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D1SSkhS. SHIPPERS, BALE PRIVATE AND
PCBLIC PARTIES
me S1oScrtosy, ct the urgent REQUEST 81 the CIN-
Eens Of Washing ton and tho Public generally has
now resumed hn.eusside family business, in the
D1NNEKs. PARrIEs, sGPpBRs, AND MAT
fent TO par Of tho City at tho Shortest Notice
person. "
The Proprietor would also b ls.y. 20 r.,.,nd HI.
Patrons at this branch, that the late stoya a nd
!n!fcn kas seoa chan eei 70 Gen tIenien's Restaa
Pa4ronage win aua on the seeond Floor = hand
scmeiy furnished Reception Room ID which NJ.
CACTIpA VIII ee happy "a receive sbsir orda,s
Entrance By the Private Door.
q. GACrIER.
40 S-eolm 9S2 Pennsylvania ayenue
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Ii mndS .hhntS-A iarss ttucuL a.
nunsre'e rricea, PERRY 4 AFRO
SFH' 70. evenne snd Min; h sreet
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CHARLES LCDMAN
xSA6PECtFCILY Informs tho Ladies that ha
has Just rece;vsd from Psxis . ls.se and elegant
ooth Tor iadies and children, and would especially
sa9 attention to his assortment Of CLOAK PAT.
pREss1s and CLoAKs Of every style made at
the shortest notice.
~ 357 D street. hstvesu stS and Nth dlo-ln.
j. yOLLlTEf,
1IADIER' HAIR DRESSER nom Paris has n, n
a1,ty ed With beautiful COLI elton Of FronshN -
Hks ,nst received from Paris, which be las 30}S
opened - the corner Of Eleventh and ass SO
46s. He respectfully solicits tie patrons re or the
ladies a. heretofore. Also. French Corsets az In
ELIGIBLE BUILDING LOTS FOR sALR-
Square sS-Lots 10, 10
2euaEs 101-Lots ii AZ, % 30
eaUars l290D feat front Lot 4
square le4~Lots 10, II IL SEbty
square 422-Lots 4, 5, g.
SQuaro 499--Lot D.
xeuare s34-Lots I, Q, j,4lt,1s
nae hi,d half OF Lot 3, On Missouri areaus
Also, +. ars:-clsss DWELLING in tho First w..d
and one In the Rouskh >~H'
For particular InauiIs OF
JAs. = HALIDlY, Rec! Estate Asaae.
no q colin Corner Of Pa. aysnue and rsnth st
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e NEW AND CHOICE srooK.
1856

OK NEW am tHolOD SILVIA. AOfS
PAPkRHAN4INGS,
Embracing Gold and Velvet Cold STAMPED. No
dium and Lov-priced PAPE RS, appso pirate either
70 z the richly adorned most humble Yesid enos
WINDOW SHADNS.
beautiful seleetion Gold Band, Imitation GoA
S:d Cor, mon Shades. Buff. Green and Blue Uo{-
land By the yard OK made into shades.
OVAL PICTURE ShAMRS,
Warranted 80 he Gikded tsisi Geld LeH,
The hHndsor1eTt assortment Ia the District, from
the Best n1aD9factory in Che country. Also, beau
tful variety OF dark Wood and small sized Oral
ard Carte de Visite Frames Of foreign and demss-
To mar ufactu-e.
PICTURE CORD AND fAs5ELs,
DfsSe ut sizes and ooiors, Picture Rugs, Nails hs
CARD PHOTOGRAPHIC.
Copies nf celebr sted Pictures, Painting statuazY
80.
III. attention OF those renovatIng IL called to
the above goods. which were purchased for and on
scooun: u the TINES viii bs sold nj the lowest
rlunerative prices exelusiveiy fef
Dash
FOR goods and labor, when puroha And eLsodted.
All Articles warranted ~ represented
~ Orders for PApERUAS6IN6 or WINDOW
SHADES puDctnAlAy executed in city Or country.
