The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-22
OFFICIAI.

dollars divided into twenty thousand shares Of hum
dred dollars EACH and that shall he held personal
property and may be transferred under such regulations
| as the corporators shall Judge convenient.
SEC g. 4ad be 1t further enacted, That general meet
ing of the corporators shall be annually held on the
second Monday of January for the election of five
gers and the transaction Of other business but such
meeting election shall not then take place the corpo-
ration shall not for that cause be dissolved but such meet
ing orelecton shall take place thereafter as may
be- weeks public notice thereon being nrst gwen III
least daily newspapers In the city OF washington
Sec Aad be further enacted, That the election OF
managers shall be by ballot from among the corporator
and that in the enactment OF bylaws for the govern
medt of the corporation and Its officers and In the de-
cision Of ali questions whether OF election OF ocers or
Acknowledgement of corporatos either because OF their
delinquency in paying for the amount OF stock by them
purchased of the corporation OF Tor other causes ana on
all questions the meetings of the corporation the cor
poraors present. either in person or by proxy snail sew
orally vote once for each share of stock held by them
SEC g. And be it further enacted, That the managers
shall continue in office until their elected
they shall elect president from among themselves,
supply vacancies in their number whether occasioned by
death, resignation, refusal to act and shall have the
general and entire control of the affairs and interests of
the company except far may be otherwise provided
by the corporators Three members shall be quorum
at these meetings.
SEC g. And 4 be further enacted That until other
officers shall be duly elected the persons named In the
first section of this act shall be held to be managers OF
the said corporation and shall have power and authority
such.
Sec. 7. Aad be it further enacted That Congress may
at any time hereafter alter amend or repeal this charter
AN ACT providing for the Confinement of Juvenile Often
dr against the Laws of the United States in Houses OF
Refuge
BE enacted BY the Senate and House of Representatives
ofthe United States Of America in Congress assembled
That juvenile offenders against the laws of the United
States being under the age of sixteen years. and who
may hereafter be convicted of crime by any of the
United statee the punishment whereof shall be I'M
prisonment shall be confined during the term OF sentence
in house of refuge 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
shal Of the district where such shall have occurred II
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
able actual expense of the transportation necessary sub
sistence and hire and transportation of assistants and
the marshal or warden only shall be paid by the Secre-
tary of the Interior, out of the judiciary fund.
Sec. And be further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the
managers or persons having control OF such houses OF
refuge for the imprisonment subsistence and proper EN-
poyment of all such juvenile offenders and to give the
several courts of the United States and of the District of
Columbia notice OF the places so provided Tor
ment of said offenders and such offenders shall be SEN
fenced to confinement in the house OF refuge nearest the
place of conviction designated by the Secretary Of the
Interior.
Approved, March 8, 1865.
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled can Act to provide for
the better Organization of Indian Affairs in California"
Be il enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives
ofe United States of America in Congress assembled That
the of sixty thousand dollars so much thereof as
aed of any money in the treasury not otherwise APP
propated for the purpose of enabling the Secretary OF
the interior to pay the settlers in iioopa Valley Ca
forna for their improvements the Indian reservation
therein Provided 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 the encouragement Of California; and if in the
opinion of the Secretary OF the Interior, their apprase
shall be reasonable and shall not In the ggre
gate exceed the herein appropriated the sud seere
tary Is hereby authorized t. apply the same, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary, in payment fol
the said improvements, taking the proper releases
4 therefor And provided, further, That the moneys
hereby appropriated be reimbursed from the proceeds
the sales Indian reservations in said State under the
tion of Indian affairs in California approved April eight
eighteen hundred and sixty-our.
Approved, March 8, 1865.
AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to
lease sell tain Property of the United States stu
ated at Bath, in the State OF Maine.
Be enacted By TIC Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of America in Congress assembled
That the Secretry of the Treasury Ia hereby authorized
the wharf property belonging to the United States
81 uated at Bath in tho State of Maine, for of
years. the lessee making all repairs hereupon;
sell the at his discretion if it 10 no longer in use or
required for the public service and he Is hereby author
lied to make, execute and deliver all needtul conveyan-
ces to the purchaser or purchasers thereof
Approved, March 8, 1856.
AN Act to increase the pay of Mdshipmen and others
of the United States Of America ia Congress assembled,
That mdshipmen, after their final academic examination
and until their promotion to the grade of ensign shall be
paid the rate Of eight hundred dollars per annun while
sea service.
sec q Aad be it further enacted That acting masters
mates shall be styled mates and the Secretary OF the
Navy hereby authorized to increase their pay to sum
not exceeding sixty dollars per month";
sRc 8. And be it further enacted That hereafter mates
may ba 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 two years and
such rating Of enlisted man. or his appointment as an
officer shall not discharge him from his enlistment.
Sec t. And be IL further enacted, That person ap.
pointed or rated an officer or clerk n.the navy shall
ceive any bounty while holding an appointment
Sec g. And be further enacted, That all acts or parts
of acts which inconsistent with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed.
Sec. G. Ana be 1t further enacted, That acting passed
assistant surgeons and acting surgeons may BIO appointed
in the acting assistant surgeons are now
appointed who shall receive the compensation OF their
respective grades.
Approved, March g. 1865.
AN ACT to incorporate the Capitol Hotel Company" in
Washington City, District of Columbia"
Belt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Tinted States of america IN Congress assembled,
That Charles c. Little and A. G. Washburn, of Boston, In
the State of Massachusetts, George Folsom Charles A.
steson and Frank Moore Of New York city in the state
of New York; and z. c. Robbins of Washington, in the
District of Columbia and their associates and
be- and they hereby, Incorporated and made BODY
corporate, by the name of THE Capitol Hotel Company,
and by that may and be sued plead and be I'M
pleaded any court of law equity of competent Ju
rsdcton and be entitled and exercise all the pow
ers rights and privileges incident to such corporation
for the purpose of establishing and maintaining In SAID
city of Washington building OF buildings for hote
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 may
aft construct thereof SELL convey or lease, ana re-
ceive rent therefor in whole or III part as they may
choose and find for the interest of said corporation
Sec q And be further enacted, That the capital STOCK
of said corporation shall not exceed the sum of one mil
lion Eve hundred thousand dollars and that the stock
shall be divided into shares of thousand dollars each
and shall be deemed personal property transferable IN
such the said corporation by its bylaws may
direct,
SEC 3. And be it further enacted That the government
and direction OF the affairs OF the rporrtors snail De III
vested in board Of directors not less than five In num-
ber who shall be elected by the stockholders their
nual meeting which shall be held the first Monday of
May in each year, from among the corporators and their
associates and successors in such the bylaws
of said corporation may direct.
Sec T. And be it further enacted That the said corpo
ration shall have full power to make and prescribe such
by laws rules and regulations they may deem needu
and proper for the disposition and management of the
stock property estate and effects of the corporation not
contrary to the charter the laws of the United States
have power to alter or amend the same from time to
time the interests of the corporation in their opinion
may require.
SEC g. And be it further enacted That this act may be
altered amended, repealed, at the pleasure Of Con-
gress.
Approved, March 8, 1865
An ACT extending the Time for the Completion of certain
Land-grant Railroads IN the States of Minnesota and
Iowa. and for other Purposes
Be it enacted BY the Senate and House of Representatives
Y the United States Of America in Congress assembled