therefor.

$2. Any such church or congregation may take and hold any grant, donation, bequest or devise of real or personal property heretofore or hereafter made, upon trust, to apply the same or the income thereof, under the direction of the trustees or other officers having charge of the temporalities of such church or congregation, for the purpose of establishing or maintaining such a home, and for the erection, preservation, repair or extension of any building or buildings for such purpose.

$3. This act shall take effect immediately.

APPENDIX TO THE RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS LAW

CONTAINING THE

LAWS REPEALED THEREBY,

(Laws 1813, ch. 60; R. S., 8th ed., 1881.)

Section 1. (As am. by L. 1868, chap. 803) It shall be lawful for not less than six male persor, of full age, belonging to any church or congregation in communion with the Protestant Epis copal church in this State, not already incorporated, to meet at any time at the usual place of public worship of such church or congregation, for the purpose of incorporating themselves under this act.

[Section 30 of revision, without change of substance.

2. A notice of such meeting, specifying its object, and the time and place thereof, shall be publicly read in the time of morning service, on two Sundays next previous thereto, by the rector or officiating minister, or, if there be none, by any other person belonging to such church or congregation; and shall also be posted in a conspicious place on the outside door, near the main entrance to such place of worship.

[Section 30 of revision, without change of substance.]

3. The rector, or if there be none, or he be necessarily absent, then one of the church wardens or vestrymen, or any other person called to the chair, shall preside at such meeting, and shall receive the votes.

[Section 30 of revision, which provides that the officiating minister shall preside, or if there be none or he be absent, any qualified voter.]

4. The persons entitled to vote at such meeting shall be the male persons of full age belonging to the church or congrega tion, qualified as follows, and none other:

First. Those who have been baptised in the Protestant Episcopal church, or who have been received therein either by the rite of confirmation or by receiving the holy communion; or

Second. Those who have purchased, and for not less than twelve months next prior to such meeting, have owed a pew or seat in such church; or who, during the same period of time, have hired and paid for a pew or seat in such church; or who, during the whole period aforesaid, have been contributors in money to the support of such church.

[Section 30 of revision, in which the qualification of voters are materially changed.]

5. The persons so qualified shall, at such meeting, by a majority of votes, determine:

First. The name or title by which such church or congrega tion shall be known in law.

Second. On what day in Easter week an annual election for church wardens and vestrymen shall thereafter take place.

Third. What number of vestrymen, not less than four or more than eight, shall annually be elected, and shall, together with the rector (if there be one), and the two church wardens, constitute the vestry of the church.

Fourth. And shall, by a majority of votes, elect two church wardens and the number of vestrymen that it shall have been determined are to be annually elected; which church wardens and vestrymen thus elected shall serve until the next regular election.

[Section 30 of revision, which provides that 'the annual election shall be on a secular day of the week beginning with the first Sunday in Advent; that the number of vestrymen shall be three, six or nine, elected so that the terms of one-third shall expire annually; and that the wardens shall be elected so that the term of one shall expire annually.]

6. The polls shall continue open for one hour, and longer, in the discretion of the presiding officer, or, if required, by the vote of a majority of voters present.

Section 30 of revision, without change of substance.]

7. The presiding officer, together with two other persons, shall make a certificate under their hands and seals, of:

First. The church wardens and vestrymen so elected.

Second. Of the day in Easter week so fixed for the annual election of their successors.