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 186, FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 239, 240, 241. 1868. and may appoint to appoint v. cashier and s. secretary, and such officr officers, clerks, and 0¤h¤¤‘ ¤@‘i¢=<=¤- agents as the business of the company may reqmre, and to fill vacancies b°Ig;°£3§_t° occasioned by death or resignation in said board. All elections for di;-ec. each share en- tors shall be by ballot, and every stockholder shall be euutled to one vote Wvxfim eligible director who is not a stockholder to the amount of twenty shares. M dir<>¤¤>¤¤· Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That ten days’ notice shall be given H0';'?;:; 2:: by publication in two papers, published in the city of Washington, of the place of, gw. time and place of the annual election, which election shall be conducted by three stockholders, who shall be appointed for that purpose by the board of directors at their previous stated meeting, one of whom shall act as judge, and the other two as inspectors. . Dividends of Sec. 9. And be tt further enacted, That the directors shall have power P'°m°· to declare such dividends of the profits of the company as they may deem proper: Provialed, 'Ithat no dgridend shall be declared when the capital stock would be impaired there y. (mice of the Sec. 10. And be at jbrther enaciei That the office of the company f:"‘§§’;1l{;:t;’: shall be located in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, Bmpehe? and and said company may establish branches or agencies elsewhere, subject ¤S‘#¤°¤<>¤· to the laws of the States respectively, in which they may be established. Act my be Sec. 11. And be it further emwtcd, That Congress may at any time °'lt"°d‘ alter or amend this act of incorporation. Approved, July 25, 1868. July 25, 1868. CHAP. CCXL. -A» Act ta amjim the JM to certain Lands in the Sum q"Nebmka. Title to 0,,,.. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ¤qi¤ MGS in the States of America in Oongress assembled, That in all cases in which the §;{;r§;k(:;°“h“* commissioner of the. general land office, or. the Secretary of the Incontirmud. terror, has finally decided in favor of pre-emption settlers or the loeators SW f¤Kjpl°· of Indian or half-breed scrip, and issued patents to them for lands within gg; tlmehcorporete lirpits of the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, the ug t mic title o the patentee or patentees· shall not be. defeated -01 1m- 1841, ob. 16, paired because such lzmd wats within the said corporaterlimits, lout if good @$2,1 v 455 in every other respect the title shall be good aud valid notwithstanding ` 'P'such lands may have been within the said corporate limits, and notwithstanding the entry thereof, by any pre—emptor, or locator of Indian or }m1f·l>re•:d serip, was forbidden by the tenth section of the act of September iburth, eighteen hundred and forty-oue, because so within said limits: g;<;;’l§°·l t Provided, That the following tracts of lands, to wit: the north half of the uceptgg ° ° nornhwest. quarter of section fifteen; the west half of the southwest quarter of section ten ; the east half of the southeast quarter, and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section nine; township fifteen north of range thirteen, east of the sixth principal meridian, are hereby excepted from the operation of this act. Approved, July 25, 1868. 2 ’ _ CHA]?. CCXLI.—-4u Act au¢}lm·iz`nq the Trust UCl I, th M t}wd't gp;:;:;:;] Church, m the City ¢y" Wmhizgton, tfsmzcgazeoylhrlagjrlgéty $*61* Bbw;} Be it enactcolby tfze Senate and House of Representatives of the United U'E`;¤¤3+:¤ vi States q/' America m Congress assembled, That George Reindhart, John t‘n“;“°‘F¥' Z?t’}Z{?&¤J‘£E." Ei Il'3? tl"E}}°`3* Yéw "‘“‘} (l."°"€." T‘lI°G1“’°’}‘$5“§* piscopa i ap o e e o is piscopa c urc m the ci y o as · g;*:_:;gk?3¥:m_ mgtcin, are hereby lputhorized to execute auduleliyer a. mortgage on lot p,0pmy_ num er twenty-eig taml lot mmiber twenty-mne, m square number one hundred anu one, belonging to said church in said city, in order thereby to enable said trustees to procure money for the purpose of erecting a parsonuge on said lots, and otherwise improving said lots, for the use and
 * 2*8 °° °°° for each share of the stock held by him, but no person shall be eligible 35