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 F THIBTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 122, 128. 1860. 33 manners and according to such forms as may be prescribed, from time to time, by the corporation of Washington. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That a certificate under seal of the c°¤'l·m¤°·*° of corporation, of the ownership of any lot aforesaid, shall, in all respects, $,3 ;`:,:Q_m° ° have the same eifect as any conveyance from said corporation of said lot i would have if executed, acknowledged, and recorded, as couveyances of real estate are required to be. Sec. 9. And be it further macte¢L That nothing in this act shall be Corporation so construed as to authorize the said corporation to issue any note, token, g°“°’”“° ”°*°“• device, or scrip, or other evidence of debt, to be used as currency. c°’“ currency` Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take eH`ect from When Mt hikes the passage thereofl °°`°°"· Sec. ll. And be it further enacleah That it may be lawful for Con- 0¤¤‘E¤¤¤¤ my gress hereafter to alter, modify, or repeal the foregoing act. 3Q_'" &°‘• °““ Sec. 12. And be it further cmwied, That each of the stockholders in Stockholders the said company shall be held liable in his or her individual capacity, for i¤dl'ld¤¤“Y 1** all the debts and liabilities of the said company, however contracted or bk for debts` 4 incurred, to be recovered by suit, as other debts or liabilities, before the ,oourt or tribunal having jurisdiction of the case. APPROVED, June 13, 1860. Cin?. CXXVIII.-—An Act to amend an Acfentitled an Ant to de/inc and regulate the JUN Us 186*)- Jurisdzbtion of the Dzlstnkt Courts of the United States in CaIy"o1nn?sinRqqardm the Sur- _""_T"` vey and Location of conjirmed Private Land Claims. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Safes of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the surveyorgeneral of California shall, in compliance with the thirteenth section of an Nogicg of sm-. act entitled "An act to ascertain and settle [the] private land claims in V6? of P}‘i'¤°° the State of Califomia," approved March three, eighteen hundred and L*;§:,:::_l";f-°"d fifty-one, have caused any private land claim to be surveyed, and a plat to tuereofby tgeid be made thereof, he shall give notice that the same has been done, and m:Y°;m the survey and plat approved by him, by a publication once a week for 185£uc;,_ u_ ° four weeks in two newspapers, one published in the city of San Francisco, Vol. ix. p. 681. and one of which the place of publication is nearest the land, if the land is situated in the northern district of California; and once a week for four weeks in two newspapers, one published in Los Angeles, and one of which the place of publication is nearest the land, if the land is situated in the southern district of California; and until the expiration of such time, the ' survey and plat shall be retained in his office, subject to inspection. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the district courts of the District court United States for the northern and southern districts of California are ¤;_“Y?';l::¥;*";)a°Y hereby authorized, upon the application of any party interested, to make ghggvm be 1., an order requiring any survey of a private land claim within their respec· turned iutocourt, tive districts to be returned into the district court for examination and &°· adjudication, and on the receipt of said order, duly certified by the clerk of either of said courts, it shall be the duty of the surveyor-general to transmit said survey and plat forthwith to the said court. Seo. 3. And be it further enacted, That said order shall be granted by Order}: be said courts on the application of any party whom the district courts, or the judge thereof, in vacation, shall deem to have such an interest in the 0,, whqgg spp};. survey and location of a land claim, as to make it just and proper, that he °°·¤°¤· should be allowed to take testimony and to intervene for his interest therein; and if objections to the survey and location shall be made on the part of the United States, the order to return the survey into court shall be made on the motion of the district attorney founded on sudicient ailidavits; and if the application for such order is made by other parties claiming to be interested in, or that their rights are affected by, such survey and location, the court, or the judge in vacation, shall proceed summarily, on affidavits or otherwise, to inquire into the fact of such v01.. xxx. Pos.--5 a