The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-06-22
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sence before any clerk oil any of tho United Sates
having original jurisdiction of tho Of action such
application shall be made upon affidavit OF the app
can't other credible person. stating the existence
of either OF tue grounds Of attachment enumerated in the
irst section OF this act and upon production OF legal evil
dence of the debt Upon such application, and upon due
orr OF any Judge OF the court or In the absence OF any
judge without such order the clerk shall issue warrant
for the attachment of all the property any kind belong
ing 10 the party or parties specified in the affidavit which
warrant shall be executed with all possible despatch BY
the marshal who shall take the property attached per-
sona into his custody and hold the subject all In
cerocutory or final orders of the court. 5s..,t-
Sec B. Ind be 1t Further enacted That the party par
ties whose property Is attached may, at any tmo Within
twenty days before the day of the warrant Civ
ing to the district attorney notice of his intention e
plea in abatement trverng the allegations of the ada
Wit denying the ownership of tho property attached In
the defendants either OF Them In which the
may upon application of either party immediate
trial by jury Of the issue raised by the affidavit and pioa
But the parties may by consent trial by jury, In
which the shall decide the issues raised by the
affidavit and plea. Any party claiming ownership Of the
property attached and specific return of the shall
be confined to the remedy afforded by this act but his
right 10 an action of rcpass other action for damages
shall not he impaired hereby
SEC a. lind be it further enacted That when the proper
y attached shall be sold ntorlocuory order Of tho
court or when 1t shall be producing revenue the
ney arising from such sale shall be invested In
securities of the United States under the order of the
court and all accretions shall be held subject to the order
of the court.
SEC g. And be ii further enacted That Immediately up
on the execution of the warrant Of attachment tho
made in the case of abscondng debtors adhcrens Of
the rebellion for two months and in non-residenM
for four months Such publication shall be made In
newspaper or newspapers within the district where tho
property attached situated and the details of such pub
caton shall be regulated in each case by the order under
which the warrant is issued.
Sec. g. Ind be IL further enacted That after the 6rst
publication Of such notice of attachment in all the news
papers required by this any subsequent act every per-
con indebted to the defendants either of them and hav
ing knowledge of such notice. whose property ia liable TO-
attachment and every person having possession Of any
property belonging to such defendants either Of them
and having knowledge rs aforesaid shall account and an
for the amount Of such debt and for the value Of such
property and any disposal attempt to dispose Of any
such property to the injury of the United States shall bc
illegal and void When the person persons indebted
to or having possession of the property Of such defendants
either Of them shall be known the district attorney
the MARSHAL shall be the duty of such officer to SEQ
that personal notice of such attachment is served upon
such persons as in cases of grnhees but the want Of
such notice shall not invadate the attachment.
SEC. 7. and be IL further enacted That upon applica
ton OF the party whose property has been attached tho
cout OF any Judge thereo may aschalge tine warrant o.
attachmenl as to the property o! the applicant: Propd
That such applicant shall enter into and execute to tho
United States good and sufficient penal bond in double
the amount of the value of III property attached condi
TONED for the return o. SAID property, Or TO answer any
judgment which may be rendered by the court In the
premises whith bond shall be approved by the court
any Judge thereof ttst,.
Sac s, And be f,tter enacted That tho fees costs
and expenses of issuing and serving the warrans OF At
achment authorized by this act shall be regulated far
possible by the existing laws of the United States and
tho rules Of court made in pursuance thereof In the ooss
ofprslmnary trials as to the validity of the attachment
the right ofpropery clerks and marshas shall bo
the same In ordinary cases. aud the docket fee Of tho
| district attorney shall be ten dollars. 4i
SIC And be firtier enacted, That this act shall
not oe construed to limit abridge in any
such rights OF the United States have accrued been
allowed in any district under the former practice OF the
United States courts OF the adopti, Of State laws by said
courts.
| -. ved February o. 1886.
