The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-12
OEFICIAI.

be to do 10 sell anu W cohNey " any per
or persons who may be desrous Of purchasing the
same furniture and equipment thereof
SEC q And be it fsYtaer sndceaJ Ihat the capital
stock Of said corporation shall NOT exceed two non
dollars divided into twenty thousand shares OF one hun
dred dollars each and that it shall be held as personal
property and may be transferred under such regulations
as the corporators shall judge convenient
SEC g. And be it further enacted That general meet
ing of the corporators shall be annually held ON the
second Monday of January for the election OF five mana
gers and the transaction OF othef business Dnt sueh
meeting or election shall not then take place. the corpo
ration shall not for that be dissolved, but sch meet
ing or election shall take place soon there's as may
be- one weeks public notice thereof being hlst given IN
at least two daily newspapers In the city OF Washington
SEC A. And be it further enacted, That the election OF
managers shall be by ballot from among the eorporators
and that in the enactment OF py ot me govern
edt of the corporation and Its officers and IN the de-
eisjon of all questions whether of election OF oeers or
Acknowledgement of eopoTators, either because OF he
delinquency in paying for the amount OF stock Ny them
purchased of the corporation for other causes and on
all questions at the meetings OF the corporation the cor
porators present, either in person or BY proxy na sew
orally vote for each share Of stock hed by teh
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 thelseiVss,
supply vacancies in their number whether
death resignation, refusal to act anu shai nave s
general and entire control of the affairs ana interests OF
the company except far as may be otherwise pfovaeo
by the corporetors Three members shall De quorum
at these meetings. =,
SEC. g. And Il 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 OIL
the said corporation and shall have power and authority
such. mn. 49, 49,,
at any time hereafter alter amend or repeal tins charter,
Approved, March3, 1865,
AN ACT providing for the Confinement OF Juvenile Often
ers against the Laws of the United States in Houses OF
Refuge, .
BE ii enacted by the Saae and Hoseof Representations
Of the United States Of Ameried m Congress dSsent6teo
That juvenile offenders against the laws oil the Gteo
Csz%-, Lo ,,lapt nt al
NAV hereafter be convicted OF crime by any court OF the
United statee, the punishment whereof shall be inn
prsonment shall be confined during the term OF sentence
In some 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 mar
shall of the district where such shall have occued 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
sisience and hire and transportation OF assistants and
the marshal warden, only shall he paid by the secre
tary of the Interior, ont of the judiciary fund;
SEC @ And be farther 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 en-
ployment of all such juvenile offenders and to give the
several of the United States and OF the District OF
Columbia notice of the places so provided for heconfine
ment of said offenders and such offenders shall be sem
fenced to confinement In the house of refuge nearest the
place of conviction designated by the Secretary oil the
Interior.
Approved, March 3, 1865
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled San Act provide for
the better Organization of Indian Affairs in California"
Be IL enacted BY he Senate and House Of Representatives.
ofte United States Of America a, Congress assembled That
the Of sixty thousand dollars or 30 much thereof as
may be necessary be- and the hereby approprt
ated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise APP
proprated, for the purpose OF enabling the Secretary OF
the Interior TO pay the settlers In loopa Valley, CALI
ornia or their Improvements the Indian reservation
therein Porided That before the same or any part OF
the money hereby appropriated shall be paid, the said
shall no
Of Indian affairs, the Indian agent at said reservation
and the surveyorgenelal Of CALIFORNIA; and IT, In tho
opinion Of the Secretary OF the Interior, their appraise
ment shall be reasonable, and shall not In the aggre
gate exceed the sum herein appropriated the said secre
tary 10 hereby authorized to apply the same, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, In payment FOX
the said improvements, taking the proper releases
therefor Aad provided, FURTHER That the moneys
hereby appropriated be reimbursed from the proceeds Of
the sales Of Indian reservations in said State under tho
provisions Of the act provide for the better oganza
ton Of Indian affairs in California; approved April eight
eighteen hundred and sxty-iour,
Approved, March !, lc65
AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury 10
lease or sell ce tain Property OF the United States su
sted at Bath, In the State of Maine.
