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 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. IL Ch. 131, 132, 133. 1870. 153 CHAR. CXXXI. —- An Act exam tin rom Taxes certain Pm in the Dish-` t o June 17, 18 0. gmngaéggi tzyaqinigl topprgzgiefyr the Creation of Clziplgrations in thfhistggt _`-";-' Be zt enacte0l'by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passave churches and of this act all churches and school-houses, and all buildings, grounds, and S°h°°l‘hQ“”°° in property appurtenant thereto, and used in connection therewith in the g°§3$Q°;,;f District of Columbia, shall be exempt from any and all taxes or assess- empt from mxments, national, municipal, or county. ¤¤<>¤- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That savings banks may be organ- Savings banks ized within the District of Columbia under the provisions of section four V‘“g’ l’° ;’l‘"g’i;‘ of an act " to provide for the creation of corporations in the District of {lic; Trl3S1c]:- Columbia by general law," and the limitation of twenty years provided b¤·¤¤<i€* Mt Of fbi- in said section for the existence of corporations created under and by 18T,,°,{,5hi,§q},g_4' virtue of the provisions of said section shall not apply to corporations Lireihsurance. formed only for the purpose of life insurance. Approved, June 17, 1870. CHAP. CXXXII.—An Act to provnsleldyfbr furnishing artificial Limbs to disabled Juno 17, 1870. mw' See Post, pp. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 17* Z22' States of America in Congress assembled, That every soldier who was dis- Disabled Soiabled during the late war for the suppression of the rebellion, and who dm? h*F€¤°€°¤’° was furnished by the War Department with an artificial limb, or appara- tus for resection, shall be entitled to receive a new limb or apparatus sig. to be sup-, as soon after the passage of this act as the same can be practically ggg¤egg¤WH¤¤w· . . . . ry V0 [practicably] fhrmshed, anal at the expiration of every five years there- years Mmamr; after, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the surgeon- _ _ general of the army: Provided, That the soldier may, if he so elect, mg;;',”§B{3;°‘" receive, instead of said limb or apparatus, the money value thereoi at the thereof. following rates, viz.: For artificial legs, seventy-five dollars; for arms, commutation fifty dollars ; for feet, fifty dollars; for apparatus for resection, fifty mes. dollars. Sec. 2. Anal be it further enacted, That the surgeon-general shall cer- Money comtify to the commissioner of pensions a list of all soldiers who have elected {)‘;“1;;§E" h°w °’ to receive money commutation instead of limbs or apparatus, with the amount due to each, and the commissioner of pensions shall cause the same to be paid to such soldiers in the same manner as pensions are now or hereafter ma be aid. Sec. 3. Andybe further enacted, That every soldier who lost a limb d_Dis¤b1ed ¤<>1·, · • • _ , l8Y`S Wl'\O C811i10h during the late war, but from the nature of his in_]uiy was not able to use use an Munch} an artificial limb, and consequently received none from the government, limb, to receive shall be entitled to the benefits of this act and shall receive money com- m<>¤<=.Y V°·l¤°· mutation as hereinbefoye pécgided. Approved, June 1, 1. CHAP. CXXXIII.-—An Act to establish a Police Court for the District ofCclumbia, and for other Purposes. See Post, p. 188- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Zlmted · of States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be established th€<g;¢:r¢;g;¤;ié in the District of Columbia a. court to be called the Police Court of the Columbia www District of Columbia, which shall have original and exclusive Julriseiiction iisggmsdiction of all offences against the United States committed in the District of 1 · Columbia, not deemed capital or otherwise infamous crimes, that is to say, of all simple assaults and·batter1es, and all other mxsclemeaucgs not punishable by imprisonment m the penitentiary; and 0 {ath offences against any of the ordinances of the city of W3Sh1Dgt0?,·w‘ oh- et cg y It Georgetown, or laws of the levy court of the county 0 as mg 0.