No. 4s6 Seventh ST., eight doors above
de Linn Odd Fellows Hall.
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u NAVY PORTRAITS,
Steel plate snyrsv:nss At VII olessle Pr;eaA, t'n
esuts epch Full Ss.s IS, fer SS5i
P,.ire il raraey a'LosooIyAGtians. 81.
Knsra-ed By J. c. sut.r.. Y. j., the best Portrait
III sraver ,teel plate in tho United Stat"s Drop
Your address in the Post Office to James Stewart
Arlington, and you viii BE applied at your cfh e
rnEidepee.
de l5lwf JANIS STEWART, Agent.
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~ NOrICE
lNlkABBRS OF CONGRESS AND STRANGERS
WHITING WASHINGTON
We und * much 20 their advantage and personsl
II roouirg OUT to take their mes at "a is
1rnu-Anowp and long established Restaurant The
sa.refipef hss spared no expense In PedttinR his
shfe establishment. which 4 intended sIclu. We
~ ior rst class Geatlemeuh Restaurnnt vhers
HlaS &c Iourd al the comforts Of q ~ ate hor,.
ana on very moderate terms
Gentlemen are particularly requested to cali
oeiefe making Arrangements elsewhere.
.GACFIER.
- eoi0a gag feansylvanis aaeuUa.
hkfECTIYR DEPARTMENT NErRopoI
=" TAN POLICE VA
No. SIC R!sveEth street wet
Near the corner Of PeEn4ylysnia ayenus
IIe Public are hereby informed shat al! casa "a
eSnth3 tho setvices OF Defective OHcer viii y.
p.onptlS ard carefeuy at.eLded to, r,s a5 sSa1s.
uroa app'ica'i oE being made at she Polico HeaA
nr 81 H", No 3l6 nth street sect, under So perr:s
49, q, W, b. EbB, So Psr.nt-udent
nov - Assui of Metfopoiitsn Pai!.e
TT,uv 49, PuRst =:
wArsa MINK,
p.ns seta fer %, sissnd s!.a; "'H"S1.
III r,od a. e. arg. srso ttueuL, at
essat D. bnhI Il pR0
"a avenue sna Min; 6 rect.
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pE8TAURANT,
IL 466 PHESaYLvlsiA AyHsCu
First class Lac les and Gentle meas RAET&CR
ANT Just opened. Every de,icacy tho nsrkst csr
furni.k constantly ou as nd Private Dinins Room.
or second floor, fsaparsts entrance Parties will
DO sure to La satisfied on calling at this place
de IN lE' z. CiLLIS, Proprietor
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FHgll.Id bdhH HOWE, % dlscoUnL Ieo.~.
gee. ; discount South Carolina, Georria -
i5aa' discount; North Carolina. 25 ciscount =
Market unsettled by army news
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no 1oot %oU sIE66t, ntaF Q. av.
(NRHAf INDUCE .MENTSI
% cents per yard for DRESS GOODS Of ths b.,
fshrios md ssyles, worth 81, 70 - certs.
We cannot guarantee to sell for ehcp,a pricas An =
longer than Tor ono two weeks, q TIA rood
are advaaeins daily
So ". MEYENBER4,
~ Market spaev, between II h and sth as,
dc 10 Under the Avenue House
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LNhSphit hSBt XII
j HAS SURRENDERED
and has the
GOSLING RESTAURANT
And Oilers To regular Boarders deduction OF
twenty per cent. on the regular bill OF fare.
All tae delicesis OF the season ged daily.
Connected with the Restaurant is sso Rooms,
Tilted up for dodgers 241 Penn. ave- cue, between
18th and 18TH. south side. WASHINGTON. De ~ it
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TURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 49, 1862. NUMBER 49,

age. Surely there must have been a screw
loose some place. But whilst am not
disposed to saddle the blame on any par
ticular person, yet feel that honor should
be givenito whom honor is due, and chiefly
to those whose acts know something
about. And must say in justice that Col.
