80 FOR'I`Y—F1RST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 35, 36, 39. 1870. March 25, 1870. CHAP. XXXV.-An réct amndyczy of the Cpu6x? qgf the Mutual Fire Insurance ompdnyo the zsmct q 0 um ta. Bc it enacted Qc; the Senate qnd House of Representatives of the United M(¥*”’;*;$ °*`I States of America in Congress assembled, That the act to incorporate the ,,,;,,::20 é;?,,?` Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia, approved puny or me Dis- J anunry ten, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, be so amended as to authorg;g;,ggg,¤1¤m¤i¤ ize the interest on the premium notes held by said company to accumu- 1855, cl;. za, late to the extent of one hundred thousand dollars ; and also to authorize V<>l· X- P- 836- said company to acquire and hold real estate, not cxceeding fifty thousand dollars, cash vnlue,_at any one time. .AP1’ROVED, March 20, 1870. March 26· 1870- CHAP. XXXVI.—An Act fa renew and continue in Force fig Charter of the Potomac Insurance Company, of Georgetown, Dz`sh·z`ct of clumbia. Bc it enacted by I/ze Senate and House of Rep¢·escntat1'z·es of the United Gilmer Of States of America in Congress assembled, '1`hat the act entitled "An act to gsi3U3i3D1:;:;' incorporate a Fire Insurance Company, in Georgetown, in the Uistrict of of Gcorgctowii, Columbia," approved the second March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one; gécn '°"“"'°d· and the act entitled “An act to amend the charter of the Potomac Insur- {8;,~,,0,,_g0_ ance Company, of Georgetown," approved the third of March, eighteen VoLvi·p-460. hundred and thirty-seven; and the act entitled "An act to renew and ,}($%f;z;,‘,_ continue in force the charter of the Potomac Insurance Company, of' 1851, eh. s. Georgetown," approved the twenty-seventh of January, eighteen hundred V°l· lX~ P· 8°8· nndfitly-o11e,be, and the same are hereby, re-enacted and extended from the date of the expiration of the last-mentioned act, until the repeal of this act. _ See. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of section eight of the Plum °f bush original charter as restricts the company to having its office in Georgeness of ccrpum- ¤ . . . . _ . tion may M ,-0. town, District of Columbia, IS hereby amended so as to permit the com- ¤¤0V¤d W WW1- pany to remove its place of business to Wasliixigtoii, District of Columbia,
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A1‘1‘l{OVED, March 25, 1870. Murch 80, 1870. CHAP. XXXIX.—-An Act to admit (he State of Texas to Representation in the Congress ty" the United 'lates. PM¤¤bi¤· Wuimnns the people of Texas have framed and adopted a constitution of State government which is republican; and whereas the legislature of Texas elected under said constitution has ratified the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States ; and whereas the performance of these several acts in good faith is a condition precedent to the representation of the State in Congress: 'l`herefbre, Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 70,,,,, 0,,;,;;,,,1 States of America in Congress assembled, That the said State of Texas is to r6m‘¢¤¤¤¤¤¤¤i0¤ entitled to representation in the Congress of the United States: Provided, i",&g:§§:s‘0,~ That before any member of the legislature of said State shall take or re- Statelc isln- sume his seat, or any officer of said State shall enter upon the duties of
- “"° '“"§S*“*° his office he shall take and subscribe and file in the office of the secretary
officials to take f. S f. T f. . _ . . 0,,0 Oftwo 00,,,,,, 0 tate 0 exas, or permanent preservation, an oath 01 affirmation m b¤\`¤r¤.&c- the form following: "I,———-— ——-——, do solemnly swear (or affirm) cafgm °f that I have never taken an oath as a member of Congress, or as an 0iii— cer of the United States. or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, and afterward engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort the enemies thereof, so help me God ; or under the pains and penalties of perjury (as the case may be) ; or such person shall, in like manner, take, subscribe, and file the following oath or aflirmation : “I, -—-———·—-—-, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I. have, by act of Congress of the United States, been relieved from the disabilities imposed upon me by the fourteenth amendment of the
