The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-16
OEEICIAL.

II; r,ot ths nroyisious of this first section OF San
act for the government Of persons IN certain nsnsries
ssphapuSonS eisht hundred and thirteen, shall extend and |
anniy 10 the master or skipper and seemen OF vesseisot |
. u ~ law for carving on the mackerel fisheries, }
hs,,ndfrom a port in the United States to be employed q !
such fisheries, IN the su same e. way S,,, as u such sha ast tse syr nsa
ngnt named in said section shall be duly made, inaofseu
and conntersigned. /
Approved, March 8, 1865. |
AN ACT to incorporate the Colored Union Benevolent
srrf r Association. |
BE il enacted By the Senate aud House Of Representative
of the Uated States of America IN Congress assembled
That Gurden snowaen, Charles Brown, James Wright,
Sandy Alexander, Henry Logan, Charles wilson, heni |
Brooks, John Shorter, Joseph Shorter, and then assoes
ates and successors, be, and they are hereby, constituseo
and declared to be q body polite and corporate, by the
name and title of the Colored Union Benevolent Assocta-
ton, located in the city OF WASHINGTON, AND ny ,s sosp",
rate name said association shall have perpetual succession
with power to sue and be sued, to implead ana De I'M
pleaded, in any court Of the United States oroi te
District of Columbia, of competent Jurisdiction: orc
ceiye subscriptions, gifts and benefits, and to make snch
rul es and b. -laws as shall be deemed necessary anueA
pedient for the government OF the assosia.oa, NAL u ~
be prescribed therein PTorided, dliodys, That suen rules
and bylaws SHALL be in nowise inconsistent VIII tne
and laws of the United states, or WIN the
| objects of the association. The objects OF the assooia,
ton are hereby declared to BIO to provide LOT n ca,e anu
comfort of such members as shall De SICK, uSeDeu,m
dependent, and of the families of such members, ID cases
where the proper officers OF the association snan ueemn
ex Incident, and also to provide for the decent interment
of such persons as may die in membership OF ths asSoci'
alton or belonging to the families of such members,
SEC, 2. And be it further enacted, That said association
shall have power to hold real estate,or personal ana miAeu
estate, by purchase, gift, or devise, for the purposes
of such association and no other, and to lease, sell, Q,
convey such real estate, or mixed estate, OF persohui
property, as may be devised or donated to such associa-
ton, and the leasing or sale of which will promote the
interests of said association.
Sic. 8. And be IL further enacted, That Congress shall
have the right at any time, to modify, amend or repeal
\ this act.
Approved, March3, 1866.
AN Acr to amend an Act entitled aAn Act to mcorpo-
rate the Metropolitan Railroad Company in the District
of Columbia"
Belt enacted by The Saate and House Of Representatives
of he United States of america in Congress assembled,
That an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Metro
politan Railroad Company in the District Of Colnlnbia,"
approved July first, eighteen hundred and %sixty-four, be,
| and the Same hereby is, amended as hereinafter set forth,
namely, that the first section be, and hereby Is, amended
by striking out all after the words "along II street north
to Seventeenth street west, intersecting the double-traek
| road" and inserting also a double or single track rail-
way, commencing at the intersection of d street north
and Four-and-a-half street west, along Four-and-a-hal
street west to the gate of the arsenal; also q double or
single track branch railway, commencing at the inter-
section Of Ninth street west and the Washington canal,
along Ninth street west to NJ street north, along NJ street
north to Twelfth street west, and along Twelfth street
west to the Washington canal and Maryland avenue TO
the Potomac River; also a double or single track branch
failwHy commencing at the intersection of Massachusetts,
avenue and IL street north, along Massachusetts avenue
to X street north, along X street north to the circle, with
Tue privilege Oh extending esaluD rdnCn rOau u " any tilo
along X street north to Rock creek, across the bridge
over Book creek to Water street, Georgetown, along Wa
ter street In Georgetown to Green street, along Green
street TO Gay street, and along Gay street and First street
to Fayttte street, Georgetown, with the privilege of ex-
| tending at any time the road now in operation from Sew
| entesatli street west to the Capitol, from the present ter
minus Of said road on A street north, along A street north
to FRS t street east, along First street east to East Capitol
street. along East Capitol street to Ninth street east,
along Ninth street east to l. street south, with the right
to run public carriages thereon, drawn by horse power,
receiving therefor a rate OF fare not exceeding eight cents
per pa 'senger, for any distance between the ternini Of
either Of the said main railways or between the terminl
of said branch railways, or between either terminus Of
SAID main railway and the terminus OF either OF sale
nance of the said road shall be subject to the municipal
| regulations OF the city of Washington within its coipo-
SEC. 2. And be il further enacted, That section eight
, be, and hereby il, amended by striking out the words
lone million dollars - P,0rided, That the directors Of
said Metropolitan Railroad Company shall have power to
require the subscribers to the capital stock to pay the
such manner, and in such instruments "a they may deem
proper; and ii any stockholders shall refuse or neglect
to pay any instalments, as required by resolution OF the
board Of directors, after reasonable notice OF the same,
the said board Of directors may sell at public auction, to
the highest bidder, 80 many shares OF said STOCK ~ SHAH
| pay said instruments, (and the highest bidder shall be
taken to be the person who offers to purchase the least
general regulations as may be adopted in the bylaws Of
said corporation, or may sue for and collect tile same In
any court of competent jurisdiction
SEC. 3. .AHd be 10 further enacted, That section seven
teen be, and hereby is, SO amended as to allow tho said
corporation three years from the date Of the approval Of
this act in which to complies the railways herein des
seribed and those described in the act to which this 10 al
amendment. - asi- att- tu-4 j H.
