Mr. BROOKS. Elected how? Mr. SCHENCK. By JtResolution of Congress: assimilating the organization some what to the organization of the Smithsonian Institute. If this plan be adopted, we can set the cOrporation at work immediately, as soon as the Senate and House shall agree upon the 9 managers who are to serve with the 3 who are to be managers ea officio, and they can take charge of the asylum and all the property bestowed upon it. The bill contains no appropriation. he 9 managers are to be selected y Congress, 3 every 2 years, to serve six years, and with the POTUS, the SecyWar, and the Chiel Justice of the SCOTUS, they will constitute a board of mono gers, and this corporation will be enabled t go on without the intervention of 100 corporators, who are placed nominally in bill, but who, as has been found byexperien can never be got together for the purpose i. orgahneizsautibosnt.itute was then read at length. The 1st section provides that the POTUS, SecyWar, Chief Justice of the U.S., and such other persons as from time to time may be associated with them, according to the provisions of this act, are constituted and established a board of man agers of an establishment for the care and relief of the disabled volunteers of the U.S. Army, to be known by the name and style of “ The National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and have perpetual succession, with powers to take, hold, and convey real and personal property, establish acommon seal, an to sue and be sued in courts of law and equity; to make by Jaws, rules, and regulations for carrying out e business and ment of the asylum, and aflix penalties provided that such by laws, rules preared a substitute with very great care, asylum maing some amendments. That substitute manag. was reported and recoinniitted some time since, her ay and has been printed. I ask the consent of i Wh“live and a secretary and 7 of the board, of whom the resident or one of the VEEPs shall e one, shall form a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board. Section 3 provides that the board of managers shall be composed of the President and SecyWar and Chief Justice of the U.S., ex0 wio, during their terms of Office, together with 9 other citizens of the U.S., not members of congress, no 2 of whom shall be residents of the same State, but who shall all be residents of States which furnished organized bodies of soldiers to aid in the late war for the suppression of the rebellion, (no person being ever eligible who have aid or countenance to the rebellion) to e selected by JtResolution of the Senate and HoRep immediately after the passage of this act; the term of office to be for 6 years, and until others are appointed in their places, after the 1st election, which shall be oiJ 3 for 6 years, 3 for 4 years, and 3 for 2 years, to.be de aermined by the order in which they shall be named in the resolution; new elections to be made by JtResolution of Congress, and vacancies by death, resignation, or otherwise, to be filled in like manner; no mcmber of the board of managers shall receive any compensation as such member; but his traveling and other actual expenses while upon the business of the asylum may be paid; gut any member of the board having other duties connected with the asylum may receive areasouable comensstion therefor, to be determined by the oar. Section 4 provides that the board of man agers shall have authority to procure for early use, at suitable places, sites for, military asy lums for all persons serving in the Army of the U.S. at any time in the war of the rebellion not provided for by existing laws, who have been or may hereafter be disqualified for procuring their own maintenance and support by reason of wounds received or sickness contracted while in the line of their duty during the present rebellion, and to have the necessary buildings erected, having due regard to the health of location, facility of access, and on acity to accommodate the persons provided or in this act. Section 5 provides that for the establishment and support of this asylum there shall be appropriatctf all stoppa ea or fines adjudged against such officers an soldiers by sentence of court martial or military commission, over and above the amounts necessary for the relmbursement of the Government or of individ ials; all forfeitures on account of desertion m such service; and all moneys due such ceased officers and soldiers, which now are: may be unclaimed for 3 years after the leath of such officers and soldiers, to be repaid upon the demand of the heirs or legal representatives of such deceased officers or soldiers; and the said board of managers are hereby authorized to receive all donations of money or property made by any person or persons for the benefit of the asylum, and to old or dispose.of the same for its sole and exclusive use. Section 6 provides that the oificers of the asylum shall consist of a governor, a deput governor, a secretary, and a treasurer, and such other officers as the board of managers may deem necessary, to be appointed from disabled officers serving as before mentioned, and they may be apporpted and removed from time to time, as teinterests of the institution may require, by the board of managers. “Line 7 provides that the following er 1vshall be entitled to the benefits O I the a be admitted thereto. upon the e of the by man s whosion of y exist ibled by I in the have neither wife, child, nor parent dependent upon them, on becoming inmates of this asylum, or receiving relief therefrom, shall assign thereto their pensions when required by the board of managers, during the time they shall remain therein or receive its benefits. Section 8 provides that the board of man agers shall make an annual report of the condition of the asylum to Congress on the 1st Monday of every January after the passage of this act; and it shall be the duty of the said board to examine and audit the accounts of the treasurer and visit the asylum uarterly. Section 9 provides that all inmates of the asylum shall be subject to the Rules and Articles of War, and be governed thereby in the same manner as if they were in the Army of the U.S. Section ten provides that the managers of the asylum shall have power and authority to aid persons who are entitled to its benefits by out door reliefin such manner and to such extent as they may deem proper, provided such relief shall not exceed the average cost of maintaining an inmate of the asylum. Section 11 provides that so much of the act to which this is an amendment as provides for the establishment of a naval in connection with a military asylum, and so much of said act as provides that all stoppages or fines adjudged a inst naval Officers and seamen by sentence of courts martial or military commission, all forfeitures on account of desertions from the naval service, and all moneys due to deceased naval officers and seamen which are or may be unclaimed for 3 years after the death of such officers or seamen, shall be appropriated for the establishment of the asylums contemplated and provided for by this act and the act of which it is amendatory, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Section 12 provides that all the property of the U.S. now at Point L00 rout, StMarys county, Maryland, shall be and become the property of the asylum so soon as a title to the satisfaction of the boardof managers shall be made to the asylum of at least 300 acres of land, including that on which said property of the U.S. is now built and maintained or held. Section 13 provides that Congress may at any time herea er alter, amend, or repeal this act.