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 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 57, 59, 60. 1870. 91 g more than four hundred feet outside of Bird Island pier, and to erect and b¤fb¤¥ and Bg- l four hundred feet outside of said Bird Island pier. l Approved, April 20, 1870. l .._.. CHAP. LIX. —-An Act to amend the Usury Laws of the District of Columbia. April 22, 1870- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the rate of interest upon Rate of interjudgments or decrees, and upon the loan or thrbearauce of any money, :f;c;“°}hg°?;:_ goods, or things in action, shall continue to be six dollars upon one hun- bg,. to bg Six pmdred dollars for one year, and after that rate for a greater or less sum, or <=¢¤l¤· I>¤¤‘¤¤¤¤¤1. for a longer or shorter time, except as hereinafter provided. °X°€p°* &°‘ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all contracts hereafter to be Parties may made it shall be lawful for the parties to stipulate 01* agree in writing that gg'? “;B:"‘E:’g the rate of ten per cent. per annum, or any less sum, of interest shall be ce,,ll_{,_,,,. ,,1;,,,,,,, taken and paid upon every one hundred dollars of money loaned, or in any or any less Summanner due and owing from any person or corporation in this District. Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted, T hat if any person or corporation in Penalty for  this District shall contract to receive a greater rate of interest than ten per ggélgggtlngulgr c cent. upon any contract in writing, or six per cent. upon any verbal con- rm; gre  tract, such person or corporation shall forfeit the whole of said interest so  contracted to be received, and shall be entitled only to recover the prin-  cipal sum due to such person or corporation. ._ Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or corporation for receiving  within the District of Columbia shall directly or indirectly take or re- €‘°“l°" "“*°· ceive any greater amount of interest than is provided for in this act, upon any contract or agreement whatever, it shall be lawful for the person, or . his personal representative, or the corporation paying the same, to sue for il and recover all the interest paid upon any such contract or agreement from mares, pam i,] the person or his personal representatives, or from the corporation receiv- may be recoy- ing such unlawful interest: Provided, That the suit to recover back such gggbéztfglhf ¤ interest shall be brought within one year after such unlawful interest shall 8, ye,?,, have been paid or taken. _;, Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained N th. h TQ, shall he construed to change the general laws in force in relation to bank- in ,;,,,}:5 °r°` Y ing associations organized under the act to provide a national currency banking nswcine secured by a pledge of United States bonds and to provide for the cir- Willa], 6h_ me _; culation and redemption thereof, approved. June three, eighteen hundred vol, its P, ga, L`,' and sixty-four. Approved, April 22, 1870. ,,,· CHAP. LX. —An Act to incorporate the Washz'nglon Homeopathic Medical Society. April 22, 1870. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ’, States of America in Congress assembled, That Tullio S. Verdi, Gustave \Vnshin€t<>n Q, W. Pope, C. W. Sonnenschmidt, E. S. Kimball, and Jehu Brainerd, and ¥,gg}:gl°fg0é?°,y 2‘ " their associates and successors, physicians, be, and they hereby are, made incorporated. "~ 2. corporation by the name of the Wllashington Homeopathic Medical asSociety, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restrictions set forth in this act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said corporation may hold real Eststs. and personal estate to the amount of twenty thousand dollars. i · Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the members of said society, M°¥¤l>°*S mW or such of their officers or members [as they shall appoint], shall have pm°mB’&°‘l ~ the power to practise medicine and surgery and collect their fees within * the District of Columbia. ,; {_ such of their officers or members as they shall appoint, shall have full fjggfggfigfgcl
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 * ·; YSec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the members of said society, or may examine