Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09

N AZ aOl ioT CUaTtcC Ol Ma6OHIC
Hall Association, in Washington
city, District Of Columbia.
BE it enacted by tie Senate and House
of Representatives. of the United States
Of America IN Congress assembled, That
b. b. French, of the Grand Encamp-
ment of the United States of Ameri-
ca Robert McMurdy. Of the General
Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the
United States George C. Whiting,
of the Grand Consistory Z. L. Ste.
vens, of Osiris Lodge Of Perfection,
No. /; 2 d. Gilman, of Washington
Commandery, No. /, w. p. Particle.
of Columbia Commandery; w. NJ.
Smith, Of Columbia Royal Arch Chap
ter, No. Is; w. G.. Parkhurst, Of
Washington Royal Arch Chapter, No.
l6; James Steele, of Mount Vernon
Royal Arch Chapter, No. 20; C.F.
Stansbury. Of the Grand Lodge of the
District of Columbia [; Joseph Nairn,
of Federal Lodge, No. l; N. Acker,
of Lebanon Lodge, No. I 4; E. Kloman,
of New Jerusalem Lodge, No. 9; j.
NJ. Turton, of Hiram Lodge, No. 10;
L. j. Fisher, of Saint Johns Lodge,
No. IL; (; l.. Gassenheimer, Of Nation
al Lodge, No. IL /; j. Van Riswick, Of
Washington Centennial Lodge, No.
IA j. g. Mcclure, of b. b. French
Lodge, No. Is !; +. l.. Harvey. of Daw-
son Lodge, No. 16 {; j. w. d. Gray, Of
Harmony Lodge. No. II; j. NJ. Ham
son. of Acacia Lodge, No. Is; n. D.
LarDer, of Lafayette Lodge, No. l9, Of
the Order Of Free and Accepted Ma.
sons, of the District Of Columb bia, and
their successors to be appointed in
the manner hereinafter declared, rep.
resenting the several masonic bodies
before named, be, and they are hereby,
incorporated and made body politio
and corporate, by the name of the Ma.
sonic Hall Association of the District
of Columbia, and by that name may
sue and be sned, plead and be implea-
ded, in any court of law or equity, Of
competent Jurisdiction, and may have
and use common seal, and the same
change at pleasure. and be entitled to
use and exercise all the powers, rights,
and privileges incident to such corpo-
ration.
Sec. 2. And be IL further enacted,
That the said corporation shall be CO.
pable Of taking and holding real aud
personal estate, which estate, personal
and real, shall never be divided among
the members of the said corporation.
but shall descend to their successors,
duly elected and appointed in the man.
ner hereinafter declared by the bod
les they represent, for the promotion
of the principles of the said corpora
tion, and the benevolent purposes of
the Order Of Free and Accepted Ma
sons, which they represent Prorided,
That said corporation shall take and
hold no more land than is necessary
for site on which to erect Masonic
Hall, suitable and convenient for the
transaction of the business Of the A.
sociation and the promotion Of the
principles and purposes aforesaid.
But this provision shall not prevent
the said corporation from constructing
suitable rooms and Offices in connec-
ion with the said hall, to rent, and
renting the same, and receiving rent
therefor, to be applied to the promo
tion Of the principles and purposes
aforesaid.
Sec. 8. And be 1t further enacted, ,
That the capital stock Of said corpo-
ration shall not exceed the sum Of
three hundred thousand dollars, and
that the stock shall be divided into
shares Of twenty dollars each and
shall be deemed personal property,
transferable in such manner as the
constitution and bylaws Of said corr
poration may direct.
Sec. 4. And be IL further enacted,
That within twenty days after the
passage OF this act the corporssoss