SEC. 4. And be il further ssacted, That the twenty
second be, and hereby is, amended by striking out the
words sat the rate OF twenty-five for one dollar" and ia.
sorting the words :" at the rate Of sixteen for the dollar"
prohibiting any exclusion from any car on account of
color, already applicable to the Metropolitan Railroad, is
hereby extended to every other railroad in the District OF
Columbia. rIJ II ~ EzatnYg r. t5i f..
Approved, March 8, 1856.
AN ACT to incorporate the Continental Hotel Company
| al of the City Of Washington.
Be 1t a,octed BY the Senate and House of Representatives.
Of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That Lewis Delmenico, of New York City, B. B. French,
Horny D. Cooke, John W. Forney, of Washington City,
stephen Flanagan; William 0verfeld, Jr, J. Warren
Brown, of Maine, Thor nton Smith, George D. Kellogg,
and George Plowman, of Philadelphia. and their associ-
ates, and all persons who now orhereatterm may. be holders
of the stock hereinafter mentioned, shall be, and they
arc hereby, declared to be constituted . body polite OF
corporate by the style Of the Continental Hotel Company,
to have perpetual succession, to be capable in law of
suing and being sued, to have a common seal, and to have,
hold, receive. enjoy, and take, either by absolute con-
a conveyance upon groilnd rent with power to execute
the necessary covenant for securing the payment Thereof,
such real estate as may be necessary or proper for the
such supplementary buildings as may 10 adapted to and
form part. of the general plan and design thereof, with
ton and use of any parties who may be DESTROYS Of rent
ing and occupying the same, and the real estate, or any
part thereof, when in the opinion Of said corporation 1t
may be proper to do so, to sell and to convey to any per-
son or persons who may be DESTROYS of purchasing the
same furniture and equipment thereof.
Sec. 2. tAad be 1t further enacted,l That the capital
stock Of said corporation shall not exceed two million
dollMs, divided into twenty thousand shares of one hun
died dollars each, and that 1t shall be held - personal
| property, and may be transferred under such regulatieas
as the corporators shall Judge convenient. a.itt
Sec. 8. And beat further enacted, That q general meet
ing of the corpogators shall be annually held ON the.
second Monday Of January, for the election Of Eve mana
gers, and the transaction Of other business; hut II such
meeting or erection shall not then take place, the corpo-
ration shall not for that cause be dissolved, but such meet
be, oee weeks public notice thereof being first given In
at least two daily newspapers in the city of Washington
Sec. 4, And be it further enacted, That the election Of
managers shall be by ballot from among the corporators,
and that in the enactment Of bylaws for the govern
mcdt Of the corporation and its officers, and in the de-
cision Of all questions, whether Of election of officers or
Acknowledgement of corporatoss, either because of their
delinquency in paying for the amount Of stock by them
| purchased of the corporation, or for other causes, and on
all questions ut the meetings of the corporation, the cor
porators present, either in person or by proxy, shall sew
orally vote once for each share of stock held by them.
sEe.5. And be IL further enacted, That the managers
shall continue in office until their successors are elected.
they shall elect a president from among themselves,
supply vacancies in their number, whether occasioned BY
ueatl. Resignation, or refusal to act, aud shall have the
general and entire control Of the affairs and interests Of
se company, except so far as may be otherwise provided
AZ these meetings.
shc'o And 10 be further enacted, That until other
seissnai be duly elected, the persons named In the
fha sa; Oh This act shall be held to he managers OF
az svch corporation, and shall have power and authority
ssc !; And be il further enacted. That Congress may
approved, March 3, 1855, ' sS'~