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 170 FORTIETH CONGRESS Sess. H. Ch. 229, 230. 1868. XXIX ...-ro iations or the Pa ment o invalid and Cgltffggiorts 4y”the Uilit;l1dSi:nalfi?wxilibpYb?¢br endinghfune tlziriicth, eiclliteen litmdrgd and sixty-nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and [base of Representatives of the United Pensions ap- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and P"°P”‘°‘”l°“‘ the same are hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury nat otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty4nine: égzgllgionar For invalid pensions under various acts, ten million dollars. pension ,,g€mSy’ For pensions of widows, children, mothers, fathers, brothers, and and eirpenses of sisters of soldiers, as provided by acts of March eighteen, eighteen “gf§fgeSéh ,9 hundred and eighteen ; May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty- 182,; chi 53: eight; June seventh, eighteen hundred. and thirty-two ; July fourth, 183, ch_126_ eighteen hundred and thirty-six; July seventh, eighteen hundred and 1836; eh. 862. thirty-eight; March third, eighteen hundred and forty-three; June seven- 183** °h· 189- teenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four; February second, July twenty- 1843, ch. 102. . . . ,844 dL1oz_ iirst, and July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight; February 1848,'ch.8,108, third, eighteen hundred and fifty-three; J unc third, eighteen hundred and 1?$é53 h 41 fifty-eight; and July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, with its 185,; gh; 85; supplementary acts; and for compensation to pension agents and expenses 1862:ch. 166. of agencies, twenty million dollars. 11266% cg; 23* For navy pensions to invalids, widows and children, and other relatives 1866,,ch.·10s. of the officers and men of the navy dying in the line of duty, now pro- NM'? I>¤¤Si¤·¤S· vided by law, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid from the navy pension fund. Rate of interest Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the interest on the fund known °” ”’*”lP°¤Si°¤ as the naval pension fund shall hereafter be at the rate of three per fund. . . . cent. per annum in lawful money, and shall be applicable exclusively to the payment of the navy pensions according to existing laws. Approved, July 23, 1868. July 23, 1359, CHAP. CCXXX. -—An Act to incorporate the “Washington Target-shooting Associa- ‘——"""’—" tion," in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Washington States of America in Congress assembled, That Charles Klomann, Fred- }`\g;gg;;g;°s§:‘§ ericlc Hiigler, Charles Ebel, John H. Stailey, Adolf Cluss, G. Dill, Guscorpomtee. tav Hartig, B. Henze, John Kessel, Caspar Kneessi, E. L. Schmidt, Richard Wallach, M. Michler, Lewis Clephane, and A. C. Richards, of Washingtoii City, in the District of Columbia, and their associates and successors, be, and are hereby, incorporated and made a body corporate, by the name of the"Wasliington Target-shooting Association," and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law of competent jurisdiction, and be entitled to use and exercise all the P0w¤r¤,&¤· powers, rights, and privileges incident to such corporation, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining, in the District of Columbia, a»" Park," designated and named the “Washington Schiitzen-Park," the object of whitip shall be moral and social, and to acquire proficiency and skill as mar smen. Cupiwi ¤¤>¢k· Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, and that the stock shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, and shall be transferable in such manner as the said corporation, by its by-laws, may direct. Sec. 3, And be it further enacted, That the government and direction Directors. of the affairs of the corporation shall be vested in a board of directors, not less than nine in number, who shall be elected by the stockholders from among the corporators and their associates and successors, in such manner as the by·laws of the corporation may direct. at