and vested in the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia, and in and upon the supreme or superior courts of any of the Territories of the United States, in cases in bankruptcy, where the bankrupt resides in the said District of Columbia, or in either of the said Territories.
This act to take effect from 1st Feb. next.Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after the first day of February next.
Approved, August 19, 1841.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. X.—An Act further to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office.[1]
1848, ch. 93.
1st sec. act of 7th July 1838, ch. 166, revived and continued to 1st Jan. 1844.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first section of the act entitled “An act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office,” approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, as to all warrants issued prior to the tenth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty, and no others, be, and the same is hereby, revived, and to continue in force until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-four.
Approved, August 19, 1841.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. XI.—An Act to authorize the recovery of fines and forfeitures incurred under the charter, laws, and ordinances of Georgetown, before justices of the peace.
1846, ch. 67.
Corporation of Georgetown to recover fines, &c. how.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to remove all existing doubts as to the chartered powers of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Common Council of Georgetown, the said Corporation of Georgetown shall be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to recover all fines, penalties, and forfeitures incurred, or that may be incurred, under their charter, and the laws and ordinances passed in pursuance thereof, by warrant before any justice of the peace of the District of Columbia, and execution on his judgment, in like manner, and subject to a like appeal to the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, as in other cases of small debts.
Approved, August 19, 1841.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. XII.—An Act to revive and extend the charters of certain banks in the District of Columbia.
Act of July 3, 1840, ch. 39.
Charters of Bank of Metropolis, Bank of Washington, &c. revived.
Powers, &c. renewed to the extent granted by said charters, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the charters of the Bank of the Metropolis, of the Bank of Washington, and of the Patriotic Bank of Washington, in the city of Washington; the charter of the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank of Alexandria, and of the Bank of Potomac, in the town of Alexandria, be, and the same are, severally and respectively hereby revived; and all the powers, rights, privileges, immunities, limitations, prohibitions, and restrictions contained in said charters are hereby renewed, extended, and made applicable in full force to each of said banks, respectively, and to the presidents, directors, other officers, and stockholders of each of them, in the same manner, and to the same extent, as was granted and provided by the said several and respective charters, and the laws in force on the first day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, subject to the limitations and provisions hereinafter contained:Proviso. Provided, Said
