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 132 FORTY-FIFTH.CONGRESS. Sess. II. CB. 195, 196, 197. 1878. June 14, 1878. CHAP. 195.-An act to amend the charter of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company ···T····· of the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Mvtiwl Fim I¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That the act to incorporate the ““E:“i‘;|S°l';£’:‘:;"3’é_ Mutual Fire Insurance Company approved January tenth, eighteen up P hundred and fifty-tive, and the acts amendatory thereof, approved, re- 1855, eh. 26, spectively, the iir t, April twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and 10 Sui-. 836- the second, March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy, are hereby E6gpg‘• Q amended by changing the last clause of the first sentence of the third 1870, cl{f;;5,° section of the iirst-named act, so as to read “which cash shall never 16 Stat., B0. exceed two hundred and Efty thousand dollars”, and also by authorizing said company to purchase, hold, and sell real estate for the purposes of its corporate business, of collecting or securing the collection of debts Investments in and of investments: Provided, That the amount of capital invested in wil ¤¤i¤¤¤- real estate by the said company shall not, at any time, exceeding one hundred thousand dollars. Approved, June 14, 1878. June 14, 1878. CHAP. 196.-An not to provide for the appointment of a district judge for the west- -——-———— ern district of Tennessee, and for other purposes. 1878, ch. 359, P°"·”·°· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District ju dns States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be appointed App°,mm,;¤t_ sent of the Senate, a district judge for the western district of Tennessee, who shall, from and after the time of his appointment, hold the terms of the United States district court in said district at the times and places required by law. Salary. Sec. 2. Said district judge shall be paid the same salary and in the same manner as the judge of the middle and eastern districts of Tennes- Powers. see, and shall exercise all the circuit and district court power and jurisdiction now conferred on said judge and said court. Present jndgs, Sec. 3. The present district judge of said State shall be and remain ¤ssis¤¤¤¤¤¤ vf- the district judge of the United States for the middle and eastern districts thereof, as if originally appointed thereto. Repeals. Sec. 4. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby repealed Approved, June 14, 1878. June 14, 1878. CHAP. 197.-An act authorizin the ublication for sale of an edition of the Narra- ·——————i— five og the Polaris Expedition. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Polaris Expedi- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Public Printer be, and '·*°¤· _ _ he is hereby authorized to print from the stereotype plates now in his N"' °d'°‘°"‘ possession, such number of copies of the Narrative of the Polaris Expedition as may be subscribed and paid for within such reasonable time as the Public Printer may designate: Provided, That the whole number P*i<=¤· printed shall be sold at the cost of publication with ten per centum N¤¤¤l>¤¤‘· additional; and no greater number shall be printed than shall have been subscribed and paid for prior to going to press thereon; and M¤¤¢¥i==¤l¤· authority is hereby given t-he Public Printer to procure the material, engravings, and lithographs necessary for the publication of the work; Proceeds- and it shall be the duty of the Public Printer to cover all moneys received for copies of the work into the Treasury, making a report thereof in his next annual report. Approved, June 14, 1878.
 * °,?,;:;c:se‘g'°*'*°* by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and con-