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" LIBERTY IVTJ XJIVIOPf, NOW AND FOREVER, OIVE I3VSKPLlSBI.XiL"Daiiiel Webster.
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JTAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
P.i.-!ted -it the Second Session of the Tliirty-seventh
Congress, which was begun and field at the City of
Washington, in the District of Columbia, on
JUoiiday, the second day of December, A.. 2. 1801,
and utded on Thursday, the 17th dag of July,
A. J. 1803.
PUBLIC ACTS.
Abraham Lincoln, President, Hannibal Ham
lin, Vice President, and President of the Sen
ate. Solomon Foote was eieeted President
of the Senate, pro tempore, on the eightenth,
day of July, and continued so to act until the
close of the session. Galusha A. Grow,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Chap. LXXVIL
An Act to provide for the Public Instruction of
Youth in Primary Schools throughout the
County of Washington, in the District of Colum
bia, without the Limits of the Cities of Wash
ington and Georgetown.
concluded.
Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That the
said trusties or the said jury, as the ease may be,
immediately alter they shall have completed their
valuation and assessment or inquisition, as afore
said, and done all things required of them, or
either of them, as the case may be, under t ie
provisions of this act, shall make out a tair state
ment of their proceedings, setting forth in the
same a full and distinct description of the land or
real estate and improvements, ii any thereon, as
valued by them or eitherof them, as the case may
be, and all matters and things connected with the
said valuation and assessment, and the perform
ance of the duties required of them by this act,
and to the said copy, fairly to be written out as
aforesaid, the)' shall subscribe their names and
thereunto affix their seals, and they shall deposit
the same in the office of the clerk ot the circuit
court of the District of Columbia, and it shall be
the duty of the said clerk to preserve a record of
the said proceedings without fee or reward ; and
a copy of such record, certified by the 6aid clerk
under the seal of the said court, shall be evidence
of all matters therein stated, iu the same manner
as certified copies of other records are evidence.
Sec. 28. And be it further enacted. That in the
event of an appeal aud the inquisition of a jury,
as provided by this act, the amount of damages
for the land or real estate and improvements so
valued and assessed as aforesaid, being paid or
offered to be paid as aforesaid, the said trustees,
in their corporate character as aforesaid, shall
theuceforward forever thereafter be considered
the lawful owners ot the said land aud improve
ments as aforesaid, and all light, title, interest,
and estate therein, at law or in equity, shall be
vested in the said trustees for the purpose afore
said: Provided, That it shall not be lawful to lo
cate the said site iu I he orchard or garden, nor
within three hundred yards of any dwelling of
any person or persons whatever, without the as
sent of the proprietor of such orchard, garden, or
dwelling, as the case ma)' be.
Sec. ihh Aud be it further enacted, That if any
treasurer or collector, having any school funds in
his hands, or neglecting or musing to obtain
such funds as by law authorized and directed,
shall refuse to pay for two weeks any order of the
said commissioners or trustees, or a majority of
either, drawn in conformity to the requisitions of
this act, such treasureror collectorshall be li.ible,
on proof thereof before any court o: justice or
justice of the peace having cognizance, and with
out stay ot execution, to pay the full amount of
said order and interest thereon, at the rate of
twenty per centum per annum, from the first re
fusal until the day of payment, by way of damages.
Sec. 30. Aud be it further enacted, That if any
collector, appointed or acting under the provi
sions of this act, shall in any case collect more
than is due, the person aggrieved shall have his
remedy against such collector by suit or warrant,
aud if he recover he shall have judgment for
double the amount improperly and unjustly ex
torted from him, and costs.
Sec. til. And be it further enacted, That the
Levy Court of Washington county shall exercise
a general supervision over the proceedings of said
commissioners, may examine their books and
papers, and shall prosecute for any deliuqueuc es
or violations of their duty; and the said commis
sioners shall exercise the same power over the
proceedings, books, and papers of the trustees in
the several school districts, and shall prosecute
for all violations of this act by them committed.
Sec. 32. And be it further enacted, That the
trustees of the several school districts shall have
the power of exercising discipline in their respec
tive schools by the expulsion of the refractory
pupil, orsuch other punishment as may be neces
sary to correct the evil, and carry out the great
ends of education, moral and intellectual; and
they may permit any of the said school houses to
be used tor public worship.
Sec. 33. And be it further enacted, That any
white resident of said county shall be privileged
to place his or her child or ward at any one of "the
in said county she or he may think proper to
select.
Sec 34. And be it further enacted, That it shall
not be lawful for a member of the levy court of
said county to be a commissioner of primary
sehools, or trustee of any of the school districts,
nor for any person to be at the same time com
missioner and trustee as aforesaid.
Sec. 3d. And be it lurthcr enacted, That the
said Levy Court may, iu its discretion, and it it
shall be deemed by said court best for the interest
and welfare of the colored people residing in said
county, levy an annual tax of one eighth of one
per cent, on all the taxable property in said coun
ty outside the limits of the cities of Washington
and Georgetown, owned by persons of color, lor
the purpose of initiating a syintem of education
of colored children in said county, which tax
shall be collected in the same manner as the tax
named in section thirteen of this act. And it
shall be .he duty ol the trustees elected under
section nine to provide suitable and convenient
rooms for holding scuools for colored children,
to employ teachers therefor, and to appropriate
the proceeds of said tax to the payment of teach
ers' wages, rent of school rooms, fuel, and other
necessary expenses pertaining to said schools, to
exercise a general supervision over them, to es
tablish proper discipline, and to endeavor to pro
mote a full, equal, and uselul instruction of the
coloied children in said county. It shall be law
ful for such trustees to impose a tax of not more
than fifty cents per month on the parent or guar
dian of each child attending such schools, to be
applied to the payment of the expenses of the
school 01 which such child shall be an attendant;
and in the exercise of this power the trustees
may, from time to time, discontinue the uavment
altogether, or may graduate the tax according to
the ability of the child and the wants ot the school.
