The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-09
OFFICIAL.

mart thereof when in the opinion of said corporation it
NAV be proper to do So sell and convey to pe
son or persons who may be DESTROYS Of purchasing tho
| same furniture and equipment thereof
SEC. Q land 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 it shall be held personal
property and may be transferred under such regulations
| as the corpontors shall judge convenient
SEC. g. And belt further enacted That general meet
ing of the corporators shall be annually held ON the
second Monday of January for the election OF hve mana
gers and the transaction of other BUSINESS but II snch
meeting election shall not then take place. the corpo-
ration shall not for that cause be dissolved but such meet
ing or election shall take place thereafter may
be- one weeks public notice thereof being first given in
least two daily newspapers in the city Of Washington
SEC And be IL fsirthe enacted That the election of
managers shall be by ballot from among the eorporaors
and that in the enactment Of bylaws for the govern
medt of tho corporation and Its officers and IN the de-
cision of all questions whether of election OF ocers or
Acknowledgement of corporators either because OF their
delinquency in paying for the amount oil stock py Them
purchased of the corporation for other causes and OH
all questions at the meetings OF the corporation the cor
porator present. either in person or by proxy snail sew
orally vote 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 thenseHes,
supply vacancies in their number whether occasoned py
DEATH resignation, or refusal to act and snail nave e
general and entire control of the affairs and interests OF
the company except so far may be otherwise provided
by the corporators Three members shall be quorum
| at these meetings.
SEC. O. And Il be further enacted That until other
officers shall be duly elected the persons named In tho
first section of this act shall be held to be managers OF
the said corporation and shall have power and authority
| as such.
SEC I. And be further enacted, That Congress may
at any time hereafter alter amend repeal this charter
Approved, March 3, 1855.
AN Act providing for the Confinement of juvenile 0Ten
deis against the Laws of the United States in Houses OF
| Refuge,
Be it enacted By the Senate and House Of Representatives
ofMe United States of America in Congress ossembted
That Juvenile offenders against the laws OF the Unea
States being under the age of sixteen years and who
may hereafter be convicted of crime by any court OF the
United Statee, the punishment whereof snail be I'M
prisonment shall be confined turing the term Of sentence
in house of eugeto 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 if
such conviction be had in the District of Columbia then,
and such the transportation and delivery shall be
by the warden Jail of said district and the
able actual expense OF the transportation necessary sub.
ssence and hire and transportation Of assistants and
the marshal warden only shall be paid by the Secres
| tary of the Interior, out of the judiciary fund
SEC q And be ii further enacted That it shall be 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 e'
ploymcnt Of all such juvenile offenders, and TO give the
several courts of the United States and of tho District q
Columbia notice of the places provided for tbeconune.
ment of said offenders and such Offenders shall DO sen.
fenced to confinement in the house OF refuge nearest the
place OF conviction designated by tho Secretary Of tho
| Interior.
Approved, March 8, 1865,
AN ACT to amendan Act entitled An Act to provide for
the better Organization Of Indian Affairs in California"
BE ii enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep,esstares
0ftte United States of america IN Congress assembled That
the of sixty thousand dollars much thereof rs
may be necessary be- and the same is hereby appropr.
ated of any money in the treasury not otherwise APP
propriated for the purpose of enabling the Secretary OF
the Interior to pay the settlers in Hoopa Valley, Cali.
fornia for their on the Indian reservation
therein f0cided That before the same or any part OF
the money hereby appropriated shall be paid the said
Improvements shall be appraised by the superintendent
of Indian affairs, the Indian agent at said reservation
and 40 suveyor-genera of California; and IT, in the
opinion Of the Secretary of the Interior their appraise-
ment shall be reasonable and shall not in the essre'
tary Is hereby authorized t. apply the same or SO
much thereof as may be necessary, in payment for
therefor: A,d PROVIDED, further, That the moneys
hereby appropriated be reimbursed from the proceeds of
the sales Of Indian reservations in said State under the
provisions of the act provide for the better organ1s
ton of Indian affairs in California approved April eight
eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Approved, March g. 1865
AN ACT authorizing the Secretary Of the Treasury to
lease or sell certain Property Of the United States stu
ated at Bath in the State Of Maine.
