The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-15
OFFICIAL.

part thereof when IN the opinion OF sso cofPotaoh II
may be proper So sell aud 10 convey 70 any per-
son or who may he desrous OF purchasing Inc
same furniture and equipment thereof -,
SEC q lAad be ii further eaactedl That the captal
stock OF said corporation shall not exceed two million
dollars divided into twenty thousand shares oil one nun
dred dollars each and that shall be held es personal
property and may be transferred under such regulations
as the corporators shall judge convenient
SEC g. And belt further enacted, That general meet
Ing OF the corporator shall be annually helo on the
second Monday of January the election OF i've mana
gers and the transaction of other business but sueh
meeting or election shall not then take place the corpo-
ration shall not for that be dissolved but such meet
ing or election shall take place soon there as may
be- weeks public notice thereof being first given In
at least daily newspapers in the city Of Washington
SEC And be ii further enacted That the election of
managers shall be by ballot from among the corporatos,
and that in the enactment Of bylaws for the govern
medt of the corporation and its officers and in the de-
cson Of all questions whether Of election Of oiesrs or
Acknowledgement of corporato either because OF Their
delinquency in paying for the amount OF stock by them
purchased of the corporation for other causes ana on
all questions at the meetings of the corporation the Cor
porators present either in person or by proxy shall sew
orally vote for each share OF stock held by them
SIo g. And be ii further enacted, That the managers
shall continue In office until their successors are elected
they shall elect president from among theniseyes
supply vacancies In their number whether ocoasioned by
DEATH resignation or refusal to act and shall have the
general and entire control Of the affairs and interests o.
the company except 50 far as may be otherwise poae'
by the corpoTators. Three members sna 20 QUORUM
SEC g. And t 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 aud shall have power and authority
AZ SUCH
at any time hereafter alter amend or repeal this charter
Approved, MarehS 1850.
AN Act providing for the Confinement Of Juvenile Often
drs against the Laws OF the United states IN Houses OF
Refuge,
Be enacted bv The Senate and Houseof Representatives.
Of the United States Of America in Congress ASSEMBLED
That juvenile offenders against the laws of the United
States being undor the age Of sixteen years and VINO
NAV hereafter be convicted Of crime by any court of tho
United Statee, the punishment whereof shall be i'm
prisonment shall be confined during the term OF sentence
In house refuge 10 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 occurfed orH
such conviction be had in the District OF Columbia then
and in such case the transportation and delivery shall BIO
by the warden of tho 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 OF warden only shall be paid by the SeCre
tary of the interior, out of the Judiciary fund:
SEC. and be further enacted That 1t shall be the
duty of tho Secretary OF the Interior TO contract with the
managers 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 30 provided for theeonne
ment of said offenders and such offenders shall be
fenced to confinement In the house Of refuge the
place Of conviction SO designated by The secrey Of the
Interior.
Approved, March 3, 1865.
AN ACT to amendan Act entitled IAN Act to provide for
the better Organization of Indian Affairs in California;
BE ii enacted BY the Senate and House Of Representatives.
the United States of Anc,ica IN Congress assembled That
the of sixty thousand dollars much thereof
may be necessary be, anu the same is hereby approp
ated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise
proprated for the purpose OF enabling the Secretary OF
the interior to pay the settlers in Hoopa Valley Cali
ornia for their improvements on the Indian reservation
therein Provided The, before the came or any part Of
the money hereby appropriated ,h" be paid the SAID
Of Indian affairs, the Indian agent al said reservation
and the suveyorgeneral of California; aud IT, in the
opinion of the Secretary of the Interior their appaise
ment shall be reasonable, and sha not in the aggre
gate exceed tho herein appropriated the said secre
tary lie hereby authorized t. apply the same, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary. In payment Tor
therefor And prortdtd 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 to provide for the better organize.
ton Of Indian affairs In California approved April eight
| eighteen hundred and sl&ty-toug
Approved, March 3, 1865.
AN ACT authorizing the Secretary Of thu Treasury to
lease sell CO tain Property of the United States eu
ated at Bath, in the State OF Maine.