And said trustees are authorized to receive any
donations or contributions that may c made for
the benefit of said schools by persons disposed to
aid in the elevation of the colored population in
the District of Columbia, aud to apply the same
in such manner as in their opinion shall be best
calculated to effect the object of the donors, said
trustees being required to account for all funds
received by them, and to report to the commis
sioners, in accordance with the provisions ot sec
tion twenty-two ol this act.
SEC. 3b. And be it further enacted, that this act
be, and the same is hereby, declared public and
remedial, and shall be construed by all courts of
justice according to the equity thereof; and no
proceedings ot l lie luuanitants or ot the trustees
of any school district, or of the commissioners
of primary schools, or of any othcrollicer created
under the provisions ot this act, shall be set aside
or adjudged to be void for defect of form, or for
any irregularity therein, so as the requisitions of
the said act are substantially complied with.
Approved, May 'M, l&oa.
Chap. LXXVIII.
An Act prescribing the Qualification of Electors
in the Cities of Washington aud Georgetown,
in the District ot Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States ot America in
Congress assembled, That in all muncipal elections
in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, in
the District of Columbia, during the existence of
the present rebellion, every person who shall
offer to vote at any such election, and who shall
be challenged by any legal voter on the ground of
disloyalty to the Government of the United States,
shall, before his vote shall be received, in addition
to the requirements now established by lav.', take
and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation,
namely: " I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the
case may be) that I will support, protect, and de
fend the Constitution and Government ot the
United States against all enemies, whether domes
tic or foreign ; that I will bear true faith, alleci-
anee, and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, re
solution, or law of uny State Convention, Legis
lature, or order or organization, secret or other-
wise, to the contrary notwithstanding, and that 1
do this with a full determination, pledge, and
purpose, without any mental reservation or eva
sion whatsoever; and! further, that I have always
been loyal and true to the Government of the
United States. So help me God." The said oath
or affirmation may be taken before any jnstice of
the peace, notary public, or other person legally
authorized to administer oaths in the District of
Columbia ; aud the production of the certificate,
in writing, ot any such justice ol the peace, no
tary public, or oilier person so authorized to ad
minister oaths, with a cepy of such oath or affirm
atiou, that said oath has been taken and subscrib
ed to by the person producing such certificate,
shall be deemed by the commissioners of election
sufficient evidence of the fact. And it shall also
be lawful for the commissioners of election, or
any one of them, during the time ot holding such
elections, to administer said oath. And any per
son or persous violating said oatn, or making any
false statement in taking the same, shall be sub
ject to all the pains and penalties of wilful and
corrupt perjury, ana snail De name to he indicted
aud prose.-uted to conviction before any court in
said District of Columbia having competent
jurisuicuou inereoi.
Approved, May 20, 1862.
Chap. LXXIX.
An Act to provide for the Codification and Revi
sion of the Laws of the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the President of the
United States be and he is hereby authorized and
empowered to appoit, by aud with the advice and
consent of the Senate, three suitabfe persons,
learned in the law, to revise and codify the laws
of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the per
sons who shall be thus appointed shall render a
final report ol their revision and codification to
congress on or bclore the hrst Monday ol Decem
ber next.
Approved, May 20, 1802.
Chap. LXXX.
An Act to authrizc the Appointment of Medical
Store-keepers and Chaplains of Hospitals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
prt sentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War
be huthorized to add to the nicdicui department
of the army medical store-keepers, not exceeding
six in number, who shall have the pay and einol
uments of military store-keepers in the quarter
master s department, wno shall ne skilled apoth
ecaries or druggists, who shall give the bond and
security required by existing laws lor military
store keepers in the quartermaster s department.
and who shall be stationed at such points us the
necessities ot the army may require : Provided,
That the provisions of this act shall remain in
force only during the continuance of the present
rebellion.
Sec. a. And be it further enacted, That the Presi
dent of the United states is hereby authorized to
appoint, if he shall deem it necessary, a chaplain
for each permanent hospital, whose pay, with
that of chaplains of hospitals heretofore appoint
ed by him, shall be the same as that ot regimental
chaplains iu the volunteer force ; and who shall be
subject to such rules in relation to leave ot ab
sence from duty as are prescribed for commission
ed officers of the urniv.
Approved, May 20, 1862.
Chap. LXXX I.
An Act supplementary to an Act approved on the
thirteenth July eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
entitled ' An Act to provide for the Collection
of Duties on Imports, and for other purposes."