Harris done his whole duty. Twas known
to many of his plans for our defence, and
had he been permitted to have carried
them out all would have been safe. But
no, he was left in a manner without any
force, only Captain MRrsh's company
and our new company, the Battery
boys, commanded by Captain Moore.
But never did men fight better. Capt.
credit for their brave defense, but they
were completely oyerpowered. Even had
there been another such company we
would have whipped them to death, and
Notwithstanding our smallnumber the reb-
el loss was some nine killed and some
twelve or fifteen wounded, whilst ours was
only eight wounded-tWo of whom have
since died, and another probably may
After our men were wholly overpowered
the rebels came rushing into town more like
demons than men. Pluudering and rapiue
seemed to be their game. They stole ey-
cry good horse they. could get their hands
on wherever they went, and yet they call
themselves the Souther chivalry--the reg
ulars ofthe army. Ifthey be, God save US
from the guerrillas. What would South.
eru Confederacy be worth based on such
principles as they are governed by2 Or
how long would 1t take them to convert a
lNw-abiding, coustitutiouaI-loving people
to their fendish practices and their So
called Southern Confederacy2 Never !
while there is one star TO be numbered on
the flag of our country, or whilst there is
one drop or spark of patriotism remaining
in the hearts oflthe American people. /
could give many more particulars, but will
not at present, as was an eye witness to
the battle. being with many of the citizens,
and armed with such guns as we could get,
and stood in defense Of the place until the
battle was over aud all lost. and was COM
PEELED to, retreat in very bad order to the
woods. F.
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rPUBL1o-No. 1861
pprOved, July IL, 1862.

PUBLIo-No. 1876.
An ACT to amend an act entitled ''An act
to aid in the construction of a railroad
and telegraph line from the Missouririv-
or to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to
the Government the use Of the same for
postal, military, and other purposes" ("
approved July 2, 1862.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
first meeting of the commissioners named
in the act entitled, ''An act to aid in the
construction of a railroad and telegraph
line from tho Missouri river to the Pacific
ocean, and to secure to the Government
the use of the same for postal, military and
other. purposes approved July second,
eighteen hundred and sixty.tWo, and of tho
Eve commissioners directed by said act to
be appointed by the Secretary of the Int.
rior, shall be held at Bryan Hall in the city
of Chicago, ia the State Of Illinois, on the
fret Tuesday Of September next at twelve
o'clock at noon. A notice Of said meeting
to be signed by at least ten of the commits
siouers named in said act, shall be pub
lished at least once week during the six
successive weeks commencing on the tWen-
tteth of July, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty two, in one daily newspaper in
each of the cities of Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St.
Louis, and no other notice of said meeting
shall be requisite.
Approved, July IL, 1862.
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sign, aud deliver certificates, as prescribed
in the tenth section of the act to which this
IS supplementary, to such person or per-
sons as shall file their statements in puFsu-
anee OF the foregoing section, in all re-
speets the same as if such statements were
hied by the person having elai to their
service or labor.
Sec. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That
all persons held to seryiee or labor under
the laws of any State, and who at any time
since the sixteenth day Of April, ammo Dom
mi eighteen hundred and sixty-tWO, by the
consent ofthe person to whom such service
or labor is claimed TO be owing, have been
actually employed within the District of
Columbia, OF shall be hereafter thus en-
ployed, are hereby declared free, aud for
ever free from such seTTitude, any thing IN
the laws of the United States or of any
State to tue contrary Notwithstanding.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
in all judicial proceedings in the District
of Columbia there shall be no exclusion OF
any witness on account Of color.
Approved, July l2, 1862.
