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 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 123, 124,125. 1862. 499 Senate, or during the recess thereof and until the end of its next session aRcr such appointment, an agent for the Grand River and Wintah bands of Indians, in the Territory of Colorado, at a. salary of Efteeu hundred Salary. dollars per annum. A.1>1>x0vm>, July 1, 1862. Can. CXXIV. — An An for the Relief of Willalzm B. Dodd and uhm. July 1, 1862. Be it enacted 6g the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to States of AmMca in Cbngress assembled, That the Secretary of the °T*2di,*°¤ of Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay out of the appropriation to ' complete the road from Mendota to the Big Sioux River, contained in ’ ` the awt approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled 1855, eb. 169. “ An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year V°l· "· P· 63* ending ths thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and for other purposes," into the hands of Horace Austin, of Saint Peter, Minnesota, H?'?; Aumu who is hereby appointed a commissioner to dispose of the same, the sum :Eg?:,,e,,(£2` of three thousand two hundred and seventy dollars, the same having been estimated for in said appropriation, and being for completing a part of said road, to be paid out by him as follows, to wit: The said commissioner mmakg pay- shall give notice to all persons having claims against William B. Dodd memfor labor or materials furnished in the construction of said road, by pub— Hcaticn in a newspaper of general circulation in the neighborhood where said road is situated, for ninety days, and by posting written or printed notices in three public places in each county through which said road passes, to present and prove their claims within the ninety days a.fore— said; and all such claims, so presented and proved within the time limited, he shall pay to the parties respectively, and the residue, after the liquidation of such claims, and the payment of the expenses of this commission, he shall pay to the said William B. Dodd. Az·1=1z0v1a1>, July 1, 1862. Cm:. CXXV.-An Act to incorporate the Guardian Soci and re arm Juvenile O ~ Jul? 1, 186* fendas in the District of Columbiafdy f f L Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _G¤¤}‘di¤¤ $0- Statcs of America in Congress assembled, That Amos Kendall, John M. gfty m°°rp°"°` Broadhead, Zcnas C. Robbins, Sayles J. Bowen, Nehemiah B. Northrup, Benjamin B. French, Joseph Bryan, Peter N. Higinbotham, Thomas O. Jenner, David W. Heath, James R. Barr, Matthew Waite, Samuel A. H. McKim, John R. Nourse, and Stephen Prentiss, and their associates and successors, being members of said society, by paying into its treasury M°mb°"$l”P· the sum of two dollars annually, or life members, by paying fifly dollars at one time, or ten dollars annually, for six years, are hereby incorporated and made a body politic by the name of the “Guardian Society " for the ,£;°’;*tPtE2d purpose of encouraging and aiding impartially such of the poor, the igno- Qty_ rant, and the vicious, as can be induced to make such eiforts as they ought for the improvement of their condition, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, with the power to use a common seal, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleadcd, in any court of the United States, to collect subscriptions, make by-laws and rules needful for the govern- BY']‘“"‘ ment of said corporation not repugnant to the laws of the United States; may have, hold, and receive real and personal estate, by purchase, gift, 01* & M¤)' boldéw. devise; may usc, sell, or convey the SalI1C for the purposes and benefit "°°m;°’ ' of Said corporation; may choose such officers and teachers as they may 0*H°°”· d66m necessary, prescribe their duties, and iix their compensation. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That they may, at their discretion, House of iu- Peceive into u house of industry provided by said society any minors, ggftr->’» '”°“’·*°’• under the age of eighteen years, who shall be convicted of any crime,