Be it enacted by the Seuate and House ot
Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
treasury, m addition to tue powers conferred
upon him by the act of the thirteenth July, eigh
teen hundred and 6ixt-one, be, and he is hereby.
authorized to refuse a clearauce to any vessel or
otuer vemcle laden witn goods, wares, or mcrcn
andise, destined for a foreign or domestic port,
whenever he shall have satisfactory reason to
believe that such goods, wares, or merchandise,
or any part thereof whatever may be their osten
sible destination, are intended for ports or places
iu possession or under control of insurgents
against the United States ; and if uny vessel o-
other vehicle lor wnicu a cierance or, permit shftjl
have been refused by the Secretary of the Treasu
ry, or by his order, as aforesaid, shall depart or
attempt to depart lor a ioreigu or domestic port
without being duly cleared or permitted, such
vessel or other vehicle, with her tickle, apparel,
furniture, and cargo, shall be forfeited to the
United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That when
ever a permit or clearance is grauted for either a
foreign or domestic port, it shall be lawful for
the collector of the customs granting the same,
if he shall deem it necessary, under "the circum
stances of the case, to require a bond to be exe
cuted by the master or the owner of the vessel,
in a penalty equal to the value of the cargo, and
with sureties to the satisfaction of such collector,
that the said cargo shall be delivered at the desti
nation for which it is cleared or permitted, and
that no part thereof shall be used in affording aid
or comfort to any person or parties in insurrec
tion against the authority of the United States. I
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the;
Secretary of the treasury be and he is hereby
further empowered to prohibit and prevent the
transportation in any vessel, or upon any railroad,
turnpike, or other road or means' of transporta
tion within the United States, of any goods,
wares, or merchandise of whatever character, and
whatever may be the ostensible destination of the
same, in all cases where there shall be satisfactory
reasons to believe that such goods, wares, or mer
chandise are intended for any place in the posses
sion or under the control of insurgents against
the United Slates; or that there is imminent
danger that such goods, wares, or merchandise
will fall into the possession or under the control
of such insurgents; and he is further authorized,
in all cases where lie shall deem it expedient so
to do, to require reasonable security to be given
that goods, wares, or merchandise shall not be
transported to any place under insurrectionary
control, and shall n.it, iu any way, be used to give
aid or comfort to such insurgents, ami he may
establish all such general or special regulations
as may be necessary or proper to carry into effect
the purposes of this act ; and if any goods, wares
or merchandise shall be transported in violation
of this act, or of any regulation of the Secretary
of the Treasury, established in pursuance thereof,
or if any attempt shall be made so to transport
them, all goods, wares, or merchandise, so trans
ported or attempted to be transported, shall be
forfeited to the United States.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, Thnt the
proceedings for the penalties and forfeitures ac
cruing under this act may be pursued, and the
same may be mitigated or'remitted by the Secre
tary of the Treasury in the modes prescribed by
the eighth and ninth sections of the act of" July
thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to
which this act is supplementary.
Sec. 5. A nd be it further enacted, That the pro
ceeds of all penalties and forfeitures incurred
under this act, or the act to which this Is supple
mentary, shall be distributed in the manner pro
vided by the ninety-first section of this act of
march second, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine
entitled " An act to regulate the collection of
duties on imports and tonnage."
Approved, May 20, 1862.
Chap. LXXXII.
An Act to authorize the Corporation of George
town, iu the District of Columbia, to lay and
collect a Water Tax, and for other Purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of" Re
presentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Mayor, Recorder,
Alderman, and Common Council o'f Georgetown,
iu the District of Columbia, shall have lull power
ane authority to levy and collect a tax not ex
ceeding sixty cents per front foot on all lots and
parts of lots within said corporate limits in front
of or parallel to which water mains have been or
may hereafter be laid ; or, in their discretion, to
appropriate from the corporate funds generally
so much money as may be necessary to supply the
iuhabitants of said town with Potomac water
from the aqueduct mains or pipes now laid or to
be laid in the streets of said town by the United
States ; and to make all laws snd regulations for
the pioper distribution of the same, subject to
the restrictions prescribed by this act, and the act
approved march the third, eighteen hundred and
fifty-nine, and entitled " An act to provide for
the care and preservation of the works construct
ed by the United States f jr bringing the Potomac
water into the cities of Washington and George
town, for the supply of said water for all Govern
ment purposes, and for the uses and benefit of the
inhabitants of said cities,"
Seo. 2. And be it further enacted, That said
Corporation shall have full , power and authority
to collect such taxes, when so- fixed, in advance
or otherwise, through such agents, collectors, or
commissioners, as they may designate and ap
point; and upon the failure of any owner of said
lot or lots, or part thereof, to pay said tuxes, to
sell the same ; or to stop the supply of water to
the same, sr to distrain and sell the personal ef
fects of such owner, and in the case of any sale
the same proceedings shall be observed as are
adopted in enforcing the collection of the general
tax of 6aid town ; and generally to enact such
laws as may be necessary to furnish the inhabit
ants of said town with pure and wholesome water,
and to carry into complete effect the powers here
in granted : Provided, That the taxes levied by
virtue of this act shall never be a source or reve
nue other than as a means of supplying 6aidtown
with water.