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TPrBLic-No. 1881


An ACT relating to trust funds of several
Indian tribes invested by the Govern.
ment in certain State bonds abstraeted
from the custody Of the late Secretary Of
the interior.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be and hereby is
directed to cause to be entered upon the
proper books ofhis Department the follow
ing credits TO the Indian tribes herein nam
ed, to wit: To the DelaWares, the sum Of
four hundred and tWenty-three thousand
nine hundred aud ninety dollars and twen-
ty-six cents; TO the IOWas, the sum of sixty
six thousand seven hundred aud thirty.iiVe
dollars; and to the confederate bands OF
kaskaskias, PeoriAs, PiankeshaWs, aud
WeRs, the sum Of one hundred and sixty
nine thousand six hundred and eighty-six
dollars and sevsnty.five cents; which said
amounts heretofore invested by the Gov
ernment under treaty stipulations with said
tribes in the bonds Of the States of Missouri,
Tennessee, and North Carolina, were
stolen while in the custody ofJacob Thomp-
son, late Secretary of the Interior, In whose
Department they had been deposited for
safe keeping.
Sec, 2. And be it further enacted, That
said entries shall be aud remain evidence
that the United States holds the said sew
eral sums named in trust for said tribes
respectively, and the Treasurer of the Uni
ted States is hereby authorized and direct
ed to pay to said tribes, respectively, on
acquisitions by the Secretary of the Interi-
or, interest on the sums credited as afore-
said, at the rate Of FIVE per centum per an
mum, in semi-annnal payments, on the first
davs Of January and July In each year, the
first of said payments 10 be on the first day
of January, eighteen hundred and sixty
three.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
all interest which said tribes may have had
in said bonds as aforesaid, is hereby termi-
mated and the same is vested 10 the United
States; and any recovery or reclamation
of the same or any part thereof, shall be
for the use aud benefit of the United States.
Sec. 4. Aud be it further enacted, That
the sum of fifty thousand aud sixty-six
dollars and sixty-four cents is hereby ap-
prOpriated. out Of any money in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, for the
payment of interest to the tribes Aforesaid
on the sums invested in the bonds afore-
said from tue date of the last payment OF
interest on said bonds to the first day oi
July, eighteen hundred and sixty-tWo, to
wit: the sum OF thirty-two thousand three
hundred and seven dollars and ninety-one
cents TO said DelaWares, Eve thousand and
thirty-tWo dollars and tWenty-three cents
to said Iowas, and twelve thousand seven
hundred and twenty-six dollars and City
cents 70 the said confederate bands Of
KRskaskias, PeOtias, PiankeshaWs, and
Weas.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
this act shall take effect and be ia force
only in relation to such of the tribes afore-
said as shall file with the Secretary Of the
Interior their assent, In writing, to so much
Approved, July Il, 1862.
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AN ACf toproyide Tor the payment 0fanos aud pen
alties eolleeted BY plid 70 he Justices Of the
peace Of the District of Columbia undar the aef1 a
COngFoa approved the thhd aud hflh of August
eighteen hundred and sl1ty-Ones andtor other puF-
poseG
Be Il enacted By the Senate and House q Repre-
sontattves Of the United States of America In Con
gresI assembled That the several justices pearO
Of the District Of Columbia who have Imposed hnes
under the acts OF fCongruss approved the third and
hith dAyg OF August eighteen hundred aud aiEty-ona
on or before the fifteenth day Of July eighteen hun
lLel 1n9 make mn aud t4thini report Of
their dolngs In that behalf stating the name of the
party, the amount q hnS Imposed and the name OF
tho witness examined In each enle 70 the SupaFin-
tGdont Of Motrppoitan Police shah nav over All
m9nayl In ther hands NFtsing from sneh Anag % The
said superintendent; and such Of safd fustierg a
shah fail By the time spociHo 10 mako seh reDoFf
aud comply with the other prugisioul q this law.
sa Be liable 70 nns Ofnot les than three hundred
nor more than i've hundred d0lIars % Be eollsetod
nom Justice! BY prosecution In the criminal court
duty Of the Superintendent of MotrODolitan PoIiee %
Inspect the doekets A0pt BY the sid justices the
peace, tor the puFpo11 Ofn1eortAining heIamount
collected a. Aiorasld by them: and the said justices
ahan submit their dOekets 10 the inspection Ortho
said superintendent; and, falling to do 50 ahall paya
nne OfnOt less than my nor more than one hnhifed
dollars. 70 be collected a. above.
