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THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 128, 129. 1860. 35 € the northern and southern districts of California., as follows: To the Juqgegfnonh-

  1. Judge of the northern district such a sum as will, when added to his fixed °“'“ ‘·l'““"°*·

. and permanent salary allowed by law and received by him, make his com-

· pensation amount to the sum of six thousand dollars per annum, and such
  • additional compensation to be computed from the {list day of January,

· eighteen hundred and fifty-two; and to the judge of the southern district _¤<>¤¢h¢f¤di¤· · Such a sum as will, when added to his fixed and permanent salary allowed mw {_ by law and received by him, make his compensation amount to the sum _. of thirty-five hundred dollars, such compensation to be computed and

. allowed from the date of his appointment to said oiliee and to continue

»,i each for and during the performance of the additional services required Y to be performed by this act, but not exceeding two years from and after

 the passage of this act.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all costs of surveys and publi-· Mg°;*sbQ;c;'g`::Y _ cations, under the provisions of this act, shall be charged to and paid by fp bg id by the , the United States, and costs of litigation in the district courts shall abide the Umeiimmresult thereof and the court in its discretion may require security therefor. E Sec. 9. And be itficrther enacted That all acts and parts of acts in- R¤P°¤ll¤8°l¤¤¤°· E consistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. [ A.r1>1z0v1·:1>, June 14, 1860. § ... E cmp. CXXIX.—An Ad amimgglomejpcymuz Gallery and scm: (yum an ·T¤¤¤ 15, 1860- ' trict 0 umbia. i Be it enacted the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mfg? fg i Stale: of America m Congress assembled, That there may be established .,,;,,,;,1;;;,.,4, § in the District of Columbia by the persons hereinafter named a gallery { and school of arts, for the purpose of promoting the improvement of the fine arts, and their application to patriotic purposes by means of exhibitions, libraries, museum, instruction, and any other practicable operations. t Sec. 2. And be it funher enacted, That the said institution shall be t I*{:*l*¤**°¤ hg: { under the management, direction, and government of a number of trustees, QQ, ° mms ’ i not exceeding twenty-five, to be elected annually by the contributors to the said gallery and school, in such manner and under such limitations 5 and restrictions as may be provided in the by-laws thereof; and the first

  • trustees of the said institution shall consist 0 the following pers0ns,namely: Horatio Stone John Cranch J. M. Stanly J. G. Bruil', Robert Bovle, First Trustees.

_ W. W. Corcoran, F. Cunninéham, T. G. Clemseu, J. G. Berret, P. Stanton, A. Thomas Smith, H. G. Fant, Charles Eames, B. Ogle Taylor, George W. Riggs, Charles Haskins, Seth Eastman, Samuel F. Vinton, and L. D. Gale, which said trustees and their successors shall be a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of “The National Gallery and School of Arts;" by which name and title N*§¤¤¤ °*` ¤°¤‘· the said truetees and their successors shall be competent and capable, in °”’ P°w°"’ law and equity, to take to themselves and thexr successors, for the use of the said institution any estate in any lands tenements hereclitameuts goods, chattels, moneys, and other eH'eets, by gift, grani, bargain, sale; conveyance, assurance, will, devise, or bequest of any person or persons whatsoever: Provided, The same do not exceed, in the whole, the yearly value oi fifty tlxoutsalnd dollars alnd the same propegty and etlée<;ts,f;eal sing persona to gran argam se convey, assure emxse an 0 rm e and to place out on interest,for the use of the said institution; and by the same name to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, in any courts of law and equity; and to make and use a common seal, and the same to break and alter at their pleasure; and generally, by and in the same name, to do and transnrt all and every the busmess touching or concerning the premises. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid shall Tam ¤¢` ¤¤i¢¤ hold their ofilces until the first day of October, eighteen hundred and °f “b°'° °"°°d