Sec. 3. And be it further enact ed, That in levy
ing said front foot tax, said Corporation shall, in
all cases where a lot or lots, or part thereof, may
be situated at the intersection of two streets and
fronting on the same) so reduce and graduate the
tax thereon as not to exeeed in alia tax upon one
hundred feet front; and 6ha!I, in all cases where
said property may have a front -on any one or
more streets, of more than one hundred feet, so
reduce and graduate the tax thereon as not to
exceed a tax upon one hundred feet front.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all ordi
nances and resolutions or parts thereof relating
to the distribution of Potomac water through said
town, and the collection of a water tax, and the
ordinances and resolutions heretofore passed by
said Corporation, particularly mentioned iu this
section, be and the same are hereby ratified and
confirmed, said ordinances and resolutions being
described and identified as follows, to-wit: A re
solution approved April the twenty-third, eigh
teen hundred and fifty-nine, entitled "A resolu
tion authorizing the tapping of water mains ;" a
resolution approved May the seventh, eighteen
hundred and fifty -nine, entitled "A resolution
authorizing the laying of a water main up High
6treet ;'" an ordinance approved May the ninth,
eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, entitled "An
ordinance authorizing the distribution of the Po
tomac water through the city of Georgetown;"
a resolution approved May the fourteenth, eigh
teen hundred and fifty nine, entitled "A resolu
tion repealing a part of a resolution for laying a
water main up High st reet ;" an ordinance approv
ed July the second, eighteen hundred and fifty
nine, entitled "A supplement to an ordinance
authorizing the distribution of the Potomac water
through the city of Georgetown, approved May
the ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine;" a
resolution approved July the second, eighteen
hundred and fifty-nine, entitled "A resolution
approving of certain contracts for distributing
water through the town ;" a resolution approved
August the twentieth, eighteen hundred aud tifty
gine, entitled "A resolution in relation- to the
water distribution ;" a resolution approved Sep
tember the seventeenth, eighteen hundred and
fifty-nine, entitled "A resolution authorizing the
water board to purchase water pipes ;" a resolu
tion approved September the seventeenth, eigh
teen hundred and fifty-nine, entitled " A resolu
tion in relation to water distribution ;" a resolu
tion approved September the twent3'-lourth, eigh
teen hundred and fifty-nine, entitled "A resolu
tion supplementary to a resolution, entitled "A
resolution in relation to the water distribution,
approved August the twentieth, eighteen buu
dred aud fifty-nine ;" a resolution approved Sep
tember the. twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and
fifty-nine, entitled " A resolution in relation to the
redemption of waler stock ;" a resolution approv
ed October twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and
fifty-nine, entitled " A resolution in relation to
water mains;" a resolution approved November
the fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, entitled
" A resolution approving the contract for patent
water-pipes for Road street;" a resolution ap
proved November the nineteenth, eighteen hun
dred aud fifty-nine, entitled "A resolution re
pealing a portion of the resolution approved April
the twenty-third, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine,
in relation to tapping water mains."
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That incase
of a failure to pay any taxes whatever laid by said
corporation by "virtue of its v-sted powers, it
shall be lawful to sell, in the discretion of the
collector or other proper officer, either the real
or personal estate, or both, of the delinquent
tax-payer; and so much of the eighth sectiou of
the act approved May the twenty-sixth, eighteen
hundr.-d and twenty-four, entitled 41 An act sup
plementary to the act ' to incorporate the inhabi
tants of the city of Washington,' passed the fif
teenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty, and lor other purposes, as is in tne toi
lowing words, viz : "Provided, That no sale of
real estate shall be made but where the owner or
tenant of the p-opertj- has not sufficient personal
estate out of which to enforce a collection of the
debt due," be and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. C. Aud be it further enacted. That the per
son or persons appointed to collect anv taxes im
posed by said corporation in pursuance of its
vested powers shall have authority to collect the
same by distress and sale of the goods and chat
tels of the person chargeable therewith, but no
sucli sale shall be made unless ten days previous
notice thereof be given in some newspaper print
ed in the District of Columbia, aforesaid ; and
the provisions of the nets of Maryland now in
force within said District relating to the right of
replev ing personal property taken in execution
for public taxes shall apply to all cases of person
al property taken by distress to satisfy taxes im
posed by virtue of the corporate powers aforesaid.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That said
corporation shall have poivcraud authority to re
pair any of the footways of the streets in said
town, and to impose and collect sucli tax or taxes
on the lot or lots, or parts thereof, adioininir the
same, as may be necessary to pay the expense of
such repairs.-
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much
of the first section of the act approved May thirty
one, eighteen hundred and thirty, entitled "An
act to amend the charter of Georgetown," as is in
the following words, viz: ''Provided, That noth
ing in this act shall change the manner of giving
notice ot the sales of property owued by persons
not residing in the District of Columbia," be and
.the same is hereby repealed.
Approved, May 21, lOUJ.
CHAP. LXXXIII.
An Act providing for the Education of Colored
Children in the Cities of Washington and
Georgetown, District of Columbia, and for
other Purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Cougrcss assembled, That from aud alter the pas
sage of this act it shall be the duty of the munici
pal authorities of the cities of Washington and
Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to set
apartten per centum of the amount received from
tuxes levied on the real and personal property in
said cities owned by persons of color ; which sum
received for taxes, as aforesaid, shall be appro
priated for the purpose of initiating a system of
primary schools for the education of colored
children residing in said cities.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
boards of trustees of public schools in said cities
shall have sole control of the fund arising from
the tax aforesaid, us well as from contributions
bv persons disposed to aid in the education of the
colored race, or from any other source, which
shall be kept as n fund distinct from the general
school fund ; and it is made their duty to provide
suitable rooms and teachers for such a number of
schools as, in their opinion, will best- accommo
date the colored children in the various portions
of said cities.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted.- That the
board of trustees aforesaid shall possess all the
powers, exercise the same fuactions, and have the
same supervision over the schools provided for
in this act us are now exercised by therri over the
public schools now existing in said cities by vir
tue of the laws and ordinances of the Corporation
thereof.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That all per
sous of color in the District of Columbia, or in
the corporate limits of the cities of Washington
and Georgetown, shall be subject and amenable to
the same laws and ordinances to which free white
persous are or may be subject or amenable; that
they shall be tried for any offences against the
laws in the same manner as free white persons are
or may be tried for the same offences ; and that
upon being legally convicted of any crime or
offence against any law or ordinance, such per
sons of color shall be liable to the tame penalty
or punishment, and no other, as would be impos
ed or iutlictcd upon free white persons for the
same crime or offence; and all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed.