Be enacted BY the Senate and House Of Representatives
q the United States Of Anie7ca IN Congress assembled
That the Secretary of the Treasury hereby authorized
TO lease the wharf property belonging to the United States
situated at Bath in the State OF Maine for term Of
years. the lessee making all repairs thereponi or hemay
sell the same at his discretion if is longer in
required for the public service he is hereby author
lied to make execute and deliver all needful cunveysu
! ces to the purchaser or purchasers thereof
Approved March 8, 1865.
AN ACT to increase the pay of Midshpmen and others
BE 1t enacted By tie Senate and House Of Representative
Of the United States o. America IA Congress assembled
That midspmen after their final academic examination
and until their promotion to the grade of ensign shall be
paid at the rate OF eight hundred dollars per annum while
SEC. 2 And be i fgther enacted That acting masters
mates shall be styled mates and the Secretary of the
Navy is hereby authorized increase their pay to sum
not exceeding sixty dollars per month";
SEC 8. Aad be il further enacted, That hereafter mates
may be rated under authority OF the Secretary of the
Navy, from seamen and ordinary seamen who have
listed in the naval service for not less than years aud
such rating Of enlisted man. his appointment as an
officer shall not discharge him from his enlistment.
SEC. 4. And be further enacted, That person sp
pointed rated officer clerk in the navy shall
ceve any bounty while holding an appointment.
SEC. 8. And be further enacted That all acts or parts
of acts which are inconsistent with the provisions Of this
sEc. g. And be It further enacted That acting passed
assistant surgeons and acting surgeons may be appointed
in the same manner as acting assistant surgeons
appointed who shall receive the compensation Of their
respective grades T
Approved, March 8, 1865
AN ACT to incorporate the "Cspol Hotel Company" in
Washington City, District OF Columbia
Bs "a enacted by The Saa and House Of Representatives
That Charles c. Little and A. c. washburn Of Boston u
the State Of Massachusetts George Folsom, Charles A.
stetson and Frank Moore Of New York city, in the State
of New York; and e. G. Robbins Of Washington, in the
District of Columbia and their associates and successors
be, and they are hereby incorporated and made body
and by that name may and be sued plead and DO Inn
pleaded in any court Of law equity Of competent u
rsdcton and be entitled and exercise all the pow
rights and privileges incident such corporation
for the purpose Of establishing and maintaining In said
city of Washington building buildings for a hotel
with rooms, shops, and offices to be used therefor and
herewith and they may purchase and hold real per.
sonal estate required and convenient Therefore and may
after construction thereof SELL convey lease and re-
ceive rent therefor, In whole In part as they may
choose and find for the interest of said corporation
SEC And be further enacted, That the capital stock
OF said corporation shall not exceed the OF mil.
lion hve hundred thousand dollars, and that the stock
shall be divided into shares OF thousand dollars ossh
and shall be deemed personal property transferable In
such manner IA the said corporation by its bylaws may
| direct.
Sec g. Aad be ut further enacted That the government
and direction OF the affairs of the crportors shall BE- in
vested In board of directors not less than five In
ber who shall be elected by the stockholders at their an
nual meeting which shall DO held the first Monday Of
May In each year from among the ccrporators and their
associates and successors in such as the byawa
| of said corporation may direct.
SEC. A. And be further enacted That the said corpo.
ration shall have full power to make and prescribe such
laws rules and regulations as they deem needfu
and proper for the disposition and of tina
Stock property, estate and effects OF the corporation NOT
contrary to the charter to the lava of the United States
and the ordinances OF the city of Washington and shall
have power to alter or amend the same from time 10
mo as the Interests Of the corporation In their opinion
| may require er-'
SEC s. And be it further enacted That this act NAV be
gross.
Approved, March o. 1865. -'f'4
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