436 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 161. 1867. _ Mode of form- such partnerships shall make and severally sign a certificate, which shall ggagfzegffi contain the name or firm under which such partnerslup is to be conducted; catg to bl Signed the general nature of the business intended to be transacted; the names ¤¤df¤ 5***9 of all the general and special partners interested therein, distinguishing whm which are general and which are special partners, and their respective places of residence; the amount of capital which each special partner shall have contributed to the common stock; the period at which the partnership is to commence, and the period at which it is to terminate. Mw $1** l°° Mh Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the certificate shall be ac. gxgilgdgsgdan knowledged by the several persons signing the same before a notary public wheretd be filed or ajudge of any court in the District of Columbia, and such acknowlme "°°°"d“d· edgments shall be made and certitied in the same manner as the acknowledgments of deeds of land, and when so acknowledged and certified shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and shall be recorded by him at large in a book kept for that purpose, open 1.0 public inspection. Amdavit of Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That at the time of filing the origi- §:1;¤'*;ill§i*‘:;E‘5;` nal certificate, with the evedence of the acknowledgment thereof, as before the cmmcmh directed, an affidavit of one or more of the general partners shall also be and to state filed therewith in the same office, stating that the sums specified in the "'l‘“*· certificate to have been contributed by each of the special partners to the common stock have been actually and in good faith paid in cash. Partnership Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That no such partnership shall be 2§€i§°c;’ful;i’;$;d deemed to have been formed until a certificate shall have been made, acme nmmwitam knowledged, filed, and recorded, nor until an affidavit shall have been
- 7*%-1 _ made and filed as above directed; and if any false statement (not the retmSt€%°l;°:;m` sult of accident or mistake) shall be made in such certificate or affidavit,
liable as general all the persons interested in such partnership shall be liable for all the l’°”¤°”· l*`»&°· engagements thereof as general partners. Terms 9f W5 Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the partners shall publish the Q§;';°;;;‘fg’mcd terms of the partnership, when registered, three times a week for at least to be published. four weeks, immediately after such registry, in two newspapers to be designated by the clerk of the court in which such registry shall be made, the first publication to appear within one week after the registry, and if such publication be not made, the partnership shall be deemed general. The Amdayits of afiidavits of the publication of such notice by the editors or publishers of
the newspapers in which the same shall have been published shall be filed
,,g8C{th€rg0y_ with the clerk directing the same, and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained; the affidavit of any one editor or publisher of each newspaper being sufficient. Renewals or S20. 8. And be it further enacted, That every renewal or continuance
- g;’;';;;°° °f of such partnership beyond the time originally iixed for its duration shall
nerships. be certified, acknowledged, and recorded, and an affidavit of a general partner be lmade and filed, and not_ice be given in the manner herein required for-its omgmal formation; and every such partnership which shall ble_otherwise renewed and continued shall be deemed a general partners ip. _Certaina1tera- Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That every alteration which shall
- 3;;;: ;:°bl;*‘"' be made in the names of the partners, in the nature of the business, or in
deemed ,, diss, the capital or shares thereof, or in any other matter specilied in the lution. original certificate, shall be deemed a dissolution of the partnership; and every such partnership which shall in any manner be carried on after any such alteration shall have been made shall be deemed a general partnerphip, unlegs renewed as a special partnership, under the provisions of the ast prece in section. Business may Sec. 10. ind be it further enacted, That the business of the partnership ggggfglgfd may be conducted under the name of any one or more of the general partmma DBPS, and with or without the addition of the word Co. or company, as the parties may determine; and in any action or suit to be brought on any
