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160 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 138, 139, 140, 141. 1870- June Bl, 1870. CHAP. CXXXVIII. -—An Act to re·r(m'rc the Register of '[Villa for the District of Co- "'”`""“""" Iumbta to give Bond. Be it enacted by the Senate and lkuse of Representatives of the United _R¢zi¤¢¤¤‘ Of _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the register of wills

 thr the District of Columbia shall, within thirty days after the passage of

to give bond; this act, give 2. bond, with two or more sureties, (to be approved of by the chief justice of the supreme court of said District for the time being,) to °°¤dm°¤S· the United States in the sum of five thousand dollars, faithl`ully to digcharge the duties of his office and seasonality to record the decrees and orders of the orpl1ans’ court for said District, and all wills proved before him or the said court, and all other matters by existing laws, or an y law liereatler passed, directed to be recorded in the said court, or in the office l¥<>¤<l fob? of said register. which bond shall be entered in full upon the minutes of °m°r°`h"°dm°d' the said orphans’ court and the original tiled with the records thereof Bond of nnv St:0. 2. And be it further enacted, That any register of wills for the

$:;::{g§*°"h°’ said District lxercinafter appointed according to law, before he acts as

` such, shall give n similar bond as prescribed in the first section of this net, with the like suretics, in the same penalty, on the same conditions, and subject to the same approval as required by said first: section. Approved, June 21, 1870. June 21, 1870. CHAP. CXXXIX.-·An Act to make Fecal a certain Act of the Councils of the CiIy<y` ~ D "—-___` lVuslti11_gton. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Um`/ed tllggmlgifzgl States. of America in Congress assembled, That a ccrtain·act of the m,,,,,,).,,;“i,,,,,_ councils of the city of Washington, approved the twenty-sixth day of imxm uuuic October, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and entitled “An act for the 1°l¥"L relief of the trustees of the Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church," bc, and is hereby, declared to be st legal act and not inconsistent with the powers of' the corporate authorities of the city of Washington ; and they are hereby empowered nnd directed to pay to said trustees the sum of four hundred dollars and twenty-seven cents, in accordance with the amount appropriated by said act. Approved, June 21, 1870. june 21, 1870. CHAT'. CXL. —— An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act fixing the Compensation for 1867, 0h_ 57_the Builimt and (,'rir»rs(pf the (batrts of the District of Co umbia," approved February Vol. xiv. p. 408. twenty-two, eighteen hun red and sixty-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mztted I'·•y_<>¤‘ bnilimi States of America in Omzgress assembled, That from and after the pas- QQjm‘;"f;“,%; °h° sage of this act the marshal shall pay to each bailiii and crier who shall pimms: co. be required to attend upon the district, circuit, [and] criminal courts of l¤"“*l¤· the District of Columbia, three dollars and fifty cents for each day such bailiff or ericr shall attend upon either of said courts. Approved, Juno 21, 1870. __·I§¤° mi 1870; CHAP. CXLI. —- An Act Relating to the Supreme Court q/the District of Cblumbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Terms of the States of America in Congress assembled, That the several general terms

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;‘;“§3?_;:fo,. und special terms of the circuit courts, district courts, and criminal courts

Qolumbin G,- authorized by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty- wbgggsgh 91 three, entitled "An act to reorganize the courts in the District of C0}¤m· VOL Xg, .,é2_ bm, and for other purposes," which have been or may be held, shall be, and are declared to be, severally, terms of the supreme court of the dc.Iu<lgm§tnts, District of Columbia; and the judgments, decrees, sentences, orders, pro- °'°“· °‘ ceodmgs, and acts of said general terms, special terms, circuit courts, district courts, and criminal courts heretol`ore or hereafter rendered, made,