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3. And be it further enacted, That the first meeting of said Asylum be held at the State House in Hartford, on the second Monday of June next.

4. And be it further enacted, That this act or any part thereof, if found inadequate or inconvenient, may be altered, amended, or repealed.

General Assembly, May Session, 1816.

CHARLES DENISON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JOHN COTTON SMITH, Governor.
THOMAS DAY, Secretary.
Attest,

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 Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons," showing to this assembly, 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 residence. 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 contributions 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 by this Assembly, That the name and style of said corporation 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 effect and this act shall in no wise prejudice the said corporation 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, deviser, donor, or grantor can be clearly understood.

A true copy of record.
Examined by
THOMAS DAY, Secretary.