846 TWENTY·SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. 11. Ch. 110. 1842. provided for, shall be valid and binding upon the members of the said corporation. _ powerm me Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the corporation hereby ore. ¤¤d be wed. ated shall have power to sue and be sued in its corporate name; and to &°· appear, prosecute, and defend, to final judgment and execution, in all courts in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; to have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and renew, at will; to elect, according to their said constitution and by-laws, as the same may from time to time exist, all such officers as they may deem necessary By.|gw,_ and proper, and ascertain their duties and compensation ; to make, from time to time, by-laws and regulations (not inconsistent with the laws of the United States in force in the District of Columbia) for their government, and for the due and orderly conducting of their affairs, and the management of their property, and to enforce the same by penalties not exceeding twenty dollars for any one offence, to be recovered before a justice of the peace, in the same manner as other small debts are rep,-0y;,°_ covered: Provided, That it shall not be lawful for the said corporation to deal or trade in the manner of a bank, nor to issue any note in the nature of a bank note. Charter limit- Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That this charter shall continue °d* G"' in force for the period of twenty years from the date of this act, and no longer, unless Congress shall by law prolong its existence; but its expiration or dissolution shall not abate any suit then pending by or against the said corporation; and three years thereafter shall be allowed, in which it may wind up its affairs, and in which its corporate name may be used for the recovery of all debts due to or by the said corporation : Proviso. Provided, That Congress may at any time alter, repeal, or modify this act of incorporation. Armzovun, July 27, 1842. Snrurs II. { Aug 1, 1343, Cin?. CX. —An Act granting lo the county of Johnson, in the territory of Iowa, ·———-—- the right of pre-emption to a tract of land for a seat of `ustice for said county, 1839, eh. 77. and repealing the second section of an act approved the third day of March, eighteen hundre and thirty-nine, entitled “An act making a donation of land to the territory of Iowa, for the purpose of erecting public buildings thereon." Be it enacted, <§·c., That the right of pre-emption, at the minimum Right of pw. price for which the public lands are sold, is hereby granted to the county ¢a¤{J¤;;}gr¤¤¢- of Johnson, in the territory of Iowa, for the fractional nortlrwest quar- ° m' ter, east of the river, of section number fifteen, in township seventy- nine, of range six, west of the principal meridian, as reported to the land offices at Dubuque, in said territory, containing one hundred and seventeen acres and sixty-four one hundredths of an acre, more or less, Act ofM¤y26, on the same terms and conditions expressed in the act of the twenty- 182% **-169- sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act granting to the counties and parishes of each state and territory of the United States, in which the public lands are situated, the right of preemption to quarter sections of land for seats of justice within the same;" which said right of pre-emption is in lieu of that to the quarter section hereaofpre located by the commissioners of said county, which is relinquis e . pm Ofuct Og · Snr:. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the second seocllilxayph 3, mpi? tion of an act entitled "An act making a donation of land to the territory · · '°P°° ° · of Iowa, for the purpose of erecting public buildings thereon," approved the third day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, as directed the contiguous sections to the section to be selected under said act, for the. purpose aforesaid, to be reserved from sale or entry until the further action of Congress thereon, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Pro-