Approved, May at, 1862.
Chap. LXXXIV.
An Act to provide for the Settlement of the Ac
counts of John Al Smith, Clerk of the Circuit
Court and Criminal Court of the District of
Columbia,-..
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That in all settlements of
accounts tor fees, emoluments, and allowances by
the clerk of the circuit and criminal courts of the
District of Columbia, the accounting officers of
the Treasuryshall not hold 6aid clerk responsible
for any fees or charges not actually collected by
him from the parties liable therefor, whenever the
failure to make such collection shall be shown to
result from the insolvency, non-residence, or other
inability of the parties liable therefor; and the
affidavit of said clerk that he has in vain used due
diligence to collect said fees, accompanied by a
certificate of the district attorney that he believes
that the money cannot, by due diligence, be col
lected, shall be held and deemed sufficient proof
for the allowance to said clerk of all the fees and
charges not actually collected by him; and said
clerk shall thereupon be entitled to a credit iu
all settlements of his accounts heretofore made,
in which he is charged for said uncollected fees,
and said former settlements are hereby opened
for the purpose of giving him said credit upon
his affidavit and the certificate of the district at
torney being produced to the proper accounting
officers, in support of the credit so claimed by
him.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
clerk of said circuit and criminal conrts of the
District of Columbia shall be credited in all set
tlements of account (made heretofore or which
may be made hereafter) out ot the fees collected
by him, or dne to him, a salary of twenty-five
hundred dollars per annum for his services as
clerk of said criminal court during the period in
which he has received no compensation for his
said services ; and in all settlements made, or to
be made, he shall be allowed out of his said fees
collected by or due to him, in either of said courts,
his proper and legal allowances, and all proper
expenses ; and it shall be the duty of the proper
accounting officers to restate all former settle
ments of said accounts and settle the same iu
conformity with the provisions of this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws
and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions
of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved, May 26, 1862.
Chap. LXXHL
An Act to incorporate the Washington and
Georgetown Railroad Company.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That Eliab Kingman, Fran
klin Tenney, J. J. Coombs, Sayles J. Bowcn,
Charles H. Upton, Henry Addison, Hallet Kil
bourn, and their associates and assigns, be and
they are hereby created a body corporate, under
the name of the "Washington and Georgetown
Railroad Company," with authority to construct
and lay down a double track railway, with the
necessary switches and turnouts, in the cities of
Georgetown and Washington, in the District of
Columbia, through and along the following ave
nues and streets : Commencing on Bridge Street,
at the intersection with High Street, or at such
point on said Bridge Street east thereof, iu the
City of Georgetown, as may be designated here
after by the corporate authorities thereof, along
said Bridge Street to its intersection with the
street running to the tabular bridge over Rock
Creek to Pennsylvania Avenue, iu the city of
Washington; along said avenue to fifteenth street
West; along said street South to said avenue ;
along said avenue to the foot of the Capitol gro
unds ; thence around the southern boundary of
the Capitol grounds ; and along their southern
boundary easterly to Pennsylvania Avenue ; a
long said Fennsylvauia Avenue to Eight Street
East, or Garrison Street; and along said street
south to the navy-yard gate, with a lateral road
running along the eastern front of the Capitol
from the southern to the northern gate, and
thence by "A" street to the depot of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad ; and thence from said
depot through First Street West to Pennsylvania
Aveuue, so as to intersect with said main road ;
also, a double or single track branch railway,
commencing at Boundary Street North and run
ning dowu Seventh Street West to Pennsylvania
Aveuue and to the Potomac ; also, a railvay com
mencing at Boundary Street and running down
Fourteenth Street West and New York Avenue
to Pennsylvania Aveuue to a point of interscc
tion with said first-mentioned railway, with the
right to run public carriages thereon drawn by
horse power, receiving therefor a rate of fare not
exceeding five cents a passenger for any distance
between the termini of either of the said main
railway, or between the termini of either of the
said mam railway, or between the termini ol eith
er of 6aid branch railways, or between either ter
minus of said main railvay and the terminus of
either of said branch railways : Provided, That
the use and main-cnancc of said road shall be
subject to the municipal regulations of the cities
Washington and Georgetown, respectively, with
in their several corporate limits, and that when
ever the Capitol grounds shall be enlarged, then
the said routes shall be enlarged, then the said
routes shall be made to conform thereto.
