izing the investment of, any moneys, or the sale or
transfer of any stock or securities belonging to the Corporation,
or the appointment of any officer receiving any salary therefrom.

"SEC. 4. _And be it further enacted_, That the Board of Trustees
of the Corporation shall have power, from time to time, to make
and establish such By-Laws and regulations as they shall judge
proper with regard to the elections of officers and their
respective functions, and generally for the management of the
affairs of the Corporation, provided such By-Laws and regulations
are not repugnant to this act, or to the Constitution or laws of
the United States.

"SEC. 5. _And be it further enacted_, That the general business
and object of the Corporation hereby created shall be, to receive
on deposit such sums of money as may, from time to time, be
offered therefor, by or on behalf of persons heretofore held in
slavery in the United States, or their descendants, and investing
the same in the stocks, bonds, Treasury notes, or other
securities of the United States.

"SEC. 6. _And be it further enacted_, That it shall be the duty
of the Trustees of the Corporation to invest, as soon as
practicable, in the securities named in the next preceding
section, all sums received by them beyond an available fund, not
exceeding one third of the total amount of deposits with the
Corporation, at the discretion of the Trustees, which available
funds may be kept by the Trustees, to meet current payments of
the Corporation, and may by them be left on deposit, at interest
or otherwise, or in such available form as the Trustees may
direct.

"SEC. 7. _And be it further enacted_, That the Corporation may,
under such regulations as the Board of Trustees shall, from time
to time, prescribe, receive any deposit hereby authorized to be
received, upon such trusts and for such purposes, not contrary to
the laws of the United States, as may be indicated in writing by
the depositor, such writing to be subscribed by the depositor and
acknowledged or proved before any officer in the civil or
military service of the United States, the certificate of which
acknowledgment or proof shall be endorsed on the writing; and the
writing, so acknowledged or proved, shall accompany such deposit