Yates v. National Home

By the act of Congress of March 21, 1866, c. 21, the President of the United States, the Secretary of War, the Chief Justice of the United States, and such other persons as might thereafter be associated with them, according to the provisions of that act, were constituted a board of managers of an establishment for the care. and relief of the disabled volunteers of the United States anny, by the name of “ The National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; ” with power to take, hold, and ’ convey real and personal property, and. to make by-laws, rules, and regulations, not inconsistent with…