Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-05-01

agents, and for the expenses under the
several commissions under the treaty of
Client, for the present year.
JOHN w. TAYLOR,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
JOHN GAILLARD,
President of the Senate, pro temFore.
Washington, March S. 1921.
Approved: JAMES MONROE
AN ACT making appropriations for the Pub
lie Buildings.
Be it c7aactcd by the Senate and House
Of Representatives ofhe United States
Of America liz Congress assembled,
That, for continuing the work on the
Centre Building Of the Capitol, and other
Improvements on the Public Buildings,
the following sums of money be, and
hereby are, appropriated:
For continuing the work on the Centre
Building, the sum of eighty thousand
dollars.
For covering the roof of the Pres-
dents House with copper, seven thou
sand eight hundred and forty-fve dol
lars.
For graduating and improving the
ground around the Capitol, two thousand
dollars.
For improvements in the Senate
Chamber, and in the Hall Of the House
of Representatives, and in the Library,
seven hundred dollars.
Sec. Q. Ind be it further enacted,
That the unexpended balances of APP
preparations to other public buildings,
are hereby appropriated to the Centre
building.
Sec. 8. ind be it further enacted,
That the said several sums of money be
paid out of any moneys in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
JOHN w. TAYLOR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GAILLARD,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
Washington, March 3, 1921.
Approved: JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT extending The time for issuing and
locating military land warrants to officers
and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army.
Be it enacted 5y The Senate and House
Of Representatives ofme Uaited States
Of .America in Congress assembled,
That the time limited, by the second
section of the act approved on the TWEEN
ty-tourth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and nineteen for issuing
military land warrants to the officers and
soldiers Of the Revolutionary army, shall
be extended to the fourth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty
three; and the time for locating the I'M
located warrants shall be extended to the
first day of October thereafter.
JOHN w. TAYLOR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GAILLARD,
President of the Senate pro temporc.
Washington, March 2, 1921.
Approved: JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT to extend the charters of certain
banks in the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of REPRESENTATIVES ofthe United States
of.America in Congress assembled, That
the acts Incorporating the several banks
in the District of Columbia, ereinnamed,
that is to say: the Bank of Alexandria,
and the Farmers Bank of Alexandria,
in the town of Alexandria; the Bank of
Washington, the Bank of the Metropo-
lis, and the Patriotic Bank of Washing
ton, in the city of Washington; the
Union Bank of Georgetown, the Far
mers and Mechanics Bank of Geo. ge-
town, and the Bank of Columbia, in the
town of Georgetown, be, and the same
are hereby, extended and limited to the
third day of March, which shall be in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty six, under, and SUBJ
ject to, such limitations, notifications,
and conditions, as are hereinafter enact
ed.
Sec. 9. And be il further enacted,
That, if any one of the banks herein
named shall, at any time, fail, or refuse
to pay on demand, any bill, note, or obi
cation, issued by such bank, in lawful
currency of the United States, when re-
quired, or shall neglect or refuse to pay
on demand in like currency, ifrequired,
any moneys received by such bank on
deposite, to the person or persons en-
titled to receive the same; then, and in
such case, the holder of any such note,
bill, or obligation, or the person or per-
sons demanding such deposite as afore-
said, shall respectively be entitled to re-
ceive and recover interest on the same,
at the rate oftwelve per centum per an
mum, from the time of the demand until
the same be fully paid and satisfied.
find further, 1t shall be lawful for Con-
gress, forthwith, to revoke the charter