Volume 1

Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893. / prepared for the Volta bureau by the principals and superintendents of the schools, and published in commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America ; edited by Edward Allen Fay.

Date:
1893
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Credit: Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893. / prepared for the Volta bureau by the principals and superintendents of the schools, and published in commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America ; edited by Edward Allen Fay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    AMERICAN ASYLUM. AN ACT TO ALTER THE NAME OF THE ASYLUM. At a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford in said State, on the first Wednesday of May, Anno Domini 1819: Upon the petition of the Connecticut Asyhim for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons, showing to this assem- bly, that the said institution, although styled' the Connecticut Asylum, was originally founded for the relief of the Deaf and Dumb wherever situated, and that no preference has ever been given to applicants for admission on account of their local resi- dence. And that, in consideration that the Congress of the United States have very liberally granted, for the use of the Asylum, a township of land, and in consideration also of the con- tributions of charitable individuals in the other States in the Union, the members of the corporation are desirous of changing its corporate name so that in future it be called The American Asylum at Hartford, for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. Resolved hy this Assembly, That the name and style of said cor- poration be and the same is hereby changed, and that hereafter it be known and called by the name and style of The American Asylum at Hartford, for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, anything in the original act of incorporation to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided, however. That this act shall be so construed, that any bequest, devise, gift, grant, covenant, or promise, that has been or may be made to said corporation by either of said names, shall take eifect; and this act shall in no wise prejudice the said cor- poration in respect to any privilege or benefit to which it may have been entitled had not the same been passed. And it is also provided. That no misnomer of the said corporation shall prevent the same from taking benefit of any bequest, devise, gift, or grant when the intention of the testator, devisoi, donor, or grantor can be clearly understood. A true copy of record. Examined by