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788 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 100, 101, 104. 1854. SEO. 11. And be it further enacted, That each of the stockholders in bH%;¤dig}<£¤;;11i¤- the Georgetown Gaslight Company shall be held liable in his or her indi. mc{hOum_ vidual capacity for all the debts and liabilities of the said company, however contracted or incurred, to be recovered by suit, ns other debts or liabilities, before the court or tribunal having jurisdiction of the case. Srcc. 12. And be it further enacted, That all right granted to the W&Si1- 18Ig;¤‘*¤cgf g` ington Gaslighs Company by an act entitled "An act to amend au sei; p%léd_“ entitled ‘ An act, to incorporate the Washington Gaslight Company, approved July eight, eighteen hundred and forty-eight,’ approved August second, eighteen hundred and fifty-two," to lay gas mains or pipes in the City of Georgetown, be and the same is hereby repealed. Ammovso, July 20, 1854. July 20, 1854. CHAP. C. —An Actjbr the Relief of Thomas IC Glenn. Be it cmwtcd Ir; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United T. K. Glemvs States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General

_‘;‘i‘;;’;Q£6§`a5“; be, and hereby is, authorized to cause the account of Thomas K. Glenn,

y,., ggtugd and for carrying the mail from Raleigh to Roxboro, in North Carolina, from wid SUS tv cqr- the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, during the time he f1‘§tP”};‘;f:§;f"*" has been engaged, and to the termination of his contract, to be settled and paid in such manner as to correct an alleged mistake made in his propopmvgm sals: Provided, The Postmaster-General be satisfied of the existence of such mistake, and that the difference to be paid to the said Thomas K. Glenn, with what he has already received, shall not exceed the amount Amount to ba of the next lowest bid, or the rate of two hundred and seventy-five dol- Paid. lsrs per annum for the term of the contract, or the actual performance of the service. A1=r1z0v1¤1>, July 20, 1854. Jn1y gg, )_g54_ Gun. CI.--An Act jbr the Reliqfq/' Charles Staples. Be it evwwted by the Senate and Ibuso of Representatives of the United Charles Stu- States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary of the Integmhtg ;’§¤Q}Q:°d riot be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Charles Staples, rolls m; $8 pw of the State of Maine, on the pension rolls of the United States, at the ?‘°;:;*; @**3858 rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of January, fo, ms KR,} ’ in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-tl1ree, and to continue during his natural life. APPROVED, July 20, 1854. July 24, 1854. CHAP. CIV. -— An Act to confirm the Claim of Dusuan dc Za Grab: to a Lot ¢y`Land -—-—-.-..- therein described. Whereas in the supplemental report of the register and receiver me Preamble. Jackson Court-House, dated twenty-ninth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty, communicated to the Senate twenty-third of February, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, it is stated that claim number four, in said report, was " inadvertently omitted in the general rep0rt" made on the eleventh of July, eighteen hundred and twenty, and presented to the Senate the seventeenth of November, same year ; end whereas, it is considered by the Commissioner of the General Laud·Office that, by reason of said omission, the said claim is not entitled to the confirmation con— 1822, ch.128. tained in the act of eighth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, confirming the general report of eighteen hundred and twenty: · Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United Lund claim States of simcrica in Congress assembled, That claim number four, in the §m?£ 3g;' supplementul·rep0rt hereinbefore referred to, be, and the same is hereby, ` confirmed to Dusuzm cle la Croix, his legal representatives and assigns,