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 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 31, 35. 1860. 18 cates under the same ; to issue medals, certificates, and diplomas; and to superintend all publications emanating from the society. All these oflicers, and the executive committee, shall perform such duties and addi- uD“*Y°f?*°°'¤ tional duties as may be prescribed by the constitution or by-laws of the v° °°mmm°°‘ society, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act. And if said election shall not be made at the time prescribed herein, it may be held at some subsequent time within the year. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said society shall have full power and authority to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same c°¤¤¤°¤¤°*·l· to break, alter, and renew at pleasure ; to make; ordain, establish, and execute such constitution and by-laws as they may think proper. and the By-l¤w¤= psy same to alter, amend, or abrogate at pleasure ; to fix the salaries or pay mmlgd f°' of their officers, and to ax the sum that shall be paid for life or annual ` membership. Sec. 5. And be itjimlzer enacted, That any person may become a life or annual member of said society by paying into the hands of the trens- Terms ofmemurer such sum as may be prescribed in the constitution or by-laws as the b°’“h‘P· fee for life or annual membership. Honorary members may be elected H<>¤¤¤‘¤¥‘Y memat the will of the society. It shall require the presence of at least fifteen bm' members of the society to constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- Quorum. ness, but a less number may adjourn from time to time. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of said corpora· Secretary to tion shall keep his business office in the city of Washington, and he shall §::l’hl;“$j';z;’f: make up a. complete record of all the doings of the society annually. ton, and to malge Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the constitution, by-laws, and UP *¤<=°¤§d¤;_ regulations of said society as they stand at the time of the passage of this by5*;':;‘t°&K”’m act, shall be and remain in force until altered or abrogated at a. regular be in fdrce until annual meeting of the corporation ; and the officers who were elected at °l“l€""d “» &°· . . . . resent officers the annual meeting of the society in January preceding the passage of ,,0.,,,,,;,;,,,,,,,,,;;;, this act, shall remain in their several offices, and exercise their several Swduties, until the annual meeting in the January succeeding the passage of this act, and until their successors are elected. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That Congress may at any time alter, Congress may amend, or annul this act. ;°£°“l» &°‘· um Approved, April 19, 1860. ` CHAP. XXYV.-An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Acttoamend an Act entitled ‘An April 20, 1860. Act to establish a criminal Court in the District of Columbia} " Be lt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P‘”'~ P} 76; States of America in Congress assembled, That the first and seventh cb_A§;,°;§} az}, sections of the act approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred 7, repealed. Vol. and thirty-nine, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled, ‘An act to V- PP- 3l9» 82°· establish a criminal court in the District of Columbia,' " be, and that the same are hereby, repealed. Sec. 2. And be it jitrtlter enacted, That whenever the judge of the .m;V;‘°;’f'{‘1‘f° said criminal court, from sickness or any other legal cause, shall be *;,;,5,;,,,,1 court unable to hold the said court, he shall give notice thereof to the judges of for the DlS§Fl9i the circuit court of the District of Columbia, or if he be unable from any Qzgggllzbgofj legal cause to give such notice, it shall be given by the marshal of the court, tnejuqges District of Columbia; and thereupon one of the said judges of the circuit °* g’;’.m_°;£“gis_ court of the District of Columbia shall, by arrangement among them- :,4::, shall ;,, mm selves, hold the said criminal court during the temporary inability of the perform his dujudge of the said court: Provided, however, That no judge of the said °‘"‘ e circuit court of the District of Columbia, after once holding said criminal court during the temporary inability of the judge of the said criminal court, shall be required, unless with his own consent on any subsequent occasion of a temporary inability of said judge of the criminal court, to _ hold the said criminal court again until it shall have been holden by