The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-06-28
OFFICIAL.

OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the First Session Of tie Thirty Ninth
Congress-
1PURMC-No rs
AN ACT to amend the charter of the Washington
GaS-hght Company.
Be ii resolved &y the Senate and House of Reprssen
tatiUes ofte United States Of america IN Congress
assembled, That the charter of the Washington Gas
Light Company be, and the same is hereby, amend
ed in the third section by substituting the word
February for January
Sec,2 And be st further enacted That the cap
ital stock of said company be, and the is here
by, increased five hundred thousand dollars subject
to the same liability as is provided in the eleventh
section of the original act of Incorporation approved
July eighth eighteen hundred and forty-eight
Approved, May rs, 1866.
TPUBuc-No 50. -
AN ACT to authorize the appointment of an add
tonal Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
Be If re8oJued by Tie Senate and House of Repre-.
ssntutiues of the United States Of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the President of the United
States be, and he is hereby, authorized and empow-
ate to appoint additional Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy, who shall perform the same duties and re-
ceive the same salary as is by law allowed to the
present Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
Sec. 3 And be IL further enacted That the office
hereby created shall cease by limitation in six
months from the approval OF this act.
Approved, May 26, 1866.
[PUBIc-No COL @
AN ACT 10 repeal section twenty-three Of chapter
seventynine of the acts of The third session of the
thirty-seventh Congress, relating to passports
Resotved 6y the Senate ami House of Representa-
tees Of the United States q AmeracG in Congress,
assembled, That section tw9nty three of an act en-
titled IAN act making appropriations for sundry
civil expenseg of the government for the year ending
June thirty eighteen hundred and sixty-three and
for other purposes, be- and the same is hereby re-
peaed. And hereafter passports shall be issued on
ly to citizens of the United States.
Approved May 30, 1866.
[PUBLIC-No GIL
AN ACT to define more clearly the jurisdiction and
powers of the supreme court of the District of Co
lumbi&, and for othsr purposes,
ResoEced By tie Senate and House Of Representa-
tires Of the United states OF Anaericd in Congress as
seD16Ied, That wrts ofattachment and garnishments
shall be issued by the clerk OF the supreme court OF
the District without any authority Or warrant from
any Judge or justice, whenever the plaintiff his
agent or attorney, shall file in the clerks office
whether ut the commencement or during the pend
enoy of the suit an AFFIDAVIT supported by the ties
timony OF one or more witnesses, showing the
grounds upon which he bases his affidavit and also
setting forth that the plaintiff has just right to re-
cover against the defendant what he claims in the
declaration, and also stating either, first that the
defendant is -resident of the District; or, sec
ond that the defendant evades theervce OF ordinary
process by concealing himself or by withdrawing
from the District temporarily; or, third, that he has
removed oris about TO remove some of his property
from the District so as to defeat just demands
against him; and shall also file his (the plaintiffs
undertaking, with sufficient surety sureties TO be
approved by the clerk, to make good all costs and
damages which the defendant may sustain by reason
yided ho1oep8r, That if the defendant his agent OF
attorney, shall file an affidavit traVersing the said
affidavit the court shall determine whether the facts
set forth in said plaintiffs affidavit are true and thai
there just ground for issuing said writ or war
rant of attachment; and If the court shall deem the
facts do not sustain the affidavit he shall quash The
writ OF attachment and this issue may be tried by
Judge at chambers ON three days notice. And the
thing attached shall not be discharged from the Gus
tody of the officer selling it until the defendant shall
deliver either to the officer or the clerk 10 be filed
in the cause, his undertaking, with sufficient sure
W or sureties, to satisfy and pay the final Judgment
of the court against him and in the defendant
be found liable to the plaintiffs claim in whole or in
part the final Judgment shall be that the plaintiff re-
against the defendant and his surety or sure
ties; and if the defendant fail to execute such un
dertaking, the thing attached whenever it is salts
fed that tits the interest Of the parties that it should
be sold before final Judgment.
Sec 3 And be IL FURTHER enacted That from and
after the passage OF this act the annual salaries
justices OF the of the ehief JUSTICE and associate
lumbia instead supreme court of the District of CO.
shall be as follows For the chief justice, four thou
sand five hundred dollars, aud Tor each OF the asso
ciate justices, four thousand dollars.
Approved, May 16, 1866.
[PUBMC-No g.
