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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 159, 160, 161. 1867. 435 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all matters relating to pay, All rules as to allowances, rank, duties, privileges, and rights of officers and soldiers of v  gg]? the army of the United States, the same rules and regulations shall apply snré to emeers without distinction for such time as they may be or have been in the ser- Md ¤¤ldi°¤`¤ of vice, alike to those who belong permanently to that service and to those Q;`;,';?`}:`; 3Q?? who, as volunteers, may be or have been commissioned or mustered into unteer service. the military service under the laws of the United States For a limited period. But nothing in this act shall be construed as affecting or in any §*¤é_¤ fyi3W! way relating to the militia of the several States when called into the ser- Q;,;},y°a° ° vice of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An act to in- Emolugnents crease the pay of soldiers in the United States army and for other pur- gi€f,i‘;';;‘“_;?’:"Ei ,, . . . y poses, approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall not increased by not be so construed as to increase the emoluments of the commissioned ¤;=l¤i8%¤h-ri5- officers of the army at the date of its passage, and the first section of the WL X'"` p' H4' act entitled "An act to amend the several acts heretofbre passed to provide for the enrolling and calling out the national forces and for other _The fltstséq; p•n·po=es," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty—1’ive, was not g?l'.,gf   intended to be retrospective or retroactive in its operation, and shall not p.4s1;notretmbe so construed. MEV6- Approved, March 2, 1867. CHAP. CLX. -- An Act to grant certain Privileges to the Alexandria, Washington, and March 2, 1867. Georgetown Railroad Conqmny, in the District of Columbia. ""*_;" Be it enacted 6g the Senate and House of.Representat£ves of the United States of America in Oimgress assembled, That the consent of Congress {Phe Aleganbe, and the same is hereby, granted to the Alexandria, Washington, and g;“·8;!“§"'§8‘ Georgetown Railroad Company to use steam power in drawing the cars q,,_’m,,$. u},.,' of said company on the structure across the Potomac river erected by said Swim power to company, under the provisions of the act entitled "An act to extend the mw thm °""’ charter of the Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company, and for other purposes," approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, 1863. ih- U0· · · · · Vol. xn. . 805. and along the railway now laid by said company, or which may be here- P after laid, under the provisions of the said act, along Maryland Avenue, in the city of "Washington, to the present depot of the Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, subject always, and in all particulars, to such restrictions and regulations concerning the use of such steam power YC0rp<>rMi¢>n of as the corporation of Washinvton may, by its ordinances, at any time im- “ “ih“‘g°°“ _ _ ¤_ _ _ 1118.) ITIXIKG l'€gl1 pose upon, or at any time require of, the said railroad company. lations. Approved, March 2, 1867. C HAP. CLXI. -—- An Act autho:·z'zz`ng Zi'mz`ted Partnershzps in the District of Columbia. bfgrch 2, 1357, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States q" America in Congress assembled, That limited partnerships for the Limited perttransaction of any mercantile, mechanical, or manutacturing business with- ;:_:?*{)gsJ3";§°‘ in the District of Columbia may be formed by two or more persons upon inlthe pgs;.-ic; or the terms, with the rights and powers, and subject to the conditions and C<>l¤ml>i¤· liabilities herein prescribed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That such partnership may consist Pq¤¥¤¤¤'¤l¤ir>*¤ 0f one or more ersons who shall be called rreneral artners and who °°“S'"°fg°"?l°l _ _ p ’ _ b P 7 Slld Sp€Cl£1l pdlir shall be jointly and severally responsible as general partners are by law, nm. and of one or more persons, who shall contribute in actual cash payments 8 Specific sum as capital to the common stock, who shall be called special Liability °" partners, and who shall not be liable for the debts of the partnership be- °a§,,mbm. of yond the fund so contributed by him or them to the capital; but the num- special partners ber of special partners shall in no partnership exceed six. “°“°°X°°°ds"‘ Sec. 3. And be it further enacteal That persons desirous of forming