458 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 88, 89. 1856. purchase or otherwise a suitable place for keeping the library; to appoint the time for keeping the library open or for taking out and returning books; to fill up vacancies that may happen in their own body between two annual elections ; to levy and collect fines and forfeitures; and to determine upon, do, and transact all business and matters appertaining to the said corporation and library, agreeable to the rules, ordinances, and by-laws thereof during their continuance in office: Provided, That no less than a majority of the said directors be a quorum to do business; that no rule, ordinance, or by-law be made repugnant to the laws of the District of Columbia or of the United States. Election of Di- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That an election for seven directors '°°l°Y¤· of this corporation shall be held on the iirst Monday of April next and on the first Monday in April annually thereafter at the library-room, under the direction of such persons as the present directors and their successors may appoint, which appointment shall be at least ten clays previous to the day of election. They shall also publish the names of the persons so appointed to hold the election, in some paper published in the city of Washington, at least three days previous to such election’s being held, the polls for which shall be kept open from three to nine o’clock, P, M. And no person shall be eligible as a director, or have a right to vote for a director, who is not at the time of voting or being voted for, a member of the Columbia Fire Company of the city of Washington, or who shall be in arrears to the saidlibrary for any annual contribution, fines, or forfeitures ; all persons qualided to vote, may vote either personally or by proxy, by ballot. Tm, act may Sec. 5: And be it further enacted, That this act may be repealed, be altered, Sw. altered, or amended at any time by the Congress of the United States. D;m,t,,,.,,,,,,H_ Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the directors of this library vidnally respon- for the time being shall be responsible for the debts and liabilities thereof ’“b1‘°" which may have been created or incurred during their respective continuance in office as such directors. Secretary of Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior \£';;;r?,;`B“;g;:_;' be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to furnish to said library ,,,,,1 public docu, bound copies of the laws of the United States. And to furnish annually ments. thereto a bound copy of all documents, journals, laws, and State papers which shall hereafter be published by the authority of Congress. Th;, ,,,,4, not Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so W fwtbvrize is- construed as to authorize the said corporation to issue any note, token, we °f°“"°“°y‘ device, scrip, or other evidence of debt to be used as a currency in this District or elsewhere. Debts not to Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the debts and liabilities of the exceed capital, said corporation, shall not at any time exceed the amount of their capi-
- {‘sdi;E;’gl$d3£i tal, and that each stockholder shall be held liable, in his or her individual
mswnsiblg y capacity, for all the debts and liabilities of the corporation, however incurred or contracted, to be secured by suit, as other debts and liabilities in any court, or before any tribunal, having jurisdiction of the ease. Approved, August 11, 1856. CHAP. LXX.XIX.—An Act to establish a Library jbr Young Ahn in the District of Aug. 11, 1858. Columbia. L_€0lumpia’s Be it enacted by the Senate and fkuse of Representatives of the United y:m‘;gm,gin_ States of America in Congress assembled, That James Dunlop, chief jusborpomtgd, tice of the circuit court in the District of Columbia ; John T. Towers, mayor of the city of Washington ; Henry Addison, mayor of the city of Georgetown, Joseph Henry, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, John S. Meehan, librarian for Congress, and their successors in said respective offices; with such person as the mayor of Washiington may designate; and with such person as the mayor of Georgetown may desig-
