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124 FORTYâFIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 107, 108. 1870. said vessel as the basis of computation of the subsequent credits to those on board to the date of such loss, if there be no official evidence to the contrar . Accounts of $120.),3. And be 2`t_fi¢rt}zer enacted, That the proper accounting officers

Rym¤¤=<;¤ T l_ of the Treasury Department be, andare hereby, authorized and directed

,Oc;°}!:,smg,._h`2,W to settle the accounts of Thomas L. lullock, Junior, lute paymaster in the vo bé settled. navy, who was lost in the said vessel of war Oneida, withvall lns accounts and vouchers, For expenditures and payments made by him, and with all the money, stores, and supplies, procured for the use of said vessel, and to allow him a credit for whatever sum appears to be due from him on the books of the department. Armtovrzo, May 18, 1870. May 20, 18yo_ CHAP. CVIII. ââAn Act I0 incmyaorczte the YV11s/tington Jllczrket Company, Bc it mmcicd by the Senate and Hizzsc of Rrprescitlatzaes of the Ulziied \V¤shingtnn States of America in Congress assembled, '1`hat Thomas Berry, D. W. Mâ"k?° pm"' t Bliss, Henry D. Cooke, \Villiam B. Todd, Peter Gardner, Henry S. ESV mwrpom _ Davis, George YV. Riggs, Byron G. Daniels, M. G. Emery, Frederick P. Stanton, Thomas C. Connolly, S. P. Brown, John S. Crocker, Alexander R. Sliephcrtl, Willizixii Clark, Hallett Kilbourn, John R. Elvans, B. F. French, C. H. Michuer, James L. Barbour, I. T. Mitchell, T. T. Fowler, T. II. Alexander, J. \V. Angus, NV. W. Rapley, and Thomas Lewis, their successors, and each of their assigns, bc, and they are hereby, created :1 body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Wasliiiigton POWPYS- Market Company, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, to plead and be implcadcd, to defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity; and may make and use a SCM_ common seal, orduin and establish such by-laws, ordinances, and regulaâ By-1¤»w¤» tions, not inconsi»tent with this act or of the laws of the United States, as may be necessary and proper lor the management of the concerns of said Bonds company. Said company shall have power to issue and sell bonds, or to &£l°¤B*¤S°¤» liogpw mpney and execute mortgages and deeds of trust upon its property an rancnse. Buildings. Sue. 2. And be 2'tjurtbcr enacted, That said company is hereby authorized and empowered to locate and construct a suitable building or buildings upon the following described grounds, namely: commencing at the intersection of the centre line of B Street north, with the west line of Seventh Street west, running thence north along the west side of Seventh Street to the southerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue; thence westerly along the southerly side of Pennsylvania Avenue to the southerly side of Louisiana Avenue; thence westerly along the southerly side of Louisiana Avenue to the east side of Ninth Street west; thence along the east line of Ninth Street to the centre line of B Street; thence along the centre line How to be of B Street to the place of beginning; and to use and occupy the same by ââ°d· the erection of a suitable building or buildings For a public market-house, including the necessary stalls and sheds, and also For stores, public halls, and such other purposes as may be determined by said company, not inconsistent with its use as a public market. The buildings herein designated to be used for the purposes ofa market shall be used for no other purpose inconsistent therewith, but the same shall remain a public market as b Té>uYé<:il)<;l¤jS¤d hercinbefbre described. And the said company shall, whenever any y part or parts of said buildings, stalls, stands, and so forth, for market purposes are ready for use or occupancy, offer the same for sale at public auction for one or more years, to the highest bidder or bidders, subject to the payment of an annual rent, the amount of which to be fixed N { by the mayor and common council of the city of Washington and the °â°°â directors of this incorporation, and public notice shall be given of the day of said sale in two or more daily newspapers published in the city