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 628 TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 39,45. 1836. The property Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the property, real and per- °Y*h° ¤*° ‘i°!¤· sonal, owned by the late Fire Insurance Company of Alexandria, be, ¥§$,¥,7°°w m and the same is hereby vested in the company newly created, subject, however, to all debts, contracts, and engagements of the former company. Ac, of Much Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That an act of Congress, passed 9, t814, cb. 24, on the ninth day of arch, eighteen hundred and fourteen, entitled '°"“'°d· "An act to incorporate a Fire Insurance Company, m the town of Alexandriai, in tihe Dilstrict of Co}lumbia,; withd able exceptiop oi,) the lirsti secon, an tent sections thereo e, an e same is ere y revive and declared to be in full force as fio the company hereby created, and that the company hereby created, shall have all the powers and capacities which were granted to the former company by the said act; and shall be subject to the payment of all debts due, or contracted by the former company, and shall be chargeable with all their contracts. Election of Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the election of president ¤m¢¤¤‘¤» Wh°¤ and directors as. made by the stockholders of the former company on h°m' the iirst Monday in November last, be, and the same is hereby confirmed ; that the president and directors shall continue in office for one year from the first Monday in November last, and until others shall be chosen in their stead; and that all acts by them done within the provisions of the former charter shall be, and are hereby declared to be binding and obligatory on the company hereby created. Ac,,°m,,,,_ Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in me in force is force, for the term of eighteen years, from and after the passing there- Y¤¤¤· ol] and until the end of the session of Congress then next following. Ammovnn, February 17, 1836. Snrun I. F,,b_ 25, 1836_ CHAP. XXXIX. —.d1r.lct for the relief of Stqzhcn Oritlenton. Be it enacted, ge., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is p,,,,,,,,,,, {0,. hereby, authorize and directed to cause to be paid to Stephen Crittenground convey- ton, of the city of Middletown, in the state of Connecticut, out of any °d ‘° U· S· moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, being the value of a piece of ground, situate in said city, which he caused to be conveyed to the United States, in part for a site on which the Secretary of the Treasury had decided that he would build a custom-house. Approved, February 25, 1836. Smrura I. Much zz, 1836, Crum. XLV. -— An Act lo authorize the conveyance af certain lands belonging- to -—-—-——-———- the University of Mchigan. Be it enacted, <§-c., That the trustees of the Unigprsity of Michigan, T g ,, m, he and they are hereby authorized, to convey to illiam Oliver, y a oonrydiscertaiti deed igned by the president, and countersigned by the secretary of h“d’· said board of trustees, the following tracts of land, lying near Toledo, on the Miami of the Lake, to wit, tracts numbered three and four, and the south-west quarter of section number two, and the west half of section numbcr three, in township number three, within the twelve mile reservation at the foot of the rapids of the said Miami river, pursuant to a contract entered into between the said trustees, and the said William Oliver, on the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth days of October, anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty-four. Actcfmmh Sec.  And be it further enacted, That the act entitled An act to B, ISS5, ch. 91, authorize the sale of certain lands belonging to the University of and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That the product arising
 * °P°’l°d- Michigan, approved March third, eighteen hundred and thii-ty-tive, be,