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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 1244-1246. 1890. 625 such withdrawal: Provided, That nothing herein shall affect or im- mww. pair existing provisions of law in regard to the disposal of perishable Perishables ma ex. or explosive articles. “P‘°“"°“· Sec. 55. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this act Repeal. A _ are hereby repealed: Provide, however, That the repeal of existing Hwa. _ _ laws, or modifications thereof, embraced in this act shall not affect bu]?§§'“§mYfg{‘,',§· @ any act done or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or pro- *¤=°¤¤· ceediptg had or commenced in any civil cause before the said re eal or m itications, but all rights and liabilities under said laws shall continue and may be enforced in the same manner as if said repeal or modification had not been made. Any offenses committed, and all penalties or forfeitures or liabili- o¤e¤¤¤¤,em. ties incurred under any statute em raced in, or changed, modified, or repealed by this act may be prosecuted and punishe , in the same manner and with the same eifect as if this act had not been passed. All acts of limitation, whether applicable to civil causes and pro- u,,,,t,,,,,,,,,,,,,_ ceedings or to the prosecution of o enses, or for the recovery of penalties or forfeitlues, embraced in, or modified, changed, or repealed by this act, shall not be affected thereby, and all suits, proceedings, or prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for causes arrising or acts done or committed rior to the passage of this act may be commenced and prosecuted within the same time and with the same effect as if this act had not been passed. Approved October 1st 1890. CHAP. 1245.-An act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia Ocwbu. 1 m0_ to annul and cancel the subdivision of part of square one hundred and twelve, —-L.-.. knnwn as Cooke Park. Be it enacted bp the Senate and House of Rézpresentatives of the United States eg. merica in Congress assemble, That the Commis- mmm of Comm sioners of the strict of Columbia be, and they are hereby, author- bu. _ ` ized to annul and cancel the subdivision of part of square numbered C,,(],§§';,§{},“§`}Qd'},§,f' one hundred and twelve in Georgetown, known as Cooke Park, made i¤¤ ¤¤¢¤¤rl¤·>¤. by A. M. Bell September twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty- five, and recorded in the office of the surveyor of said District in `book A. R. S., page one hundred and fifty-seven: Provided, That mm. all the owners whose property in said subdivision abuts on the ave- rename: proper-ny nue shown thereon shall petition therefor. °“"°"“· Approved, October_1, 1890. CHAP. 1246.-An act to provide for the incorporation of trust, loan, mortgage, october 1, ism. and certain other corporations within the District of Columbia. ——-———-—~—-— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That corporations D,,,,,,, of 00mm_ may be formed within the District of Columbia for the purposes here- big t i inafter mentioned in the following manner: as{?E$Y{“ °" “" Any time hereafter any number of natural persons, citizens of the Minimum numberof United States, not less than twenty-five, may associate themselves °°¤>¤¤¤>¤~ together to form a company for the purpose of carrying on in the District of Columbia any one of the t ree classes of business herein specified, to wit: _ First. A safe deposit, trust, loan, and mortgage business. M, ,,,,,,,,,,_ M_ Second. A title insurance, loan, and mortgage business. ¤l5g3g¤¤— M Third, A security, guaranty, indemnity, oan, and mortgagebusi- tunes;. ’ j` ness; Provided, That the capital stock of any of said companies shall ,,,§§f““'°>'· °*°·· "“’* not be less than one million of dollars: Provided further, That any Prvyivvu. _ of said companies may also do a storage business when their capital srsr L—v0L xxv1—--40