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 THIRTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess.1I. Ch. 74, 76. 1814. 141 CHAP.-LXXIV. An Ac! for the relief of Dennis Clark. :P$T,;Ti8£;· Be it enacted, <§~c., '1`hat the receiver of public moneys for the dis- Purchmmme trict of lands offered for sale at Cincinnati, be required to pay Dennis for land to be Y Clark the full amount of moneys, with 'interest, paid by the said Dennis '°[`°¤d°d- Clark to the receiver aforesaid, in discharge of the purchase money for fractional section number ten, in the first township, and first range east. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Dennis Clark shall M be permitted to enter with the register of the land office, at two dollars ,,,,,,,Q;,.$;°,Ig_ per acre, one hundred and sixty acres ofland, in any section or part of a section within the Cincinnati district, which has been reserved and offered for sale, but not sold, to be paid for as other lands of the United States. Approved, April 18, 1814. Srnvrs II. Crue. LXXVI.—.£n det to iowafpozzte the Directors of the Washington Library A-PTH mi mucmpany. -————-— Be it enacted, &§·c., That James Laurie, Joseph Stretch, William Company in- Parker, Jonathan S. Findlay, George Way, Moses Young, and Thomas °°'P°’°'·°d- H. Gillis, and their successors duly elected or appointed in manner hereinafter directed, be, and they are hereby made, declared, and constituted a corporation and body politic, in law and in fact, to have continuance forever by the name, style, and title of “The Directors of the Washington Library Company," and by such corporate name, style, P j and title, shall be hereafter forever able and capable in law and equity ;,,,,;,w° ,,,,$,°ijQ to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered ¤f'_¤¤i¤g Md unto, defend and be defended, in any court or courts, or other places, "mg "°d‘ and before any judge or judges, justice or justices, or other persons whatsoever, within the district of Columbia or elsewhere, in all and all manner of suits, actions, complaints, pleas, causes, matters, and demands of whatever kind or nature they may be, in as full and effectual a manner as any other person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, may or can do. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all and singular the goods, (,,1,,,,,,),,, 0,- chattels, and other effects of what kind or nature soever heretofore given, holding progranted, or devised to the said library company, or to any person or Pwr persons for the use thereof, or that may have been purchased for or on account of the same, be, and the said goods, chattels, and other effects, are hereby vested in and confirmed to the said corporation. And the said corporation may take and receive any sum or sums of money, or any goods, chattels, or other effects of what kind or nature soever, which shall or may hereafter be given, granted, or bequeathed unto them by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, capable of' making such gift, grant, or bequest : Provided, That the goods, chat- Proviso. tels, and other effects vested in and confirmed to the said corporation, and the moneys, goods, chattels, and other effects which by this act the said corporation is authorized hereafter to receive, shall not in the whole exceed in value fifty thousand dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall Mdi§J11¤¤l¢¢ have full power and authority to make, have, and use a common seal,  mg"` with such device and inscription as they shall think proper, and the same to break, alter, and renew at pleasure : to appoint a treasurer and librarian, and such other officers as they may from time to time deem necessary: to assign them their duties, fix their compensation, and remove him or them from office, and appoint another or others in his or their place as ofien they shall think fit: to make, ordain, establish, and execute such by—laws and ordinances as may be deemed useful to the institution, and the same to alter, amend, or abrogate at pleasure : to