A committee of seven was appointed to seek a charter from the Legislature, and on April 14th this was granted under the title of "The Society for the Protection of Destitute Roman Catholic children in the city of New York." The corporators were Felix Ingolsby, Charles A. Stetson, Eugene i Kelly, Charles M. Connelly, Daniel Devlin, Andrew < Carrigan, L. Silliman Ives, Edward C. Donnelly, i Edward Frith, Henry J. Anderson, Joseph Fisher, Eugene Plunkett, John McMenomy, Donatien Binsse, Lewis J. White, John O'Brien, John Milhau, Bernard Amend, John E. Devlin, Florencio Escalante, John O'Conor, Henry L. Hoguet, James Lynch, Frederick E. Gilbert and Daniel O'Conor.

In the charter it was provided that the Protectory may take and receive into its care:

"Children under the age of fourteen years, who, by consent in writing of their parents or guardians, may be entrusted to it for protection or refurniatiou.

"Children between tlie ages of seven and fourteen years of age, who ! may be committed to the care of such corporation as idle, truant, vicious or homeless chiUireii, by order of any magistrate in the city "f New York empowereil by law to make committal of children for any such cause.

" Children of the like age who may be transferred, at the option of the Commissioners of Public Charity and Correction of the city of New York, to such corporation.

" The Society has i)ower to place the children in their care at suitable employments, and cause them to be instructed in suitable bnmclies of useful knowledge, to bind out the children, with their consent, as apprentices or servants during minority or any less period, to learn such proper tradei and cinployinent'* as shall be judged nuwt coudui'ive to