The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-11
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part thereof when in the opinion Of said corporation t
NAV be proper 10 do to sell and convey 10 any per-
son or persons who may BIO dosrous of purchasing the
4 same furniture and equipment thereof
| SIC And be ii further enacted] That the capital
stock of said corporation shall not exceed two million
dollars divided into twenty thousand shares OF one hun-
dred dollars each and that IL shall be held as personal
property and may transferred under such regulations
| as the corporators shall Judge convenient.
SEC g. and be further enacted That general meet
ing of the corporators shall be annually held the
second Monday of January for the election five mana
gers and the transaction Of other business but if such
meeting election shall not then take place the copo'
ration shall not for that be dissolved but such meet
ing or election shall take place thereafter may
be- weeks public notice thereof being hrs given in
at least two daily newspapers in the city OF Washington
| SEQ A. AHd be further enacted, That the election of
managers shall be by ballot nom among the coporators
and that in the enactment of bylaws for the govern
uedt of the corporation and its officers and in the do
cision of all questions whether of election of officers or
Acknowledgement Of coporaors either because of their
delinquency in paying for the amount OF stock by them
purchased of the corporation fer other causes aud on
all questions at the meetings of the corporation the cor
poraors present. either in person or by proxy shall sew
orally vote once for each share Of stock held by them
Sec g. And be IL further enacted That the managers
shall continue in office until their SUCCESSORS are elected
they shall elect president from among themselves,
supply vacancies In their number whether occasoned by
DEATH resignation refusal to act, and shall nave the
general and entire control OF the alars ana Interests .,
the company except far may be otherwise provided
by the corporators Three members shall be quorum
l at these meetings
| sec O. And 4 be further enacted That until other
officers shall be duly elected the persons named in the
first section Of this shall be held be managers of
the said corporation and shall have power and authority
4 az snch.
SEC I. And be ii further enacted, That Congress may
at any time hereafter alter amend or repeal this charter
| Approved, March g. 1861
AN ACT providing for the Confinement of juvenile Often
des against the Laws of the United States in Houses OF
Refuge
Be enacted bv the Senate and House of Representatives
9th United States Of America Congress assembled
| That Juvenile offenders against the laws of the United
gtx md
NAV hereafter be convicted of crime by any court of the
United Statee the punishment whereof shall be I'M
prisonmen shall be confined during the term OF sentence
In some house Of refuge to be designated by the Secretary
of the Interior and shall be transported and delivered to
the warden keeper of such house of refuge by the mar
shall of the district where such shall have occurred or
such conviction be had in the District of Columbia then,
and in such case the transportation and delivery shall be
by the warden of the Jail Of said district and the reason
able actual expense OF the transportation necessary sub
sstenee and hire, and transportation OF assistants and
the marshal warden only shall be paid by the secre
| tary of the Interior, out Of the judiciary fund
Sec 2 and be further enacted That IT shall DO the
duty of the Secretary Of the Interior to contract with the
managers persons having control of such houses OF
refuge for the imprisonment subsistence and proper
poyment of all such juvenile offenders and to give the
several courts of the United States and OF tho District oil
Columbia notice Of the places provided for the conino
ment of said offenders and such offenders shall be sem
fenced to confinement in the house of refuge nearest the
place of conviction 50 designated by the Secretary of the
Interior.
Approved, March 8, 1866,
AN ACT to Act entitled "An Act to provide for
the better Organization OF Indian Affairs in California
Be ii enacted BY the Senate and House Of Representatives.
oe United States of America in Congress assembled That
the of sixty thousand dollars much thereof as
may be necessary be- and the same Is hereby appropr
ated out of any money in the treasury not oherwseap
proprated for the purpose of enabling the Secretary OF
the Interior to pay the settlers in Hoops Wiley, Cali
forna for their improvements on the Indian reservation
therein: Pouded That before tho or any part Of
the money hereby appropriated shalt be paid the said
improvements shall be appraised by the superintendent
l nf T,di India n
and the encouragement of California; and II, in the
opinion of the Secretary of the Interior their appraso
= ment shall be reasonable and shall not in the aggre-
gate exceed the herein appropriated the said secre-
| ary is hereby authorized - apply the same, or so
! much thereof may be necessary, in payment for
therefor And propided, dtTiter, That the moneys
hereby appropriated be reimbursed from the proceeds Of
the sales of Indian reservations in said State under tho
ton of Indian affairs in California. approved April eight,
| eighteen hundred and slxty-iour.
