198 FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 6, '7, 11. 1818. Srnuu I. Jan gg, 1g1g_ CHAP. VI.—An Act for the relief of Winslrnu and Ilcnry Lewis. Claims to be Be it enacted, dw., That the proper accounting officers of. the tree. umm for m0_ sury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to nays dgpqsiggd settle, in such manner as may [be] just and reasonable, the claim of in **6 l¤¤¤d¤ of Winslow and Henry Lewis, for moneys deposited in the hands of M, M, M'M‘ N°°h‘ Noah late consul of the United States at Tunis, and which ma have · . — . Y been applied by the said M. M. Noah to the payment of certain bills of exchange, drawn by said_ Noah on the department of state, for the pur- 1>,.°,,;S,,_ pose of ransomrng American prisoners at Algiers: Pravzdcd, That the sum to be allowed shall not exceed sixteen thousand three hundred and ninety-six dollars and forty-nine cents. App,.,,p,.;,,,;°,,_ Sec.2. .And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof', when so ascertained, shall be paid out of any money m the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, January 22, 1818. Surura I. *··*— hm 22, 1mg_ Cun. VII.-dn Act for the rcliefof Joel Earwood. """"""‘ Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the receiver of public moneys for the dis- Allowed to trict of lands offered for sale at Jeffersonville be and he is hereby, au-
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rand, &,,,_ y of lands he may make in said district, any moneys he may have paid into said office, on the north-east quarter of section numbered twenty-one, of township six, and range nine east, in said district; and the register of the said land office shall permit the said Earwood to withdraw his entry for the quarter section aforesaid. Approved, January 22, 1818. Srxrura I. —-—— Feb. 16, 1818. CHAP. XI. --— An Act to incmjmrate the Columbian Insurance Company <y" "“""”"""" .dlc:¢·andria. Th I Be it enacted, ¢$·c., That the Columbian Insurance Company of Alexbimilggrggéc alpdria, which }w}z:sdformed and established in the town of Alexandria on C., m,,,,,d ,, the twenty-cig t ay of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred body politic. and fifteen, be, and they are hereby, created a body politic, and by that name shall have succession, shall sue and be sued, implead and be impleaped, in cpivenapp, deb:, cpsie, by bgl, orlby warrant, before any judge ]s1ce,an1na courso aw an e uit . Capital. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That ihe capital of the said company, which now consists of two hundred and seventy-seven thousand dollars, rn sharesof fifty dollars each, may be increased whenever the business of the saulcompany, in the opinion of the president and directorsfor the time being, may require it, to an extent not exceeding one ' million of dollars, in like shares. Eleguon old Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the existing board of presisxgt ““ dlpnt and directors {of said company may serve in those capacities until t e next e ection o directors, on the first Monday of November in the year one thousand. eight, hundred andleighteeng fourteen days before which period public notice shall be given by the said president and directors to the stockholders that an election will be held on that day; and they shall appoint two or more other stockholders as commissioners to supermtend the same; at which election every stockholder shall be entitled to give one vote for each share which has stood in his name twentyfdays gist pgegedmg, for eleven persons, being stockholders, citizens o tie United States, and residents of the District of Columbia Salary and or of the county of Fairfax, in Virginia, as directors of said corpora; e,,,,,,,,," dmc_ tion. _The persons thus elected shall, at their first meeting, proceed mam, aw, forthwith to fix the salary of the president, and afterwards to his elec-
