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116 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 80, 81, 82. 1870. R3‘u'°‘d °°m‘ Btrucd to limit the right of the municipal authorities of the cities of Pam"' Waslxington and Georgetown, respectively, to regulate the running of trains, or to establish the grade upon [which] mid roads shall be built, within said cities respectively. Aot may ne Sec. 37. And be it further enacted, That the Congress of the United °l*°'9‘l·&°· ”°°l States may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this act, saving and pre.

53; serving all rights which may become vested under the same, and may

not may be amend or repeal any incorporation formed or created under this act; but

 b)' any such amendment or repeal shall not, nor shall the dissolution of any

],a¤b;h{;s, company formed under this uct, take away or impair any remedy given P'°Vl°¤5l7 l¤· against any such corporation, its stockholders, or officers, for any liability ?,;°L°£ mt M" which shall have been previously incurred. Provision for Sec. 38. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for all com- °°ll°"}i"$ *“l" panics formed and incorporated, or which shall hereafter be incorporated, scripuon to . . . . stock. under the provisions of the foregoing act, to sue for and collect any in- N9 ¤‘¤llr<>¤d_ stallment or subscription to stock due or to become due to said companies

 2Q1g:: formed under said act, in like manner as other debts are now collected,

bis can be con- and before any court having jurisdiction of the amount claimed: Pro-

 °"m vided, however, That nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as

c,,,p,,mK,,,u{,_ to authorize any corporation organized under the same to construct: or der this ect. own any railroad outside of the District of Columbia. Armzovmzn, May 5, 1870. May 6, 1870. CHAP. LXXXI. —-An Act {egalizing certain Locations if agricultural College Scrip """""""’“"' therein designated. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Y·<*9¤¤l<>¤§ of States of America in Congress assembled, That all locations of agricultural

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;*i':0?gr':°1` college scrip allowed prior to December first, eighteen hundred and sixty-

scrip in Wlscou- seven, at the several land offices in the State of Wisconsin, in excess of

 the maximum quantity authorized by the act entitled "An act donating

mM_ ,,,,_ 13}, public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide col' Vvl- xii- p- 503- logos for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be, and the same are hereby, le— p,;,,,;, to galized; and the commissioner of the general land office is authorized i¤¤;_¤¤· i to issue patents upon such locations: Provided, That the same shall be in my '°° all other respects legal and valid. Approved, May 5, 1870. May 5, 1870. CHAP. LXXXII.—An Act authorizing the _/irst national Bank of Delhi, New York, """"—"—"" to change its Location. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United B_£t:¤;l_l“{¤;;m¤l States of America in Congress assembled, That the First National Bank N; Yu mm, ’ of Dclhr, now located in Delhi, Delaware county, State of New York, is emmgetts loca- hereby authorized to change its location to the village of Port Jervis, "°"· Orange county, State of New York. Whenever the stockholders repre- Proceedlngs. scnting three fourths of the capital of said bank, at a meeting called for that purpose, determine to make such change, the president and cashier shall execute a certificate under the corporate seal of the bank specifying such determination, and shall causo the same to be recorded in the office of the comptroller of the currency, and thereupon such change of location shall be effected, and the operations of discount and deposit of said bank New mm., shall he carried on under the name of the First National Bank of P01‘|1 Jervis, in the village of Port Jervis, Orange county, State of New York. Liabilities,&e. Sec. 2. And be it jltrther enacted, That nothing in this act contained ?;ct’e"£k ¤°* “f‘ shall be so construed as in any manner to release the said bank from any liability or affect any action or proceeding in law in which the said bank chiottm of may be a party or interested. And when such change shall have b€<>¤ K · determined upon as aforesaid, notice thereof and of such change shall be