(a) The Woods Haven School for Girls is continued as a corporation and a body politic and corporate by law, and by that name shall have perpetual succession.
(b) The School may:
(1) Have, use or change a common seal;
(2) Receive, hold or convey any estate, real or personal, that may be committed to it;
(3) Act as guardian or custodian of any girl under the age of 18 years who shall be committed to its custody, charge or guardianship, according to law, for the physical, mental and moral training of such girl, and, during such time as any girl is in the custody, charge or guardianship of the School, the guardianship, custody or control of parents, guardians or any other person whatsoever shall be thereby superseded;
(4) Make such bylaws, rules and regulations and appoint such officers, agents and committees as it deems necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of the School; and
(5) Notwithstanding prior enactments accepting the Woods Haven School for Girls as a state-operated facility, nothing contained therein or in any other law was intended by the General Assembly to constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity for the Woods Haven School for Girls.
19 Del. Laws, c. 637, § 1; 22 Del. Laws, c. 363, § 1; 27 Del. Laws, c. 126, § 1; 27 Del. Laws, c. 127; Code 1915, § 2203; Code 1935, § 2514; 44 Del. Laws, c. 140, §§ 1, 2; 31 Del. C. 1953, § 5302; 69 Del. Laws, c. 133, §§ 3, 4; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.
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