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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 17, 18, 20. 1867. 11 provided for by law, such an additional number of principal examiners, l¤°”,m°*Y l>° 6 t . t t . d ( I _. _ . b _ appointed in the rs assis an examiners, an .econ< assistant examiners, as may e re p,mm,,,mc,,_ quired to transact the current business of the office with despatch: Pravided, That the whole number of such additional examiners shall not Proviso. exceed four of each class, and that the total annual expense of the patentoillce shall not exceed its annual receipts. Approved, March 29, 1867. CHAP. XVIII. —-— An Act to incorporate the Lincoln Monument Association. March 29 1867 , · S Be itlenjcted tfte Sgnate and HZ2u.;; gtipreiqnfativeis ctfhqzmgtid Sea pos!` p_ 255_ tutes o merzca in ongress assem at exan er . an a Th Li I James Harlan, Alexander Ramsey, Nathahiel P. Banks, Sidney Perham: Monuiineiitciido- J. 0, .1..1... T. wu., Godlove s. 0..1., Delos n. A.1.1ey, Hal- ¢¤¤<>¤ in Vg8h- bert E. Paine, Charles O’Neill, Burt Van Horn, John F. Driggs, Fred- iggggbggdj erick E. `Woodbridge, Jacob Benton, John Hill, Shelby M. Cullom, Thomas A. J encks, Orin S. Ferry, N. B. Smithers, Francis Thomas, Saénuel glcliee,DHorapePL£aynarcl,VJplin _£en_{am;n,JRlpfus11llg`allory3 1 ney ar e ante o s ey a ter . ur eigl o n a e an their successors, are constituted ,a body corporate in the District of Columbizp by the name of the Lincolln Monufmqprt Alssociation, for the pur- Object of me pose 0 BI`€CilI1g a. m0Dl1f1'l€l1t lll il G Olty 0 as mgtoll ccmmemoratlvé corporation. of the great charter of emancipation and universal liberty in America. ·Sl·:0. 2. And be it further enacted, That the persons named in the first mm tmsmb section of this act shall be the first trustees of the corporation, and shall have power to fill vacancies in their number, and to add to their number, Vacancies_ not exceeding one from each State in the Union. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have Pm my of power to own and control such property as may be necessary for the car- ,,,,,.p,,,%.;0;,_ rying out of the objects of the association. A SEO. 4. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have Collection O,. power to collect money, and to make such rules and regulations as they mgng?r_ may deem necessary or expedient. RP 8S Md Y68- Ssc. 5. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have ull3g;;,, and power to appoint a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, board of manap and also a board of managers, consisting of not less than seven nor more sggggljhe °°*" than thirteen, who shall have a general control of the affairs of the asso- P ' ciation, and who may be selected from persons not included in the list of corporatorfatorjs. _The treasurer shall execute a. bond in such penalty as Bond of mM_ may be required, conditioned for the safe·keeping of the funds of the cor- urer. poration which may come into his hands, and for the faithful discharge of the duties required of him. • Sec. 6. And bait further enacted, That the property of said corpora- Pmpmywbo tion held or occupied by them for the uses and purposes of their mcorpo- held for what ration shall be exempt from all taxes to be levied under the authority of uses; the United States, or of any municipal corporation within the District of pggkgfgélupt Columbia. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That Congress may at any time here- This ,,0, my after repeal, alter, or amend this act. be altered, &c. Approved, March 29, 1867. CHAP. XX. ·-·An Act to authorzze the éppvinlment of certain Watchmen, and for other Marc}. 80, ]867_ ILTPOSGS. -_____—L__—__ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the eight watchmen on the S°’€“"”‘“"‘ . . arms of the Sendome of the Capitol, at the congressional stables, the gate-keeper,. and ,,,6 and Hougg watchmen of the grounds surrounding the Capitol, be hereafter appointed t<>_¤pp<>i¤§]<=¤r· by the sergeant·at—arms of the Senate, and the sergeant-at-arms of the gizkgizr