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 SI XT Y-F IRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 107-109. 1910. 241 teenth street and Colorado avenue, and to omit the said street between the limits named from any future subdivision of the parcel of ground _ through which the said J eiferson street runs: Provided, That the §°,§‘{,"}@’;,,,,,,, {mm owners of the parcel of ground through which the said J etferson ¤W¤<=¤· Street between the limits named runs shall dedicate to the District of golumbia lfhe south gwenty fget of the said J elferson street between ourteent street an Colora o avenue. Approved, March 23, 1910. ` _ 1 _- _ h rizc · · mma zamo. him; lm, D;·§1r£pgfT80ap;\§m· certain changes in the permanent system of [H 1,.16916.] _ [Public, No. 95.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of ,P,§g*‘§i*l;Q1*3‘§;}¤m*{;¤;; the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to prepare a new for uormem election. highways plan for that portion of the first section of the permanent system of highways plan lyin§ between Georgia avenue on the east, Sixteenth street on the west, almia street on the north, and Butternut street on the south, under the provisions contained in the Act of V<>1.27.p. 533- Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An Act to provide a permanent saystem of highways in that part of the District o Columbia lying outsi e of cities," and an amend- V°*·"°· P- 5*** ment to said Act approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eig t. Approved, March 23, 1910. CHAP. 109.-An Act To amend an Act approved August thirteenth, eighteen hun- March 2a, 1910. dred and ninety-four, entitled "An Act relative to recognizances, stipulations, bonds, [H- R- 18902-] g and undertakings, and to allow certain corporations to be accepted as surety thereon." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati»ves of the United States of America in Congress aasem, That sections three and four Surytrbwmbvwr of the Act entitled "An Act relative to recognizances, stipulations, p°xii>i.°°di, p. 2:0, bonds, and undertakings, and to allow certain corporations to be ac- *'“°°"°°· cepged ap ixprety thereon," be, and they are hereby, amended so as to rea as o ows: “Sec. 3. That ever com ny, before transacting any business under °° F °‘ °“°"°' ‘° this Act, shall deposig with Elie Secretary of the Treasury of the United iifryniiin: States a cop of its charter or articles of incorporation, and a statement, signcdy and sworn to by its president and secretary, showing its assets and liabilities. If the said Secretary of the Treasury shall be *“"*°"“"° °°‘· satisfied that such companv has authority under its charter to do the business rovided for in this Act, and that it has a paid-up capital of not less than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in cash or its equivalent, and is able to keep and perform its contracts, he shall grant authority in writing to such company to do business under this Act. " Sec. 4. That every such company shall, in the months of January, R°¥’°"" ‘° "° EM- April, July, and October of each year, file with the said Secretary of the Treasury a statement, signed and sworn to by its president and secretary, showing its assets and liabilities, as is required by section three of this Act. And the said Secretary of the Treasury shall have the B¢*’°*i¤¤•¤*¤°*'“Y- power, and it shall be his duty, to revoke the authority of any such company to transact any new business under this Act whenever in his judgment such companv is not solvent or is conducting its business in violation of this Act. He may institute inquiry at any time into the inquiries, ea. solvency of said company and may require that additional security be given at afgy time by any principal when he deems such company no onger su cient security. Approved, March 23, 1910.