Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-14
OFFICIAL.
LAWS Of TIE UNITED STATES,
Passed at Second Session Of Forty first Congres
OFFICIAL.
fPUBLIC-No. ISL

o. ID. Howard, Sayies y. Bowop, ID. w. ADder-
son, Lewis Clephane, George n. Balloch, La
fayette g. Loomis Joseph II. johnson, s. p.
Brown, and Charles s. English, their associates
and successors. are hcreby made, declared, and
law and in fact, under the name and styie Of
the Washington General Hospital and Asylum
OF the District of Columbia; and by that name
Law to prosecute and iefcnd suits before all pro
per courts and tribunals; to have common
seal, the same to byeak, alter, and renew at
prove, possess, and ENJOY. and the same to sell,
grant, demise, and dispose Of, personal and real
property, as they may deem for the best interest
and welfare of the hospital; to have full power
and right to make and orlain all bylaws for the
government of said corporation and hospital
net inconsistent with the laws OF the United
the right Of o. opesos IAN and d Keeping ing hospital and nd
asylum i'm the District of Columbia for the care
OF sick, wounded, and invalid persons and chill
corporation shall not exceed thirty thousand
dollars, and that all the real and personal pro-
perty Of said hospital and asylum shall be held
before named: Had prorided further, That this
act may be altered, amended, or repealed at the
pleasure OF Congress.
Approved, March 2S, 1870.
fPUBtrc-No 2sl
An ACT amendafOry of the charter OF the Mutual
Fire Insurance Company OF the District OF
Be IL enacted By the Senate and Rouse of Repre-
ssntdtires Of the Cnited States Of america in Con-
gress a,'sMeted. That the act to incorporate the
Of Columbia, approved January ten, eighteen
hundred and ffty-five, be 50 amended As to
authorize the interest on the premium notes
held by said company to accumulate to the
extent OF one hundred thousand dollars; and
also to authorize said company to acquire and
hold real estate. not exceeding fifty thousand
dollars, cash value, at any one time.
Approved, March 20, 1870.
charter Of the Potomac Insurance Company,
OF Georgetown, District Of Columbia.
Be u enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtires of the United States of America in Con-
sress assembled, That the act entitled sAn act to
incorporate Fire Insurance Company, in
Georgetown, in the District of Columbia" ap
thirty-o and the act entitled s.An act to
amend the charter OF the Potomac Insurance
Company, OF Georgetown" approved the third
of March, eighteen hundred and thirty seven:
and the act entitled "An act to renew and con-
tInue in force the charter of the Potomac Insur-
ance Company, Of Georgetown" approved the
and ffty-One, be, and the same are hereby, re-
enacted and extended from the date Of the ex-
prztion OF the last mentioned act, until the re-
peal of this act.
SEC. 2. And be It further enacted, That so
much Of section eight OF the original charter as
restricts the company to having its ofice in
Georgetown, District of Columbia, is hereby
amended 20 as to permit the company to re-
move its place OF business to Washington, Dis
trict OF Columbia. IL it 50 elects.
Approved, March %, 1870.
fPUBLIc-No. 3I.l
AN Acr to admit the State OF Texas to repre-
sentation in the Congress of the United
Whereas the people of Texas have framed
and adopted a constitution OF State government
which Is republican; and whereas the legislature
OF Texas elected under said constitution has
ratified the fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments to the Constitution of the United States:
and whereas the performance Of these several
acts in good faith is a condition precedent to the
representation OF the State in Congress: There
fore.
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
seafdtires Of the United States of America in Con-
gress dssesbled, That the said State Of Texas Is
entitled to representation in the Congress of the
United States Prorided, That before any mem
Der Of the legislature OF said State shall take
or resume his seat, or any officer OF said State
shall enter upon the duties OF his Office, he shall
secretary OF state Of Texas, for permanent pre-
servation, an oath or affirmation in the form
following; do solemnly swear (or
member Of Congress, or as an officer of the
United States, or As a member Of any State
legislature, or as an executive or judicial Off
the United States, and afterward engaged In
insurrection or rebellion against the same, or
given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof, 50
help Iae God;" or under the pains and penalties
OF perjury, las the case may be;) or such per-
son shall, in like manner, take, subscribe, and
Tile the following oath or affirmation: al, =
:, % solemply swear Cor affirm that have,
by act Of Congress of the United States, been
relieved from the disabilities imposed upon me
by the fourteenth amendment of the COnstitution
of the United States, 20 help me God;'
or under the pains and penalties OF perjury, (as
the case may be;) which oaths or afirmatiOns
shall be taken before, and certified by, any
officer lawfully authorized to administer oaths
And any person who shall knowingly swear or
afirm falsely in taking either of such oaths or
afirmations, shall be deemed guilty Of perjury
and shall be punished therefor by imprison-
ten years, and shall be lined not less than one
thousand dollars, and net more than ten thou
sand dollars. And in all trials for any viola
either Of said oaths or afirmations, with proof
Of the signature Of the party accused shall be
taken and held as conclusive evidence that such
administered by competent authority: And pro-
rided further, That every such person who shall
neglect for the period Of thirty days next after
the passage of this act % take, subscribe, and
be deemed and taken to all intents and purposes
to have vacated his office And proridsd further,
That the State of Texas Is admitted to repre-
sentation In Congress as one Of the States OF the
Union. upon the following fundamental condi-
tions First. That the constitution Of Texas shall
never be 50 anne nded or changed as to deprive
any citizen or class of citizens OF the United
States Of the right to vote who are entitled to
vote by the constitution herein recognized ex-
cept as punishment for such crimes as are now
felonies at common law, whereof they shall have
been duly convicted under laws equally appli-
cable TO all the inhabitants Of said State: Pro
rided. That any alteration Of said constitution
prospective in its effects, may be made in regard
to the time and place Of residence Of voters.
Second. That IL shall never be lawful for the
said State to deprive any citizen Of the United
States on account OF his race, color, or previous
condition Of seryitade, Of the right to hold ofioe
upon any such ground to require OF him ANY
other qualifications for ONCE than such as are
required of all other citizens. THIRD That the
constitution Of Texas shall never be - amended
or changed n to deprive any citizen or class OF
citizens Of the United States OF the school rights
and prfvilsges secured by the constitution OF
said state. fApproved, March 50, 1870.
DEPARTMENT or STATE.
WASHINGTON, April o, fs7OS
Information has been received at this Depart-
meDt from Mr.. Mahlon Chance, the Consul of
the United States ut Nassau, New Providence.
Of the death, OF consumption, on the 30th day OF
March last, at the Royal Victoria Hotel, Mas
sau, of Mrs. Emily Norwood Upton,w ,wife Of Ma
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