Sec. ? Andoo Il further enacted, That sid iulti-
ees Of the poaee sAai or before the ftsenth day
Of July IN ooh and every year, make afHll and fith
ing year, the SupeFniendsnt q Metropolitan Po-
uee, and snail pay over an moDeys in their hands
ari1ng from such fines to the slid supoEinf0ndenf;
and any Justice Of the poaco Of the District of Co
lnm6a shall an 70 comply with the proTions q this
law, he shan be liable 70 fne Of not les than three
collected provided IN tho dFst section Of this act
Approved, July Il, 1852.
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fPURLIc-No. 123.

AN ACT to change the place of holding
the circuit and district courts of the
United States for the district Of West
Tennessee. e
Be it enacted by the Sennte and House
of Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
hereafter the circuit and district courts of
the United States for the district Of West
Tennessee shall be holden ON the first
Mondays in April and October, in the
town Of Huntingdon in the county Of
Carroll, in said district instead of the
town ofJackson, the place heretofore fixed
by law And all process, civil and crimi-
nal, which may have been, or hereafter
may be issued, returnable to said courts
at jackson, shall be returned to said courts
at Huntingdon and all bOoksand records
of every kind, pertaining to said courts,
shall be transferred from said town of
jackson to said town of Huntingdon.
Approved, July IL, 1862
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an u thee city a. ofBoston. IN lIasaehstts, TIE Ianl
q sss1 thOu.and ak hundred aDd thiFty-vo dolls.
u the proportion of three uTthl Of the mo % Hafd
1onFoe. and one-touTth 70 GAd SsWal, and 20 Jana8
A Dieat o. Ohelseal NasIEchuIstts, and Eufns Han
hundred aud tIsnty-dight dollars; tha sid several
sums beng ANN enrnponsation, at the rate q ons
By said parties, respoetivaly and located n th lton
grant and Plymouth township fHo-calied in tho the
stats o. Maine and within the district recognised e
t1e plted Territory, and which tim Der Was ta.n
On and lost 70 the pro1rst0rs in OnSfquoncs Ofths
W giptoi.atlo aFranfenent entered into between the
an4thlrtystWO, By which both partISs srrsI - ~
stain trom the eEeTcao o. IN fd terrific
y PFUVtdod fnat the payments authorized and ~
quired BY this act nay Be mado, in whole or IN
part, a. the option Of the Secretary az the FroaSF
In any of the bOnds q the United Stafes beari1E n
tsTest a. the rate ofsX Per eeutum Per annunl heh
have been may har6aftaF be authorized By IEW 70
% is.aea- 80,
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TPupL1c-No. 1911

An Act to abolish certain ports ofdeliv-
cry in the Mississippi valley.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That
the several laws constituting Hannibal, in
the State of Missouri, Hickman and
Columbus, in the State of Kentucky,
Chattanooga and Knoxville, in the State
Of Tennessee, and Tuscumbia. in the State
of Alabama and Shreveport, in the
State of Louisiana, ports Of delivery, be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved, July IL, 1862
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LPunL1c-No. l24 /

An Acr to authorize the Seeretaryof the
Treasury to appoint deputy collector
ofthe customs at Chincoteague island,
in the State ofYirginia
/ Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is
hereby agshs5i5ea ssd, f. sggSiSt ascending g
reside on, ohincoteag[u]e island, in the
Stateof YirginiaY and 70 exercise such
powers, under the revenue laws, as he,
the Secretary Of the Treasury may pres
cribe; the ompensationof the said deputy
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AN ACT to provide for the quietin Of certain Lard
titles In the late disputed territory in the stats Of
Maine and for other purp0soA
Belt enacted by the ssnate and HOuss ofRsprosen-
tatiVes of the United States of Amerea In congoss
assembled That the seeretary ofthe Treasury be and
he is hereby authorized and required 20 pay, out Of
any money IN ths Treasury not otorWfss aPPr0pria-
ted, to Laura A stsbblns Of Bangor IN the STATE Of
Maine; Caiherine o. Ward Of Roxbury In the State
stats Of Mainei and James A DroW % fChelsl In the
statsOf Massachusetts, the sum Of thiEtytiTee hun
dred and dfty three dollars eaeh, being mall the sum
OF thirteen thousand four hundred and twenty. tEo
doilafs In fun compensation fJr three thouland three
tmberpgeTiousiy taken therefrom, in the half town
ship In the State OF Maine, granted By the ettt8 OF
Masaehusetts % the late General Eaton, and called
the -atOn grI1ts 70 which sid parties lost title BY
the operation Of the uTh article Of the treaty o.