AN ACT to incorporate the Womens' Hospital As.
ISOLATION of the District Of Columbia.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House of ReDre
se1atdti0eS of the United states of Ane7icd in, CON
0retS assembled, That Abram d. Gillette Byron
Sunderland Charles II. Hall, George W. SAMPSON.
j. n. Coombs, William b. Matchett Henry d.
Cooke, William W. Corcoran, Charles KNAPP j. II
Thompson, Moses Kelley, Anscl st. John. Mrs
Mary w. Kelly, Elmlra w KNAPP Mary G.. Haven.
ner Mary Ellen Norment Jane Thompson, Maria
L. Hardness, Isabella Margaret Washington Mary
F. Smith Mrs. Elmira W. Powell, and Mrs. Eliza.
beth Sampson and their successors duly chosen.
hereby constituted and created body Corporate
in the District of Columbia, by the name of the Co
lumbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum
Sec. 2 ana be 1T JU1theT enacted, That said cor
poraion hereby constituted shall consist of twenty
four members. They shall have power TO fill all va
cances created by death, resignation, otherwise
and to make bylaws, rules, and regulations Pro
0osd, That such bylaws rules, and regulations are
not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of the
United States.
Sec 3. And be ii further enacted That the affairs
of said corporation shall be under the control and
management of q board oftwelve directors, to con-
sist of the aboye-named ncorporators or such furth
number as the duties OF the corporation may re-
quire, such increase of numbers to be made by n
vote of twothirds of the existing board. The board
of directors shall also have power to appoint all sub
committees necessary to the direction and efficiency
of the institution hereby authorized to be es-
tablished.
Sec. 4. And be itf~rther enacted, That the first
twelve corporators named in the first section hereof
together with those who may be elected directors as
provided in the preceding section, shall constitute
the first board OF directors, who shall from their
number elect president, two vice presidents sec.
retary and treasurer; and of the directors of
whom the president or one of the vicepresidents
shall be one shall form quorum for the Transaction
OF business.
Sec. 5. And be- further enacted, That the object
of the association hereby incorporated is to found in
the city ofWashington hospital and disnensorv for
the treatment of diseases peculiar to women and
lying in asylum. in which those unable to paw there
for shall be furnished with board, lodging, medi-
cine gratuitously and to that end full powers are
hereby conferred on the association.
Sec: 6. And be further enacted, That said cor
poration shall have power to accept, purchase re-
ceive conveyances Of and hold property either per
sona real to amount necessary for the full ac-
commodaton, convenience, and support the insti-
sec a dn@ Be sr eae a ~ Teae ms
ty personal or real held by said corporation shall
be exempt from all taxes and assessments levied I'M
der act OF Congress, by authority ofany munich
pal corporation or board within the District of Co
lumbia.
Sec. s. And be ittartter enacted, That Congress
may at any time hereafter alter, amend, or repeal
this act.
Approved June 1, 1866
[PUBLIc-No 63.1
AN ACT to protect American citizens engaged in
numbering on the st. Croix river, in the State of
Maine.
Be itenacted by the Senate and HOuse of Renresen-
tatves of the United States of America in Congress
sebed That the produce of the forests of the State
of Maine npon the St Croirx river and its trbuta-
ries, owned by American citizens and sawed in the
province of New Brunswick by American citizens
(the same being unmanufactured in whole or in
part and having paid the same taxes as other
American lumber on that river, shall be admitted
into the ports of the United States free of duty
der such regulations the secretary of the treasury
shall from to time prescribe
Sec. 2. and be ii further enacted, That this act
shall take effect from and after its passage.
Approved June 1, 1866.
PUBIIC-No. Ca
AN ACT supplementary to the several acts reatin q
to pensions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives OF the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled That section five of an act entitled
IAN supplementary to act entitled An act to grant
pensions, approved July fourteenth, eighteen humid
red and sixtytwo," approved July fourth. eighteen
hundred and sixtyfour, and section three of an act
entitled An act supplementary to the several acts
relating to pensions, approved March third eighteen
'nndred and sixty-ive be, and the same are Hereby
oealed, and the following shall stand in lieu there
ol That from and after the passage of this act all
Persons by law entitled aess pension than herein
after specified who, while in the military or naval
service and in line of duty shall have lost the sight
of both eyes, who shall have lost both hands or
been permanently and totally disabled in the same or