See. 2. And be it further enacted. That said
roads shall be deemed real estate, and they, to
gether with other reul property and the personal
pioperty of said body corporate, shall be liable
to taxation as other real estate and personal pro
perty in the eities aforesaid, except as hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said
railway shall be laid in the centre of the avenues
and streets, as near as may be, without interfer
ing with or passing over the water or gas pipes,
in the most approved manner adapted for street
railways, with rails of the most approved pat
terns, to be determined by the Secretary of the
Interior, laid upon an even service with the pa
vement of the streets ; and the space between the
two trucks shall not be less than four feet nor
more than six feet, uud the carriages shall not be
less than six feet in width, the gauge to corres
pond with that of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said
corporation, hereby created, shall be bound to
keep said tracks, and for the space of two feet
beyond the outer rail thereof, and also the space
between the tracks, at all times well paved and
in good order, without expense to the United
States or to the cities of Georgetown anil Wash
ington. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That noth
ing in this act shall prevent the Government, at
any time, at their option, from altering the grade
or otherwise improving Pennsylvania Anenue,
and such other avenues and streets as may be oc
cupied by said roads, or the cities of ashing
ton and Georgetown from so altering or impro
ving such streets and avenues as may be under
their respective authority and control, and in
such event it shall be the duty of said company
to change their said railroad so as to conform to
such altered grade and pavements.
Sec. 0. And be it further enacted, That this act
may at any time be altered, amended, or repealed
by Congress of the United States.
Sec 7. And be' it further enacted. That noth
ing in thi3 act shall be so construed as to autho
rize said body corporate to issue any note, token,
device, scrip, or other evidence of debt to be used
as a currency.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the ca
pital stock of said company shall be not less than
three nor more than live hundred thousand dol
lars, and the stock shall be divided into shares of
fifty dollars each, and shall be deemed personal
property transwerable iu such mauncr as the by
laws of said company maj" direct.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the
said company shall place first-class cars on said
railways, with all the modern improvements for
the convenience and comfort of passengers, and
shall run cars thereon during the day as often as
everv five minutes, except as to Seventh and
Fourteenth streets, and on these once in fifteen
minutes each way, and until twelve o'clock at
night as often as every half hour; and throughout
day and night as much oftener as public conve
nience may require.
Sec.10. And be it further enacted, That said
company shall procure such passenger rooms,
ticket oMees, stables, and depots at such points
as the business of the railroad and the conve
nience of the public may require. And the said
company is hereby authorized to lay such rails
through transverse or other streets as may be ne
cessary for the exclusive purpose of connecting
the said stables and depots with the main tracks.
And the said company is hereby authorized to
purchase or lease such lands or buildings as may
be necessary for the passenger rooms, ticket of
ficers, stables, and depots above mentioned. ..
Sec 11. And be it further enacted. That all
articles of value that may be inadvertently left iu
any of the cars or other vehicles of he said com
pany shall be taken to their principal depot and
entered in a book of record of unclaimed goods,
which book shall be open to the inspection of the
public at all i easonable hours of business.
Sec. 12. . And be it further enacted. That said
corporation shall, on demand of the President of
the United States, Secretary of War, or Secretary
of the Navy, cause to be transported over said
railway any freight ear laden with freight for the
nse of the United States; the officers.. eausing
such service to be done shall pay"' reasonable
compensation therefor-""
.Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That with
in five days after the passage of this act the cor
porators named in the first sectiou, or a majority
of them, or if any refuse or neglect to act, then
a majority of the remainder, shall cause books
ol subscription to the capital stock of said com
pany to be opened and kept open, in some con
venient and accessible place in the city of Wash
ington, from nine o'clock iu the forenoon till five
o'clock in the afternoon, for a period to be fixed
by said corporators, not less thau two days, and
said corporators shall give public notice, by ad
vertisement in the daily papers published iu the
city of Washington, of the time when aud the
place where said books shall be opened, and sub
scribers upon said books to the capital 6tock of
the company shall be held to be stockholders :
Provided, That every subscriber shall pay at the
time of subscribing twenty-five per centum of
the amount by him subscribed to the treasurer
appointed by the corporators, or his subscription
shall be null and void. If at the end of two days
a larger amount than the capital stock of said
company shall have been subscribed, the books
shall be closed, and the said corporators named
in the first section shall forthwith proceed to ap
portion said capital 6tock among the subscribers
pro rata, and make public proclamation of the
number of shares allotted to each, which shall be
done and completed on the same day that the
books are closed : Provided, further, That noth
ing shall be received in payment of the twenty
five per centum st the time of subscribing except
money or checks o certificates of deposit endor
sed "good" by the president or cashier of
some good solven bank or banks. And when the
books of subscription to the capital stock of said
company shall be closed, the corporators named
in the first section, or a majority of them, aud in
case any of them refuse or neglect to act, then a
majority of the remainder, shall, within twenty
days thereafter, call the first meeting of the stock
holdrs of said company, to meet within ten days
thereafter, for the choice of director, of which
public notice shall be given for five days in two
public newspapers, published daily in the city of
Washington, or by written personal notice to
each stockholder by the clek of the corporation;
and in all meetings of the stockholders each share
shall entitle the holder to one vote, to be given
in person oi bv proxy.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted. That the
government and direction of the aflairs of the
company shall be vested In the board of directors
seven in number, who shall be stockholders, and
who shall holdj their office for one year and till
others arc duly elected and qualified to take their
places as directors ; and the said directors ; ( a
majority of whom, the president being one, shall
be a quorum ) shall elect one of their number to
be president of the board, who shall also be pre
sident of the company; and they shall also choose
a treasurer, who shall give bonds with surety to
said company, in such sum as the said directors
may require, for the faithful discharge of his
trust. In case of a vacancy in the board ot direc
tors by the death, resignation, or otherwise, of
any director, the vacancy occasioned thereby shall
be filled by the remaining directors.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the
directors shall have full power to make and pies
cribe sneh by-laws, rules, and regulations, as they
shall deem needful and propci tousching the dis
position and management of the stock, property,
C6tate, and effects of the company, not contrary
to the charter, or to the laws of the United States
and the ordinances of the cities of Washington
and Georgetown.