ninth August, eighteen huu1red and forty-tWo, t-lo
settle and dednS the boundary between the Uuited
North America Provided, That the sid LAura A
stsbbins, Catherine c. Ward, Ruils MAnguF, and J.
holding epos8osl0T'' or eqnitable polaoTy eiais1
to the aid three thousand three hundred and Any
!5Ss acre, q lalq q 51y ps9a tSI - e
ell Of Maine By Eboneler Hutehinsgl and otherH5
eommillionerg undera resolution pasled by the leg
stature Of said State the tgplfth day Of April,
eighteen hundred and afyfout, hnd the pia1 of sur
y1FyH accompany sid reports, and of reoor1 n The
Shaii appelr 70 the fltsilciSn Of the land aE6if f
said State of Maine that Euoh desds q roleas5 do e.
ieetnally eoayeya god ttio @ lld lants eepgt %
Of the treaty Hfordlid: And pr0Videl further, That
iflt shall appear TIE nd Iin aseufthat thSalore-
Feieass % the whole Of nd lans, then thsy shallbo
entitled toreeefUea pro rata only Of the edmpasl-
ton provided % this agt for - much thereof - tsy
Sec. = And - 4 further elletsd, That tie Seere-
tAFy b the III ry b and he 4 hefeby authuTfEed
"a he fFoiIllys = EdmIad nIa1I5e. and BeqismiS
suia ftiirtsin 4 fy5 htnIrsd md forty DOL
n1aiIN Ia 4
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TPuREro-No. 1851


An ACT relating to schools for the educa-
tlon Of colOred children in the cities of
Washington and Georgetown, in the
District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
duties imposed on the board of trustees and
public schools in the cities of Washington
and Georgetown, in the District Of Column
bia, by virtue of an act entitled San act
providing for the education OF colored
children in the cities OF Washington and
Georgetown, District of Columbia, and for
other purposes" approved May TWEEN
ty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
be and the same are hereby transferred to
Daniel Breed, -Sayles j. Bowen, and zenas
o. Robbins, and their successors in Offices
who are hereby created a board of trustees
of the schools, for coIored children in the
cities aforesaid, aud who shall possess all
the powers and perform all the duties con-
ferred upon and required of the trustees of
public schools in the said cities Of Wash
ington and Georgetown by the aforesaid
act. Y r
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the before named trustees shall hold their
offices for the respective terms Of one, two,
and three years, 70 be determined by lot,
aud it shall be the duty of the Secretary Of
the Interior, on the FIRST day of July, efgh-
teen hundred and sixty-three, and annually
on that day thereafter, to appoint from
among the residents Of the said cities
trustee in place Of the one whose term has
expired or is about TO expire. And the
Secretary Of the Interior is also authorized
to fill vacancies in said board Of trustees
whenever, from any cause, such vacancies
may occur.
Approved, July IL, 1852.