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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 377, 381. MAY 11, 13,1 936. 1 269 Georgetown Gaslight Company existing at the time of such merger, pass to and be vested in the Washington Gas Light Company as its property, with all the powers, rights, privileges, and franchises now possessed by either or both of said companies, including the right in the Washington Gas Light Company to institute and prosecute in its own name any action in connection therew ith : Pr ov id ed, That pending actions against The Georgetown Gaslight Company may continue against The Geo rgetown Gaslight Company until the merger of said companies, and thereafter against the Washington Gas Light Company. Ac tions or claims ag ainst Th e Georget own Claims, etc ., filed Gasligh t Company filed a fter the said mer ger shall be broug ht after merger. against the Wash ington G as Light Company. The Washington Gas Light Company, after such merger, shall Corporate powers. have the full power and authority to manufacture, transmit, dis- tribute, and sell gas in all parts of the District of Columbia and adjoining territory, for any purposes for which gas is now or may hereafter be used ; and to lay, repair, and replace gas mains and pipes in any of the streets, avenues, and alley s of the District of Columbia : Provided, That said work and its incidents, including the replacement of pavement or roadway cut, shall be without cost or ex -)ense to the District of Columbia or to the United States : Pro- vided further, That except as specifically provided in this Act noth- ing contained herein shall be taken or construed as altering, repeal- ing, or changing any provision of existing charter or franchise or rights of the Wa shington Gas Ligh t Compan y or of a ny statut e, law, ordinance, or regulation pertaining thereto . SEC. 3 . All charters, statutes, Acts and parts of Acts, laws, ordi- nances, and regulations inconsistent with or repugnant to the pro- visions of this Act, but only so far as inconsistent herewith or repugnant hereto, are hereby repealed . SEC . 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved to the Congress . Approved, May 11, 1936 . [CHAPTER 381 .1 AN ACT To amend section 981 of title 4, and section 843 of title 6 of the Canal Zone Code . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stat es o f Ame rica in C ongre ss as sembl ed, That section 981 of title 4, Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat . 1122), is amended to read as follows "SEC . 981 . It shall be lawful for the clerk of the district court, referees, and commissioners appointed by the district court, the marshal, magistrates, constables, and other officers and persons hereinafter mentioned, together wi th their assistants and deputies, to demand and receive the hereinafter-mentioned fees and no more . All fees collected by officers drawing a salary or compensation from the Government, other than those c ollected by the clerk of the dis- trict court and the marshal, shall be paid over to the collector of the Panama Canal . The clerk of the district court and the marshal shall receive, deposit, and accoun t for all public moneys collected by them in accordance with the law s, rules, and regulations govern- ing the receipt and disposition of moneys by clerks of United States district courts and United States marshals, respectively, in the con- tinental United States exclusive of Alaska ." Proviso. Pending actions. Provisos . No public expe nse for roadware cuts, etc. Existing charter, etc ., not affected. Inconsistent laws, ord inance s, etc ., re- pealed. Amendment. Mare 13, 1936. (S. 1379.] [Public, No . 578 .] Canal Zone Code, amendments . Vol . 48, p. 1122. District court . Fees allowed . Receipt and deposit, etc ., of public moneres.