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THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 80, 88. 1856. 457 mes of land, upon any of the public lands belonging to the United States, loom me of and subject to private entry, at the minimum price. oust, 640 acres of Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the location so made shall be l““d·_ _ in full compensation to the said Richard Albritton for a certain private wizlgnlggitheg land claim for six hundred and forty acres, reported for confirmation by ,,1,,;,, confirmed James O. Crosby, commissioner, under date of June seven, eighteen hun- by wt of 1819, di-ed and thirteen, and confirmed by the act of Congress approved March °m0' three, eighteen hundred and nineteen. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Patent to isms_ General Land·OiHce, upon the receipt of the certiicate from the proper land-office, shall issue a patent to the said Richard Albritton for the lands authorized to be located by this act. APPROVED, August 6, 1856. Cnr. LXXXVIII.——An Act to fnmrpcvate the Columbia Library of Capitol Hill, in the Aug. 11, 1856. City of Washington. """‘*"' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United C¤l¤¤¤bi¤ Li- States of America in Congress assembled, That James Adams, as presi- Eiyhlgogggfl dent, and Jacqueline S. Pendleton, William H. Winter, James A. Brown, ed. James A. Tait, and James McDermott, and their successors duly elected or appointed in the manner hereinafter directed, be, and they are hereby made, declared, and constituted a corporation or body politic, in law and in fact, to have continuance forever by the name, style, and title of “The Columbia Library of Capitol Hill, in the City of Washingt0n," and by that name, style, and title, shall be hereafter forever able and capable, in law and equity, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in any court or courts, or other places, and before any judge or judges, justice or justices or other person, whatsoever, within the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, in all and all manner of suits, actions, complaints, pleas, causes, matters, and demands of whatever kind or nature they may be, in as full and eifectual a manner als any other person or persons, bodies politic or corporate may or can 0. Sec. 2. And be it furt/wr enacted, That all and singular the goods, Powerto l:··lu chattels, and other effects of what kind or nature soever heretofore given, P‘“°P°“Y· granted, or devised to the said library, or to any person or persons for the use thereof, or that may have been purchased for or on account of the same, be, andthe said goods and chattels, and other effects, are hereby vested in and confirmed to the said corporation. And the said corporation may take and receive any sum or sums of money or any goods, chattels, or other effects of what kind or nature soever which shall or may hereafter be given, granted, or bequeathed unto them by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, capable of making such gift, grant, or bequest: Provided, That. the goods, chattels, and other effects vested in and confirmed to said corporation and the moneys, goods, chattels, and other effects which by this act the said corporation is authorized hereafter to receive, shall not in the whole exceed the value of one hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 3. And be it jin ther enacted, That the said corporation shall Comma have full power and authority to make, have, and use a. common seal, ww"' with such device and inscription as they shall think proper, and the same to break, alter, and renew at pleasure ; to appoint a treasurer and librarian and such other officers as they may from_ time to time deem necessary; to assign them their duties, fix their compensation and remove him or them from office, and appoint another or others in his or their place as often as they shall think fit; to make, ordain, establish, and execute such by-laws and ordinances as may be deemed useful to the said library, and the same to alter, amend, or abrogate at pleasure ; to procure by