Be enacted By the Senate and House Of Representatives
81 the United States Of dnercd IN Congress assembled
That the Secretary OF the Treasury Is 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 thereupon he may
sell the at his discretion If it longer In use or
required for the public service and he is hereby author
lied to make execute and deliver all needul eonveya
ces to the purchaser or purchasers thereof
Approved, March g. 1861
AN ACT to increase the pay Of Mlshipmon and otbers
Be 1t enacted By The Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of fHsr4ca in Congress assembled
That midshpmen atter their final academic examination
and until their promotion to the grade of ensign shall be
paid at the rate OF eight hundred dollars per annu while
on sea service.
SEC . Aad be 1t tyssy enacted, That acting masters,
mates shall be styled mates and the Secretary of the
Navy is hereby authorized to increase their paw to sum
not exceeding sixty dollars per month
SEC And be At further enacted That hereafter mates
may be rated under authority Of the Secretary of tho
Navy, from and ordinary seamen who have en-.
listed in the naval service for not less than
such rating of all enlisted man. his appointment as an
officer, shall not discharge him from his enlistment
SEC 4 And be al tartaer enacted That no person ap
pointed or rated officer clerk in the navy shall re.
eeive any bounty while holding appointment,
SEC And be Al further enacted, That all acts or parts
oil acts winch are inconsistent with the provisions OF this
act are hereby repealed,
SEC. 6. Aad be further enacted That acting passed
assistant surgeons and acting surgeons may be appointed
in the same acting assistant surgeons are now
appointed who shall receive the compensation of their
respective grades.
Approved, MarchS, 1865. ---
AN ACT to incorporate the Capitol Hotel CompanIo I'm
Washington City, District of Columbia
ne enacted By the Senate and House Of Representatives
q The United States 9f america in Congress assembled
lhdt Niies " bllie anu A Z, ashburn, OF Boston,
the State of Massachusetts,; George Folsom Charles A.
Stetson, and Frank Moore New York CITY, in the State
OF New York; and T. c. Robbins, of Washington in the
District OF Columbia and their associates and successors
be- and 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 inn
pleaded IN any court OF law or equity, of competent u
fsdcon and be entitled to use and exercise all the pow
er rights and privileges incident to such corporation
ior the purpose OF establishing aud maintaining in said
city OF Washington, building buildings for hotel
win rooms shops and Offices to be used therefor and
herewith and they may purchase and hold real AMI mar
sonal estate required and convenient Therefore and NAV
after construction thereof sell, convey or lease and "a
ceiVe rent therefor, in whole in part as thew NAV
choose and find for the interest of said cornoration
Sec And be IL further enacted That the cantal stoc-
OF sald corporation shall not exceed the sum oi one mil
lion hve hundred thousand dollars and that The stoct
Snail DC a'aea INTO shares of thousand dollars each
ana Snail De deemed personal property transferable In
such manner AZ the said corporation by its by NAV
direct. ~ '""s t"'F
SEC g. And be 4 Jt~tler enacted That the government
anu OF 'he aalrs OF the crporrors shall be in
vested In board OF directors not leas than five In
ber who shall be elected by the Stockholders Of
nual meeting, which shall be held on the frat Mond
May in each year. from among the eorporators and te
associates and successors i'll such manner as Tho bvIa
Of said corporation may direct. y ~
SEC 4. aud be IL further enacted, That the said or,o
ration shall have full power TO make and prescrbo se
laws, rules and regulations as they may deem need
aud proper for the disposition and mauscemnnt ~ Nv
stock property, estate and effects Of tho corpornton @
contrary the charter to the laws of the n;ted s
and the ordinances of the city of Washington and shs
nave power 70 atet OF amend the same, from time ia
time as the interests OF the corporation In their opnon
may require. " 1911 'P"non,
SIC >. And be IL tt,rther enacted That tbiz oo. .
altered amended or repealed at the pleasure Of on'
Approved, March 8, 1885.
an Asa supplemental 70 an Act entitled San Act to
ed FEM ,r aes respecting Copyright" approx.