N.Y. Benevolent Orders Law § 12: Placing minors by adoption

§ 12. Placing minors by adoption. Any corporation created under

section seven of this act or reorganized under section eleven thereof,

for the purpose of acquiring and maintaining a home for the aged and

indigent members of such order and their dependent surviving spouses and

orphans, may place by adoption, according to law, minors placed in their

custody; provided authority so to do is given such corporation by the

parent, guardian or other person or persons having the lawful custody of

such minor or minors, if any such person or persons can be found, or, if

not, by the person or persons having the actual custody of such minor or

minors.