Be eaacted by The Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of america in Congress assembled
That the Secretary of the Treasury hereby authorized
to lease tho wharf property belonging to the United States
81 uatsd at Bath, in the st oil Maine for term Of
years. the lessee making all repairs teeupon; or he may
sell the same at his discretisa If II Ia longer in
required for tho public aervic and he ia hereby author
ICED to make execute, and deliver ali neodful conyeyan
ces to tho purchaser or purchasers thereof
Approved March3, 1865.
AN AeI to increase the pay Of idshpmen and otbers
Be enacted by the Sgae and House Of Representatives.
q TIE TINTED Stass q iaeytca IN Congress assembled,
That midshpmen after their final academic examination
and until their promotion 10 the grade of ensign shall 10
paid at the rate of eight hundred dollars per annuD while
on sea service.
Sec. @ And be IL further enacted That acting masters
mates shall be styled mates and the Secretary of tho
Navy is hereby authorized to increase their pay
not exceeding sixty dollars per month.
SEC ana De II tu1thef enacted, That hereafter
may be rated under authority of the Secretary of tho
Navy from aeamen and ordinary seamen, who have en-,
listed in the naval service for not less than years. and
such rating Of an enlisted man. or his appointment an
officer, shall not discharge him from his enlistment
SEC T. and De 1t further enacted, That person Up.
pointed or rated an officer or clerk in the navy shall
ceive any bounty while holding an appointment
SEC And be Il further enacted That all acts or parts
of acts which inconsistent with the provision. OF this
act are hereby repealed.
SEC 8. And be it further enacted That ting passet
assistant surgeons and acting surgeona may w. poiuted
In the same manner as acting assistant surgeons
appointed, who shall receive the compensation Of their
respective grades.
Approved, March 3, 1865
AN ACT to incorporate the Capitol Hotel Company in
Washington City District Of Columbia"
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House of Repyessntares
Of The raed STATES Of America IN Congress assembled
That Charles 9. Little and A. G. washbun of Boston in
the state OF Massachusetts; George Folsom Charles A
OF New York; and T. c. Robbins of Washington in the
District Of Columbia and their associates and successors
pe, auu ney are hereby, incorporated and made body
corporate, by the name of The Capitol Hotel Company
and by that name may sue and be sued plead and be
pleaded in any court of law equity competent ju.
rsdetion and be entitled to and exercise ali the pow.
ers rights, and privileges incident such corporation
Tor the purpose of establishing aud maintaining In said
city OF Washington, building buildings for hotel
with rooms shops and Offices to be used therefor and
therewith and they may purchase and hold real and per-
sona estate required and convenient therefore and may
after construction thereof SELL convey or lease and re-.
ceve rent therefor in whole in part as they NAV
choose and find for the interest of said corporation
SEQ Andbe further enacted That the CAPITAL stock
SAID corporation shall not exceed the sum OF one mil
non I'VE hundred thousand dollars and that the stock
snail oe divided into shares Of thousand dollars each
ana snail be deemed personal property, transferable In
such manner as the said corporation BY Its by laws NAV
direct. - " y @ AA'
SEC g. 4nd be fartIsr enacted That the government
ana direction Of the affairs of the rporrors shall he In
vested In board OF directors not less than Ave in num-
ber who shall be elected by the stockholders at their
nual meeting, which shall be held on the first Monday Of
May in each year, from among the eorporators and their
associates and SUCCESSORS In such manner as the bva
Of said corporation may direct. "
SEC And be Il t,rthr enacted That the said corpo
ration shall have full power TO make and prescribe irh
by laws, rules aud regulations they may deem needn't
and proper for tho disposition and management of tho
stock property estate and effects of the Corporation nos
contrary to the charter or to the laws Of the United States
and the ordinances OF the city Of Washington and sba
have power to alter or amend the same from ,in y.
may require. e' otilioH
ssc .. Aad be II further enacted, That tbi, art mavba
gress " ~ P''~"'s VI eoa'
Approved, March 8, 1896.
an ACT supplemental to an Act entitled "An Act IA
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