Approved, March 8, 1865.
Az ACT authorizing tho Secretary of the Treasury 10
lease or sell CO tain Property Of the United States stu
ated at Bath in the State Of Maine.
BE enacted by The SNcte and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of dericd in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary Of the Treasury hereby authorized
to lease the wharf property belonging tho United States
situated at Bath, in the State OF Maine, for of
years the lessee making repairs thereupon; or hem0y
sell the same at his discretion If is longer in
required for the public service and he R hereby author
lied to make, execute, aud deliver a, needul conyeyan
ces to the purchaser or purchasers thereof
Approved March 3, 1865,
AN ACT TO increase the pay of Mdshipmen and others.
Be etactedby The Senate and House Of Representatives.
q The Uattsd States Of Apeied IN Congress assembled,
That midshipmen after their final academic examination
and until their promotion to the grade of ensign shall DO
paid at the rate Of eight hundred dollars per annum while
| on service
SEC Q And be- further enacted That acting master,'
mates shall be styled mates and the Secretary Of The
Navy is hereby authorized to increase their pay to
not exceeding sixty dollars per month
See; g. And be IL further enacted That horea or mates
may be rated under authority Of the Secretary of the
Navy from seamen and ordinary seanep, who have en-.
listed in the naval service for not less than years and
such rating of enlisted man. his appointment as an
officer, shall not discharge him from his enlistment
sec T. And Dc JlglheT eaacsed, That no person APP
pointed or rated an officer clerk in the navy shall re-
ceive any bounty while holding an appointment.
SEC And be fprter enacted That all acts or parts
of acts which Inconsistent with the provisions of th,
| act are hereby repealed.
Sec. g. And be ii further enacted That acting passed
assistant surgeons and acting surgeons may be appointed
in the same manner acting assistant surgeons are now
appointed who shall receive tho compensation of their
| respective grades.
| Approved, March 3, 1895.
AN Act to incorporate the capitol Hotel Company in
| Washington City, District Of Columbia"
Be saaeed6y the Senate and House Of Representatives
Of he United States Of AAe1ica IN Congress assembled
That Charles O. Little and A. c. Washbun Of Boston In
the State of Massachusetts, George Folsom Charles A.
setson, and Frank Moore of New York city in the State
|
District of Columbia aud their associates and successors
De- aud they are hereby incorporated and made body
corporate by the name Of The Capitol Hotel COMPANY
and by that name may and be Sued plead and be I'M
pleaded IN any court OF law equity of competent iu
flsocton and be entitled to and exercisea tho pow
ers, rights and privileges incident to such corporation
Tor the purpose Of establishing and maintaining in said
city Of Washington, building buildings for hotel
with rooms shops and offices, to be used therefor and
herewith and they may purchase and hold real and per
sonal estate required and convenient therefor and NAV
after construction thereof SELL convey or lease and re.
ceve rent therefor in whole or in part as they NAV
choose and md for the interest of said CORPORATION
SEC 1hd DC Jh7thsr enacted That the ptal stool,
Ui sa corporation shall not exceed the sum Of one mill
non nVe hundred thousand dollars and that the stock
d ~ INTO shares OF one thousand dollars each
ana sall be deemed personal property transferable in
| direct. W Nv ~ may
SEC g. and belt further enacted That tho Government
anu OF the enaita of the crporrtors shall be In
vested 10 board of directors not less Than Eve -;
ber who shall be elected by the stocholdors a, ti
nua meeting, which shall be held on the rs Mondav Of
May in each year. from among the corporators and Gei
associates and successors in such manner as The hvas
| of said corporation may direct. W ''""9
SEC T. And be i further enacted That the said corpo
ration shall have full power TO make and nrnscri6o ,
bylaws, rules, and regulations they may deon nooi
and proper for the disposition aud management os b
STOCK, property, estate and effects of the ~
contrary to the charter to the laws of the Init S
ana the ordinances OF the city of Washington and sha
nase power 70 ater OF amend the same from time 90
lne as me interests Of the corporation in their ono
may require. - 'hen "pinou'
sLe D. Ana DC IL further enacted That this net NAV he
altered amended or repealed at the pleasure Of Com
gress ' " '"S P4s"'uie vi ooh-
Approved, MarchS, 1866
AN ACT supplemental to an Act entitled aAp Act to
amend the several Acts resnectinn con,rrl,