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 790 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 112, 113. 1854. tree,&c.intho thereof befbre any justice of the peace of the County of Washington, "““· shall be punished by Hue, at the discretion of the justice, according to the aggravation of the offence, of not less than tive, nor more than fifty dollars. sh£l‘{‘If6Q;;;’;° Sec. 6. And be it furthe? enacted, That until an election shall be held gm mm ,,,1 under the provisions of this act, the four last named persons m seeucm elgetion under first shall be the managers of said corporation. mi ";°°‘ t b Sue. 7. And be it further enacted, That burial lots in said cemetery jwtotg 33m2u0f shall not be subject to the debts of the lot-holders thereof, and the smflsrnglgeriom land of: the company dedicated to the purposes of a cemetery shall not FMS, exempt be subject to taxation of any kind. _ · _ mm ummm, Sec. 8. And be tt further enacted, That the said corporation shall pmtcllgiggg of  vide for the return from time   time to the Corporation of Washington mad, reports of all interments made in said cemetery of persons who may have died within the limits of the said Corporation of Washington, in such manner and according to such forms as may be prescribed from time to time by the Corporation of ¥Vashingt0n. Title to tha Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That a certificate, under seal of the b°‘m11°*'°‘ corporation, of the ownership of any lot aforesaid, shall in all respects have the same efect as an r conve ance from said corporation o said lots would have, if execute-nil, acknolivledgecl, and recorded as conveynnees of real estate are required to be. Qogpemtiou po- Szc. 10. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be Qlj*g;‘°d f"°’“ ‘°` so construed as to authorize the said corporation to issue any note, token, g any note, . » . scrip, sm. as device, scrip, or other evidence of debt, to be used as currency. °“{;j]“°YLh t Sec. 11. And be tt further enacted, That this act shall take effect from mms ;B·,,c,°,u° the passage tliereofi snbjcctto them- Sec.- 12. And be it further enacted, That it may be lawful for Con- “°£]gv?é’;§f‘if;; gress hereafter to alter, amend, modify, or repeal the foregoing act. n mug; of the Sec. 13. Anal be it further enacted, 'ljhatlcach of tlielstockholdersoin for all the debts and liabilities of the said company, however contracted or incurred, to be recovered by suit as other debts or liabilities before the court or tribunal having juriscliction of the case. A1=rn0vm>, July 27, 1854. July 27, 1854. Cxur. CXH. ——/in Act jbr the Relief q/' the Mpresentatives ofJbseph Watso;2, dgeasedcé Be it enacted be the Senate and House of Representatives of t ze nite The United States af Ameriga in Congress assembled, That the Solicitor of the S*“l°°` °l“l“‘ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be iixlgigggigsggiic- executed, on the part of the United States, a full release and acquittance l°¤·5°d· of the claim against Joseph Watson, as one of the sureties of Henry PFODOIQW held Ashton, late Marshal of the District of Columbia, and that the property
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reconveyed. payment of said claim, be reconveyed to his legal representatives free, proviso, and discharged from all such incumbrance: Provided, That they release the claim against the United States for services rendered by James Watson, as Secretary of the Indian Department and Store-keeper m the Territory of Michigan. APPROVED, July 27, 185/1. July 27, 1854. Cmue. CXIII.—An Act for the Relief of the Exeeutrix of the late Brevet· Colonel A. ·-—1-—-·--— C.  Fanning of the United States Army. H,,.,,,,,O_ Be tt enacted by t/ee Senate and House of Representatives of the United Read, executrix States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the (55:;* L3' Treasury pay to Mrs. Harriet O. Read, exeeutrix of the late Brevetugéo, P Colonel A. C. W. Fanning, of the United States army, the sum of five