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 276 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 262, 263. 1870. July 14, 1870. CHAP. CCLXII. - An Ao: in Amendment of the Act entitle:} “An Actrestablishing an i§, ungform Systemq/' Bankruptcy throughout the United States. V`)" xw'? mi" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representalires of the United _L¤W refusinz States of America in Congress assembled, That the prov1810ns of the senggigiggi Euless ond clause of the thirty-third section of said act, as amended by the first assets pay 50 section of an act in amendment thereof, approved July twenty-seven, eigh- £;;§f‘:;·5’5ft;° teen hundred and sixty-eight, shall not apply to those debts from which conmmd Eric, the bankrupt seeks u discharge which were contracted pl'1OI' to the first ’¤<>J¤¤- 1, 1 69- day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-mne. o _ I »\}3?§£l‘é_2§g,_ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the clause m the thirty-mnth Acts of bunk- section of said act which now reads ‘ or who, being a banker, merchant, \”¤DT<>Y- or trader, has fraudulently stopped or suspended and not resume;} pay- ment of his commercial paper within a period of fourteen days," s mll be amended so as to read as follows: " or who, being a banker, broker, merchant, trader, manufacturer, or miner, has fraudulently stopped pay- ment, or who has stopped or suspended and not resumed payment of his commercial paper within a period of fourteen days." Arpnovmn, July 14, 1870. July Mi 1870- CHAP. CCLXIII. -·-· An Act authorizing the Establishment of lValer-M`etersfer lite Potomac Water, the Lgping of an addz`t1`0nolg Water-1lIain_/i·0m the distrzbuting Reservoir of the Washington Aqu uct, and for other urposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P°*°"‘*‘° States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to prevent unne— water may be _ · Shutmy when cessary waste of Potomac water, and in order to more fully enforce the waste ogours laws of the corporation of Washington and Georgetown, in relation to Egg';;';;,;? the distribution of the same, the engineer officer in charge of the Wash- ’ ington aqueduct is hereby authorized and empowered, after giving notice, tt; shut oh the wsttpr phent such notice shall be disregarded from any p aces w iere a was e o wa er IS occurring. to be allowed Sec. 2. And be it jhrlker enacted, That the use of Potomac water for g" “‘°°h"‘“°”l» mechanical and manufacturing purposes, or for private fountains, street e. purposes d. . . ,,,,4 p,-wm rom,. an pavement washers, shall be allowed only when, m the op1n1on of wh°"’ S"' water in the two cities. Supply to SEO. 3. And be it further enacted, That the supply of waiter to all Pl¤°9¤ ¤'°<l¤i*‘l¤K mautitcturing establishments, hotels, livery-stables, and other places rea large quantity ( . _. I . _ . mb., dm,,m,,(,d tuning at urge quantity, shall be determined by meters erected and by piotersf; maintained at the expense of the consumer; and the said corporations w,f,G§W° °” of Washmgton and Georgetown shall Ieharge and collect for the quanpty so determined a price not exceeding three cents per hundred galons. mlgoar Sec. 4. And   it further enacted, That. said engineer odieer shall ,.8%,,0,,,0 CW earnsé; to be furnished and laid from the distributing reservoir of the iw1Hi11. usnington aqueduct to Capitol Hill, in the city of Washington, along such route as he shall determine, an iron main of thirty-six inches in diameter, connected with the present mains at such points as he shall direct, mgcpsnzc how and that the entiiecost thereof shall be borne proportionately by the cor- 'll ‘ porations of Virashxngton and Georgetown, and in order to provide for such cost, the stud corporations are hereby empowered and authorized to 1ncre;se the present water rates and water taxes to such an amount as may y them be deemed necessary. W¤Shl¤g¤<>¤ btw. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of enabling and Georgetown the .,· {. ·d - -. - may bmww the COl‘pOI‘d lOl1S 21 Oresal to carry out the proviswns of this act, 1t shall necessary be competent for them to borrow, in such proportions as they may deem ,,,,,,8 from wml, sandldollars for the city of Wasliingtoi1,nnd forty thousand dollars for rents. the city of Georgetown, redeemable within a. period of ten years, out of an y revenue to be derived from water rents. Approved, July 14, 1870.
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