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 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 133, 134. 1870. 157 said police court, and he shall make a record of his proceedings in every case, in a book to be kept for that purpose. And all acts of Congress _1§epea1 of acts authorizing justices of the peace to sit at the respective station-houses to €,;;‘"§£<;;Sté;f°f hear charges against persons who may be arrested and carried thereto, tainpauthority. and fixing compensation thereto, are hereby repealed. Sec. 20. And be itfurtfzer enacted, That the judge of said police court Policejudge may examine and commit, or hold to bail,_in all offences, whether cog- my °"“”‘.l”‘i& nizable in said police court or in the criminal court of said District. iis, ,,$,i;,m0[i·ii,2§c€?' Sec. 21. And oe it further enacted, That hereafter the marshal of the Marsha] may District of Columbia, in all civil cases, may demand and receive payment dBm8m} fP'€R¤Y‘ of his fees before serving any process therein, except, in cases in which giggtcggggezx the United States may be a. party, or of ficri facias, or where the court or cept, &c. l any justice thereof may order suit to be instituted without prepayment of costs. Sec. 22. And oe itjitrtber enacted, That this act shall go into opera- When this act tion within ten days after the approval by the President; and all acts ***;,3,5 gig? and and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby saving; ciauiw repealed. But the provisions of this act shall in no wise alfect the proceedings in any case pending in the said criminal court of the District of Columbia at the time when this act shall take eH`ect, but the same may be prosecuted to final judgment and execution the same as if this act had not been assed. Ariinovnn, June 17, 1870. CHAP. CXXXIV. — An Act to incorporate a Zoological Society in the City of Waslzing— June 21, 1870. ton, District of Columbia. W Be it enacted by the Senate and [base tf Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Henry D. Cook, George Washington W. Riggs, James C. Kennedy, Spencer F. Baird, General O. O. Idoward, é;‘;;°§X:;2;s0f· T. W. Bartley, Joseph Casey, Horace Capron, James C. McGuire, and ,,m,d_ George Taylor, of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and their associates and successors be, and are hereby, incorporated and made a body corporate by the name of the Washington ~Zoological Society, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court Powers. of law or equity of competent jurisdiction, and be entitled to use andlexercise all the powers, rights, and privileges incident to such corporations for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a zoological garden in the city of Washington, and that they, the said corporators, may purchase or Solltgagpppoperlease any real or personal estate required for the purpose aforesaid ; and * after the said zoological garden shall be established, the said company, for tOF·i<;dtp;~ entry the purpose of paying the expenses of the same, may charge and recexve g ‘ a fee for entry thereunto, not exceeding twenty-five cents for each and every person over the age of twelve years, and ten cents for each and proviso. every person under said age: Provtded, That said society shall, forfat least one day in each and every weeik, open said garden to all classes or a char e not exceeding ten cents eac. _ _ _ _ SEC? 2. And be itbfurther enacted, That the said soeiety may from lmgglgpgpalgigigy time to time import into this country from foreign countries, free of duty, be imported me all birds and animals necessary for the establishmentpf said garden; and of duty. in consideration thereof the said society shall do all in their power to introduce valuable animals, ppultry, ant; gulp, apd fusiplpslhcglgp same to pern or societies re uirin the same a e eas pos · _ · _ _ so SSG. 3. And be? itfuither enacted, That'the said society be, and is m3g¤g’ml:;l§ Em hereby, authorized to USG, u11d6F the direction of the water ’7'!*§7»$t€;'  hX3fan;_Sét:g;:_0 gistrar] of theftiityl of Washiiggtonédwpghppgippgpgpg gggmac wa e wi on g , ose o rants, on s, a ‘ · _ _ theggi And Ze it furtilier enacted, That the goyernment, and- dirgctlgoré to  of the affairs of said society shall be invested in said corporators, an t a scum}