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THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 131, 132. 1864. 135 Sec. 6. And be it jbrther enacted, That this act shall take effect from t dvheyg and aficr the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixpy-four. ams C ° ` Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An act to Repeaqof act regulate the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and of 18312 eh. 98, northwestern frontiers of the United States, and for other pux·p0ses,” ggés'; mg"' approved second March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with {his act be, and the same are hereby, re led. Iggimovmn, June 17, 1864. Cm?. CXXH. -An Act to regubdu the Veta Power in the Territory of Washinglon. Jung 17, 1864. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every bill which shall_hV€t<> P•>“'°* gf have passed the legislative assembly of Washington Territory shall, Qvgflgggzzrfm before it become s. law, be presented to the governor. If he approve ritory. he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections, to that house in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. Iffafter such reconsideration, two thirds of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by two thirds of that house it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within Eve days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a. law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislative assembly by their adjournment prevenirits return, in which case it shall not be a law. Armovxo, June 17, 1864. . XXXII.—A1s Act to em theSu erannuated Fu d ocict 0 the Mar - (:%::1 (inuual Cbuference to iualdpguu gy {np!/w District of ’2'¤Z1IiSimb2'a-yarig to take ya Devin under the Will of the late Doughty. WHEREAS a certain William Doughty, of Georgetown, in the District The superanof Columbia, by his last will, bearing date on the twenty-ninth day of Q;Q;°g\f“'fgl§°' April, eighteen hundred and lifizymiue, duly admitted to probate, devised gw; cgytgip PAP- and bequeathed certain real and personal property and estate——pa.rt ¢1j¥>’i¤\¤h¤Di¤1 thereof to take effect at his death, and the residue at the death or mm- "’°t°t C°l“mbm` riage of his widow—to a society incorporated by act of the general assembly of Maryland, by the name of “The Superannuated Fund Society of the Maryland Annual Conference," and called in said will The Superarmuated Fund Society of the Methodist Protestant Church for the District of Maryland; and whereas it has been questioned whether the said corporation can lawfully take and hold the said property, in virtue of said last will, without the leave and assent of congress: Therefore -— i Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

  • States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of congress

is hereby given to all and every the aforementioned devises and bequests ? unto “The Superannuated Fund Society of the Maryland Annual Con- · ference " aforesaid; and the said society and body corporate is hereby r fully authorized and empowered to take and hold the said property and { estate devised and bequeathed to it as aforesaid, agreeably to the tenor and provisions of the said last will, and to dispose of and enjoy the same to every intent and effect as if the said society had been originally incor- 5 porated by act of congress. é Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation is here- Property mal , by empowered to hold real and personal property located in the District and pqrsonél, to