An Act to amend an Act entitled AN Act to amend an
Act to incorporate tho Inhabitants OF the City Of Wash.
ingon, pessed May fifteen eighteen hundred sud TWEEN
four f'''''' 1'' N's''''' '"'' JAW
Be It eaes by Ia. mate az House of Representatives
9fhe U:ited State u america Congress assembled,
That the act, approved May hith eighteen hundred
and siytyfour entitled San act to amend An act 70
incorporate tho inhabitants of the city OF Washington
passed May fifteen, eighteen hundred and twenty, b
construed amended 10 red follows That the sold
corporation shall have fall power and authority 10 lay
taxed on particular wards parts sections of the city
for their particular local improvements and to cause
tho curbones to be the foot aud carriage ways
80 much thereof they may deem best to be graded and
paved to introduce the necessary sewerage and drainage
facilities under aud upon the whole any portion Of any
avenue street or alley to cause the TO DO suitably
paved and repaired and ut all times propey cleaned and
watered to cause lamps to be erected therein, and to
light the Same and 10 pay the cost thereof tho corpora
ton Of washington ID hereby authorized to lay and col
ect tax upon all property bordering upon each street
alley that may be paved severed lighted cleaned, OF
wacred by said corporation III with the pro-
visions of this act And also TO lay to be laid.
| simultaneously With the gr1dng or paving Of any
/
main gas-ppc main sewer nay have beea laid, wstsr
gas service pipes lateral house drains from such
curb line in front of every lot subivisiona part Of
lot which may bound on such avenue street, alley and
to which water service pipe or house drain may
not have been already laid and ply the thereof shall
havefull and authority to lay and collect special
tax on every such lot or sul-yisional part of lot
Approved, February %, 1865.
AN Act to incorporate the Sisters of Mercy In tho Dis
trict of Columbia.
BE Il enacted By TIE Soats aud House If Representa-
tires of TIE Ucd States If America IN Congress assens-
6ted That Isabe! Atkinson, Elizabeth Medcaf Teresa
Byrne, Ellen Matthews, Mary Duffy, Teresa Moran, aud
Ellen Wynne, and their successors hereafter become
Sisters OF Mercy and to be appointed according to the
rules and regulations that have been may hereafter be
established by their association be- and they hereby,
mede declared, and constituted corporation body
polite in law and in fact TO have continuance forever BY
the name, style and title of the Sisters of Mercy in the
\ District Of Columbia" bass sac
Sec. And be further enacted That all and singular
the lands, houses tenements rents, egaces annuitis
rights property privileges goods and catels heretofore
given, granted devised bequeacd to the said Ssters
Of Mercy, in the District of Columbia or to any indvid
ual of the said corporation to any person persons
for the use OF said Corporation that have been pur
chased for or account of the be, and they
hereby vested ill., and confirmed TO- the said corporation;
and that the said corporation may purchase, take, re-
ceve hold, and apply to the and purposes Of the
same, according to the rules regulations and bylaws
that they may establish from time to time, for the
agement Of the concerns of the said society corpora
ton, any lands tenements rents legacies annuities
rights property and privileges any goods chattos or
other effects of what kind nature soevcr which shall
or may have been may hereafter be given granted
Sold bequeethed devised unto the said association
corporation by any person persons bodies polite
corporate, capable OF making such grants, sale, he
quest and the said association corporation OF the Ssers
OF Mercy in the District Of Columbia may dispose Of and
convey the they deem proper: Provided, That
that the said association or corporation shall not at q
one time, hold use, possess and enjoy within tho Dir
Of Columbia either by legal seizure trust for III
and benefit, more than three hundred and twenty acrA
land shall the said association corporation held in
its own right, by any other person in trust sI
benefit real estate the annual not income CT which, afts
dischargng all lis expenses debt aud liabilities Ahal az
| coed tho sum of fifty thousand dollars.
SEC 8. And be ii further enacted Tht the said corpora-
on by the name Of the Sisters of Msrcy in the District
of Columbia be, and shall be hereafter, capable in law
and in equity to and be sued within the District of
Columbia and elsewhere, in eectual other
parsons corporations be sucd and that tho,
said corporation majority OF the persons composing
th6sanlo, shall adopt anl use common SEAL and tho
saneu alter change at pleasure. and from time to
time make such bylaws not inconsistent with the Com.
suton Of the United States any law of Congress- a.
they may deem expeient and proper for carrying into e
feet the objects Of the said association corporation in
Guiding the care, control and education Of children the
cue protection, instruction. and employment Of dest
tute fenaes the care nuTsng and alienation of the
suferings sick wounded persons and such other obs
ieots of literature and Chart may be determined upon
by their bylaws, noro suit and which their and
net income may enable them 10 effect and support.
SIC. T. And Dc ii ther enacted Ilut IL at any time
hereafter any Of the persons he-hefore named
Of their Sisters Of Mercy in the District Of
Columbia shall TO belong to the said association or
corporation according the said bylaws suoh persons
shall thereafter have part control ia tue procesd
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