See. 10. And be it further enacted, That there
shall be an annual meeting cf the stockholders
for choice of directors, to be holden at 6ueh time
and place, under such conditions, and upon such
notice, as the said company in their by-laws may
prescribe; aud said directors shall annually make
a report in writing of their doiugs to the stock
holders and to Congress.
Sec. 17. nd be it further enacted, That the
Mayor, Common Council, and the several officers
of the Corporations of the cities of Georgetown
or Washington, and the said Corporations are he
reby prohibited from duing any act or thing to
hiuder, delay, r obstruct the construction or
operation of said railroad, as herein authorized.
Sec. 18. And be it further enacted. That the
said company shall have at all times the free and
uninterrupted use of their road-way, and if any
person or persons shall wilfully and unnecessa
rily obstruct or impede the passage on or over
said railway, or any part thereof, or shall injure
or destroy the cars, depot stations, or any pro
perty belonging to the said railway company, the
person or persons so offending shall forfeit and
pay for every such offence the 6um of five dollars
to paid company, and shall remain liable, in ad
dition to said penalty, for any loss or damage oc
casioned by his, her, or other act, as aforesaid ;
but no suit shall be brought unless commenced
within sixty days after such offence shall have
been committed.
Sec. 19; And be it further enacted, That unless
said corporation shall make and complete their
said railways between the Capitol and George
town within sixty working days from aud after
the company shall nave Deen organized, and irom
the Capitol to the Navy Yard within sixty days
thereafter, and on said Seventh Street, and from
said Boundary Street, on Fourteen Street, to the
point of intersection as aforesaid, within six
months from the approval of this act shall be
null and void and no rights whatsoever shall be
acquired under it.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That all
acts and parts of acts heretofore passed, which
are inconsistent with any of the provisions of
this act, are, tor the purposes ot this act, nereny
repealed, so far as the same are inconsistent here
with. Approved, May 17, 1862.
Railroads, Steamboats, &c.
QHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Co.,
ID CO., 1
fice, y
ti, 18(56. )
Superintendent s Off
Sept. 24th,
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER
23rd, 18oo, Trains on the Raleigh and (astou Kail
road will run as follows:
Mail train leaves Raleigh,
Arrives at Weldon,
Mail train leaves Weldon at
Arrives at Raleigh,
Freight train leaves Raleigh at
Arrives at Weldon,
Freight train leaves Weldon at
Arrives at Raleigh
7.45 a, m.
1.00 p. m.
11.00 a. m.
4.45 p. m.
5.00 a. in.
4.80 p. m.
4.00 a. m.
4.00 p. in.
Mail trains connect, North and South, with N.
C. Railroad, P. & VV. Railroad, and S. & R. Rail
road.
82 tf. W. G. LEWIS, Gen. Sup't.
NORTH-CAROLINA RAILROAD.
Change of Time.
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER
23d, 1866, trains will run as follows :
GOING EAST.
Mail. Acconi. Tr.
Leave Charlotte 9.40 P. M... 4.30 A. M.
" Salisbury, 12.01P.M.. 8.40 "
" Greeusboro, ... 2.50 A.M. 1.00 "
" Raleigh, 8.00 9.00 P.M.
Arrive Goldsboro',.... 10.45 ".... 1.00 A.M.
GOING WEST.
Mail. Accom. Tr.
Leave Goldsboro', 1-50 P. M... 1.30" A. M.
" Raleigh, 5.00 " .... 6.20 "
" Greeusboro, ... 9.55 " .... 2.20 P.M.
" Salisbury, 12.52 A.M... 6.50 "
Arrive Charlotte 3.10 ' 10.50 P. M.
Mail train runs daily. Accommodation train
does not rnn on Sunday. Mail connects with C.
& S. C. Railroad for the South, and with R. & D.
Railroad and with R. & G. R. R. for the North.
Also with the W. & W. and the A. & N. C. Rail
roads. E. WILKES, Eng. & Sup't.
Sept. 25, 1866. 81 tf
RAJLEIGH & GASTON RAIL ROAD
COMPANY.
' Superintendent's Office,
Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 23rd. 1866. )
THE attention of shippers is called to the
Great Through Freight Air Line,
which is now in full and successful opertion from
New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore, to
Columbia, S. C, via S. & R. R. R., R. &G. R. R.,
N. C. R. R., and C. & S. C. R. R., carrying freights
North and South with greater dispatch and lower
rates than any other route.
Attention is particularly called to advertisement
of C. B. Allen, freight agent of this road.
. W. G. LEWIS, Gen. Sunt,
A 25th 1866,. R. & G. R. kO.
R EMEMBER THAT W. H. & R- 8. TUCK
ER & CO., will sell GOOD GOODS at mod
erate rates for the Cash.
Aug. 25, 1866. 68 tX
City Advertisements.
TXCHANGE OF N. C. BONDS.,
STATE OF N. cT7tREA8URY DEP'T.,
Raleigh, June 27, 1800.
