The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-19

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 And sli enlesfs of the army, and ether pssans ia public employment, who have received payment
 es their services 10 csiiscng. kssping os account Ing fer said moneys, and fss other neeessaFy ser vices, arc authorized Co Fethia so much Of the apeauts % received n inc spinlon of ths Presl- dent of the United States, may be fair cOmpensa- ton foS sud services.
 Sec. 3 Mpd be ii further enacted, That where questions arise h respect the reFunding Of duties collected h Msxico, the remission of peaalten
 imposed, on the ground thai the collection was inl- proper or the penalties wrongfaliy enforced. the sae shall be referred to the decision of the Secre- sary of the TreasaFy, who is hereby authorized and required 10 pay, uedsF the direction of the President of the United States out of the money ia \ the treasury raised from conarlbusions such s1uls es may bs determined by him to have been improp- sFy levied CT imposed contFiks,ssas, or penalties.
 I Sec. 4 And be 1t further enacted, That where aceouatS are rendered for expenditures under the apPrOval and sanctioa of the proper officers, and which may appear to have been proper aud neces- safy but cahnot be settled for the want of sPpro- pratioDs applicable to the object to which they late. the sane may be paid out of the contribution fund, on the approval Of the head of tine department having charRe Of that branch of busineas 10 which the expenditure appsrtAins.
 See. 5. And be lt further enacted, That where expenditures have been made, In the course of the war with Mexico by the commanding generals, or under their directions, for secret service, the sc counts therefor shall be adjusted snd settled in the same manner as is provided for the settlement of accoanss for expenses of intereOurse between the United States and foreign nations, under the set entitled An set providing the meHnsof ntercouFse between the United States and foreign natioas," passed March Aineteeuth, seventeen handred and ninety y-cght.
 Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That where pursefs of the navy, acting under the instructions Of their commanding naval officers. have made dis bursements for hostile operations against the enemy on labd. snd which operations have been approved by the govesnment. such pursers shall, under the direction Of the President of the United States, be credited for tise nts thus necessarily disbu and such parts thereof shall have been received by officers of the army shall be charged to and &C., couutsd for by them respectively.
 ArrsovED, March 3, ISt9.
 , [CHAP. 12s.l
 AN AcT to incorporate the Oak Hill Cemeterv, in
 the District of Columbia.
 (Sec. I. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and Hpuse of Representatives of the United States of America ia Congress assembled, That Lorenzo Thomas, John Marbury. senior. Edward M. Linthicum, and George Poe, jr., together with such other persons ss may become pFoprietors of lots in the hereafter mentioned cemetery, of size not less than three
 
 signs, be. aud they are hereby, body polite and corporate in law, under the name, style, and title of the Oak Hill Cemetery Company" and by that name shall be able, and capable in law, to have and use common seal to sue and be sued, to plead and be mpeadcd, and to do all such other things us are incident to . corporation.
 Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That the said Lcrsnze Thomas, John Msrbury, senior. Edward M Linthicum, and George Poe, jr., shall be mana gers of the said corporation, and shall continue 90 to be until the frst Monday in June, in the year eighteen hundred and ifty-two, on which day, and on the same day h each succeeding year thereafter there shall be general meeting of the proprietOrs of lots In the said cemetery, who arc members of the said corporation, of whom twenty appearing in person by proxy, shall form aquorum to transact all business; and at such meeting that day, in each and every year, the said proprietors oi lots each being entitled to one vote, and no more, shall elect four persons from among their own number to be managers Of the said corporation for year from the day of their election, and until other managers shall be duly elected tn their pace and if there shs from any cause whatsoever be failure GU the part of ths pEopfieora of lots to make such election on any of the days aforesaid the managers holding over shall appoint some other time for propretors of lots to meet and make such election, and shall give at least six days previous notice of the time and place so appointed, by an advertisement in some conven tent newspaper and the managers then elected shall serve until the recurrence of the regular election, and until others have been elected in their place and in the event of any vacancy in the board of managers by death. resignation. removal from the county, or otherwise, the continuing members of the said board shall have power to choose from among the proPrietors of lots in the said cemetery manager to fill such vacancy, and the person so chosen shall have power to act in the premises. n connexion with the continuing managers, In every respect as if he had been originally appointed to said oce by this act or elected to the by the proprieiors of lots at general meeting; and a ma lority of the said board of managers shall form quorum to do all business. xf1 Sec. ,. And be 1t further enacted, That the said corporation may acquire. take and hold, in fee sm- pie, by gift grant, all that portion of . lot of ground tn Washington county, 10 the District of Columbia. commonly called the Rock of Dunbarton, I which Is bounded on the south by tho northern cuudary line Of Georgetown, on the west by lands of Captain William M Boyce. oa the north by Rock Creek, and the eas, by land of the heirs of Lewis Grant Davidson, deceased, containing about fifteen acres, and any other lands adjacent thereto, not exceeding la the whole fifty acres; and may
 take and hold any persona estate, not exceeding te thousand dolars in value, which said land and per- sonal estate shall be devoted and applied to purposes connected with. and appropriate to- the objects of cemetery or burial place. the establishing, main taining and improving of which is hereby declared
 to be tho only Objec' for which said corporation is 1 created.
 Sec. 4. And be t further enacted, That the said board of managers shall choose one of their own body to be president thereof who shall be also pre- sident of the said corporation. They shall have power to appoint all officers and agents necessary for the due and regular transaction of the business of said instution to assign to them severay their duties. to 6x their compensation. and to require Il deemed expedieDi, of any of their said officers. a bond with approved security for the faithful per formance oi their duties. They shall have power to lay out and ornament the cemetery grounds, lo erect all necessary enclosures and buildings; to lay out, sell, and dispose Of burial lots; to make such by-iaws rules and regulations as they may deem proper for conducting the affairs of said company for the government of and vsters to the cemetery and for the sale and conveyance of lots In the sad cemetery by individual propretors; and in general they shsli have the management, superin- tendencs and care of the property, expenditures
 business and prudential concerns of the said cor