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 44 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 51. 1864. Bw! estate ¤<>t real estate held by said corporation shall not exceed in value the sum of t° °x°°°d’ &°' one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Ofiicenjs of Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation and body °°'p°'““°“‘ politic shall have full power to appoint from their own body a president and such other officers as they may deem necessary for the purposes of Vacancies. their creation ; and in case of the death, resignation, or refusal to serve, of any of their number, the remaining members shall elect and appoint other persons in lieu of those whose places may have been vacated; and the P°W°¤· said corporation shall have full power and all the rights of opening and keeping a hospital in the city of Washington for the care of such sick and invalid persons as may place themselves under the treatment and care of the said corporation. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall also BY·l¤W¤· have and enjoy full power and authority to make such by-laws, rules, and regulations, as may be necessary for the general accomplishment of the P1‘°V!¤¤· objects of said hospital: Provided, That they be not inconsistent with the laws in force in the District of Columbia: And provided, further, That this tu-33E';? b° “I· apt shall be liable to be amended, altered, or repealed, at the pleasure of ongress. Approved, April 8, 1864. C1-uu-. LI. -—An Act concerning Mtaries Public for the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 3f Representatives of the United _1gT¤m·iesp¤by States of America in` Congress assemble, That notaries public for the 2;.*  district of Columbia may be appointed by the supreme court of said dispqintmgnt, {erm triet, whose term of office shall be five years, and who may be removed W 05%, ¤¤mb€*· by said court for cause. There shall be no new appointment of a notary public until the number in this district is reduced to twenty-five; and when the number is so reduced, as vacancies thereafter occur, they may be filled by said court. SEO. 2. And be it farther enacted, That each notary public hereafter Oath, bond. appointed, before entering upon the duties of his ofHee, shall take an oath faithfully to discharge the same, and shall give bond to the United States in the sum of two thousand dollars, with security to be approved by the said supreme court, or a judge thereof, for the faithful discharge of the _Presentnota· duties of his office. And the said court shall, with reasonable dispatch, §¥i‘;£°“d· by a general order to be published in one or more newspapers printed in the said district, require all persons now holding the commission of notary public in said district to give new bond, as hereinbetbre provided for, within a short time to be prescribed therein; and all such persons failing to comply therewith shall be stricken from the list of notaries. Authority of Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That notaries public shall have “°°‘“°“ P“bh°‘ authority to demand acceptance and payment of foreign bills of exchange, Foreign bmp and to protest the same for non-acceptance and non-payment; and to exercise such other powers and duties as, by the law of nations, and according to commercial usages, or For use and effect beyond the jurisdiction of the said district, as, according to the law of any state or territory 0f the United States, or any foreign government in amity with the United States, may be performed by notaries public. _ St·:c. 4. And be it further enacted, That notaries public may also de- énmd hub- mand acceptance of inland bills of exchange, and payment thereof, and of promisspry nztes, and may protest the same for non-acceptance or nonpaymen, as the case may require._ A ku bd SEO. 5. And be it further enacted, That each notary public shall mugs gsm, €c. have power to take and to certify the acknowledgment or proof of ’ powers of attorney, mortgages, deeds, and other instruments of writing, the acknowledgment of any conveyance, or other instrument of writing executed by any married woman, to take depositions, and to administer