Under the authority of an ordinance of the
Convention, ratified June Kith, 1866, sealed pro
posals will be received by.the undersigned until
the first duy of November, lSoO, for the exchange
of the principal of any bonds issued by the State,
prior to the 20th May, 1861, for certificates of
stock and other interests held by the State in
various corporations. The principal of -these
are
Stocks in the following Companies :
North-Carolina Railroad Company, $3,000,000 .
Raleigh fc Gaston Railroad Company, $ 682,500
Atlantic & N. C. Railroad Company, $1,006,000
Western N. C. Railroad Company, . $1,418,000
Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal Co., $ 850,000
2nd. Bonds, secured by mortgages on the en
tire property of the following corporations:
Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford
Railroad Company, " $2,000,000
Western Coalfield Railroad Company, $ 600,000
Atlantic & North-Carolina R. R. Co., $181,164 88
The interest acquired by the purchaser of the
stock of any corporation will not be greater than
that of the holders of the like amount of the gen
eral stock of the same corporation.
The stocks belonging to the Literary Fund, e.
g. the stock in the Wilmington & Weldon, and
Wilmington & Manchester Railroad Companies,
and in various banks, are not included in this
advertisement.
Bids at less than the par value of the stocks or
other interests will not be entertained. Any .
premium realized will be applied in payment of
past due coupons of the bonds delivered in ex
change. "
Copies of the law authorizing the exchange ana
more detailed lists of the stocks, fcc, will bo for
warded by the undersigned to applicants.
It is made my duty to accept those terms
deemed most advantageous to the State, and the
option of rejecting any or ail oius is reservea
EMP P. BATTLE.
June 30 45-wts
Public Treasurer.
g FECIAL NOTICE.
MR. L. H. KELLOGG HAVING RETIRED
from our firm, tic business'willhereafler be con
ducted in the name of EDWARD WHEELER
& CO. We heVeby teuder our thanks to the citi
zens of Raleigh and vicinity for past patronage.
KELLOGG, WHEELER & CO.
J-RESS GOODS, CALICOES, &C.
WE HAVE JUST OPENED AN ENTIRE
new stock, embracing Grenadines, Muslins, Ging
hams, Ac Also, 3,000 yards Calicoes, of the la
test 6tyles, all of which we will sell cheap. Call
early and secure bargains.
may 22 28 tf . EDWARD WHEELER & CO
B
RANSON & FARRA.R
HAVE REMOVED TO THE NORTH-CAR
OLINA Book Store, the old and popular Book
6tand so long kept by Mr. H. D. Turner, No. 1
Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, on the Corner near
the State House. - - - -
Mr. H. D. Turner, who, for thirty-three years
past, has been a large publisher and bookseller,
now i-etires from active business, leaving his
entire stock in our hands. -
The stock consists of an extensive selection of
English and American Law Books, besides a great
variety of School and Miscellaneous Books. Mr.
H. D. Coley, so long Mr. Turner's representative,
will still be found at the old stand.
With this valuable addition to our former ex
tensive stock, we hope very greatly to enlarge
our usefulness to the trade. We will use our
best efforts to secure the continued good will of
our old customers, and those of the North-Carolina
Book Store.
June 14 tf BRANSON & FARRAR.
- W. W. WEST,
dealer In
MUSIC, BOOKS, STATIONERY,
FANCY ARTICLES,
AND NEWSPAPERS;
Raleigh. N. C.
July 24, 1866. 54 tf
JNSURANCE AGAINST FIRE,
AND THE PERILS OF INLAND TRANS
portation. UNDERWRITER'S AGENCY, .
Composed of the Germania, Hanover, Magia
and Femiblic Fire Insurance Companies, - New
York. Cmtal over IP3,000,000.
JOHN G. WILLIAMS, & CO..
oct 6 tf lb Agents.
Watson's Photograph Gallery,
RALEIGH, N. C.
PRICES LOWER THAN EVER. J
The Sunbeam Art Improving.
t REAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICES OF
JT Ambrotvpes, Ferreotypes and the larger
size Photographs. Porcclton pictures made with
all the beauty of an ivory painting. Photographs
of all sizes and styles, plain or colored to nature.
Persons wishing work in my line are invited to .
call and examine specimens and be convinced
that there is no U30 going beyond Raleigh on ac
count of prices or quality of work. v
Aug. 'J, 1866 28 ly. J. W. WATSON, .
JOR SALE OR RENT. " ' ''
I DESIRE TO SELL THE FOLLOWING
valuable city property : -
The John Hutchins' bonse in the Eastern
Ward, and lot. nnnn which it is situate: and eight
other smaller houses and lots, being admlrabl.
residences for mechanics, or others.
I propose to sell, and will give from one t
three years time.
Or I will rent any of the above-mentioned,
property. Three of the houses are vacant th
Hutchins house and two others.
JOHN P. H. RU88,
Raleigh, N. C.
Sept 18, 1866. . 78 1 '
"JJOME AGAIN.
EDWARD WREELEU CO.,HAYE RE
TURNED to. their old store, (formerly occupied
-by 8. H." Young) which has been refitted and mod
ernised, and solicit a call from their friends and,
the public. ?
THe shall soon be able to call your attention to
." new and desirable stock of Fall and Winter
goods. EDWARD WHEELER A CO.
" Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 80, 1866, TO tf
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