The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-02
OFFICIAL.

he 10 sell ana 10 convey 10 any per-
son or persons who may be DESTROYS OF purchasing the
same furniture and equipment thereoi.
SEC. q And be it further s'act.dJ That the capital
olars divided into twenty thousand shares of one hum
bred dollars each and that shall be held as personal
nropery and may be transferred under such regulations
az the corporators shall judge convenient
SEC g. And be further enacted, That general meet
ing of the corpotors snail oe annually 9ta On ,e
gers and the transaction of other business but If such
meeting election shall not then take place. the corpo-
raon aha not for be dissolved but such meet
inc or election shall take place thereafter as may
he one weeks public notice thereof being first given in
Of least two daily newspapers in the city of Washington
SEC l. And be il further enacted That the election Of
shall be by ballot from among the coporators,
and that in the enactment OIL bylaws lor she govern
met of the corporation and its officers and in the de-
cision of all questions whether OF election OF officers OF
Acknowledgement corporaors, either because OF their
delinquency in paying for the amount Oh stock by them
prchased of the corporation for other causes ana on
ali questions at the meetings of the corporation the cor
porators present either in person OF " ad Y s1 m
Sec. s. And be further enacted, Ihat the managers
shall continue in Office until their successors are eeced
thev shall elect president from among themselves,
supply vacancies in their number whether py
DEATH resignation refusal to act and shall have the
general and entire control Of the affairs ana interests OF
the company except far may be otherwise provided
by the corporatoH Three members shail DO Quorum
SEC. 9. 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 of
the said corporation, and shall have power and authority
as such.
SEC. 7. And be IL further enacted, That Congress may
any time hereafter alter amend or repeal this charter
| Approved, March 3, 1865.
AN ACT providing for the Confinement of juvenile Often
ders against the Laws Of tho United States In Houses OF
Refuge
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
ofte 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 court Of tho
United Statoe tho punishment whereof shall be I'M
psonment 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 mar
shall of the district where such shall have occured or il
such conviction be had in the District of Columbia then,
and in such the transportation and delivery shall be
by tho warden of the Jail of said district and the reason
able actual expense of the transportation necessary sub
sistence, and hire and transportation of assistants and
the marshal warden only shall be paid by the sccre-
tary of the INTERIOR out of the judiciary fund.
SEC. q And be further enacted, That it shall be tho
duty of the Secretary of the Interior tecontract with the
managers or persons having control of such houses of
refuge for tho Imprisonment subsistence and proper
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 provided for the conine
ment of said offenders and such offenders shall be SEN
fenced to confinement in the house of refuge nearest the
place of conviction SO designated by the Secretary OF the
, | Interior.
Approved March 8, 1860
AN Acr amend Act entitled AN Act to provide for
the better Organization of Indian Affairs in California"
BE enacted By the Senate and House Of Representatives.
o(Ue United States of America an Congress assembled That
the sum of sixty thousand dollars much thereof
may be necessary be- and the same is hereby appropr
ated ont of any money in the treasury otherwise APP
moprated for the purpose of enabling the Secretary Of
the interior to pay the settlers in IIoopa Valley Cali
orna for their improvements on the Indian reservation
therein Irorided, That before tho any part of
the money hereby appropriated shall be paid the said
improvements shall be appraised by the superintendent
and the surveyorgeneal of California; aud it, in the
opinion of the Secretary of the INTERIOR their apprse
ment shall he reasonable and shall not in the aggre
gate exceed the herein appropriated the said Sccre
tary is hereby authorized t. apply the same or so
much i thereof as may be Necessary in payment for
d therefor And pr0rided, 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 oproyde for the better organz
ton of Indian affairs in California, approved April eight
| eighteen hundred and sixty-iour.
Approved, March 3, 1868,
AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury 10
lease or sell certain Property of the United States stu
y ated at Bath In the State of Maine.
BE enacted by The Senate and House Of Representatives
q ne United States Of Americd 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 thereupon; may
sell the at his discretion if it longer use or
required for the public service and he is hereby antor-
:. ces to the purchaser or purchasers thereof.
: Approved, March B. 1865.
AN Act to increase tho pay of Mlshipmen and others
BE enacted lie Satc md House of Representatives.
Of the Uaied States Of America Congress assembled
That mldshipmon, after their final academic examination
and until their promotion to the grade of ensign shall 10
paid at the rate of eight hundred dollars per annum while
| on service.
Sec. 2. Aad bel further enacted That acting masters
mates shall be styled maes and the Secretary tho
Navy hereby authorized to increase their pay to
not exceeding sixty dollars per month
SEC. g. And be further enacted That hereafter mates
may be rated under authority Of the Secretary of tho
. Navy from sealnen and ordinary seamen who hayr en-
listed in the naval service for not less than years
such rating of an enlisted man. or his appointment
officer shall not discharge him from his enlistment
Il Ind no ~ y,rYLr. yoI That,
pointed or rated an officer clerk in the navy shall re-
| ceiye any bounty while holding an appointment
sEc g. And be ii further enacted That all or parts
OF acts which arc inconsistent with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed
SEC. 0. And be further enacted, That acting passed
assistant surgeons and acting surgeons may be appointed
in the same manner acting assistant surgeons
appointed who shall receive the compensation of their
Approved March 8, 1865.
AN Act to incorporate the Capitol Hotel Company in
Washington City, District of Columbia"
Bel enacted byute Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of america in Congress assembled
That Charles G. Little and A. Q. 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 r. G. 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 namc of "Te Capitol Hotel Company"
and by that name may and be sued plead and be inn
pleaded in any court of law equity of competent u
rsdicon and be entitled to and exercises the pow
for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said
J city of Washington, building buildings for hotel,
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 nav
after construction thereof SELL convey lease and re-
ccive rent therefor in whole in part as they NAV
choose and find for the interest of said corporation
SEC 1nd bet further enacted That the capital stock
OF said corporation shall not exceed sum of ono mil
lion five 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 manner the said corporation by its bylaws NAV
| direct. -
SEC 0. And belt further enacted That the government
and direction of the affairs of the shall be in
vested in board Of directors not less than five in mum.
Der, who shall be elected by the stockholders at their an
nal meeting which shall be held the first Monday Of
associates and successors In such the bylaws
Of said corporation may direct
SEC. T. And be Further enacted, That the said corpo-
ration shall have full power to make and prescribe such
bylaws rules, and regulations they may deem needfI
and proper for the disposition and of tho
stock property estate and effects of the corporation not
contrary to the charter to the laws the United States
and the ordinances of the city Of Washington and shall
have power TO alter or amend the same from tino TO
tme as the interests of the corporation their opinion
may require
SEC. s. And be IL further epacted That this act may be
altered; amended repealed at the pleasure of Con-
gress.
Approved, March 8, 1865.
AN Acr supplemental to an Act entitled "AR Act to
amend the several Acts respecting Copyright approx