Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-18
WASHINGTON. D. C.. WEDNESDAY. NAY IS, 1870 Tv
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF TIE UNITED STATES,
Passed ut Second Session Of Forty-hrst Congress

LAWS OF TIE UNITED STATES, e.
Passed at Second Session Of Forty -drst Congress
AN A0r to INCORPORATE the Washington and
Boston Steamship Company.
3. i enacted y q. :st.ate a.d bsas. Of Rprs-
eras asssmb,ed, That James 3. Grmnen, Wen Ven
dell I. Davis, Horatlo Browning, Alpheus Mid
deto1, W. Albert King, Andrew Potts, A. Cad
William L. Wall, G. M. Wright, William H.
Morrison, George P. Gof, George W. Potter,
W H. +: szimsseI%an, and Henry Mayo, and J,
Boteler, Samuel Gross, George Waters, George
Rogers, and their associates and successors or a
ms1ority of them, are hereby created and con-
name and style Of the washington and Boston
Steamship Company.
SnC. 2. And be It fxrther enacted, Thst the
than ffty thousand nor more than live hundred
thoueand dollars, to be divided into shares OF
one hundred dollars each.
company is authorized and empo Wered to es-
tabhsh and run . line or lines OF vessels, pro-
PEELED by steam or other power, between the
Nsrfolk, and other ports in the State of Viz,
giaia, on the Potomac river, Chesapeake bay,
on the tributaries Of the same, and Boston, in the
SEC 4. And be IL further enacted, That said
csmpany Is authorized to purchase, hold, and
grant such real estate. not exceeding in amount
enc hundred thousand dollars, as may be ne
cessaxy to carry into effect the purposes of this
act, and to build all necessary docks, wharves,
and buildings thereon for their own use; may
scription, subject to the rules and regulations
and laws of the United States; may sue and be
sued; may have a common seal, and generally
usually possessed by similar Corporations.
SEc. D.. And be 1t further ena<ted, That the
anairs Of said company shall be managed by
meeting shall elect, and such AGENT as nav he
sons named In the first section Of this act, or a
majority OF. them, may call q meeting of the
stockholders for the purpose of Organizing said
company, at such time and place ss they NAV
determine upon, after advertising the time and
place OF such meeting for ten days, in one or
more newspapers published in the city of W. ash
lngton: The ofiicers Of said company once
eiected shali hold their ofaaces until their sue
cessors sxG are 5 c91sen.
board OF directors may make all necessary rules
and bylaws for the transfer of the stock and
company and each stoeRboSsg os m ss on SAID
pany snail De liable for all claims against the
same TO an amount equal 10 the stock which said
stoSknoioer snail have in said company.
sbsn re- ens"rd Hn@ oe I enacted That this act
SKc. 8. and DC Il further enacted, That Con-
q eress may az any time hereafter alter, amend,
vi fePeai tns act. lApproved, May 4, 1870.
lfgBLlc-No. 5O1
AZ Al 70 pIovlde for the survey of the Fort
ssot militafy reservation In the State Of
mnicnigan. NJ
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asosea, anat mere be and is hereby,
npt ntibn.;sa iaom any moneys In the treasury
thousand HoII.rP ~ ens sum Oh three
sub division of tbe Fort eto tne survey and
WALTON in r,,rsnence oy t a.,S ilaIy reser-
he returneT to fhe trassr, anu S .at A. saiu money
of the sale ~ any ,art 81 ,a Io .ie Proceeds
tion Va any Pa S a, oaau i1ii,.ary y Ieserva-
tAPPiofeu' may - is'o.
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soner of the Generei anT bssna q; o ,'tS, NUnnis,
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That tbe same iSan hn u; ocaIions an froctded,
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Delhi, New York, to change its location.