FORTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 123,124. 1883. 529 accordance with the provisions of section one of this act; and the total amount of such lost or invalid money-orders and invalid postal notes more than seven years old paid during each year by duplicate shall be deducted from the aggregate amount of unpaid money-orders and postal notes to be deposited at the close thereof in the Treasury as hereinbe— fore provided Sec. 6. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of tl11s act shall be void in so far asthey may apply to cases which may arise under this act: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall be Provinput into operation by the Postmaster-General within six months after the date of its approval by the President. Approved, March 3, 1883. CHAP. 124.-Au act to amend certain sections of the Revised Statutes relating to gu-_;; 183;; the District of Columbia. ..;.;._. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section five hundred and _ Reugioqs societhirty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the }‘°“·bl?'““"*°f°°' District of Columbia be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: ml; of D_ C_ 534
- 81:0. 534. Such society or congregation may assume a name, and cs.’
any number of trustees, not exceeding ten, who shall be styled trustees Amended. of such society or congregation by the name so assumed, may be elected or appointed according to the rules or discipline governing the church or denomination to which said society or congregation may belong! That section ive hundred and thirty-six be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: “S1a0. 536. The trustees shall hold office during the period stated in B. S. D. 0., 536, their certificates, and vacancies in the office of trustee may be filled by 65Lm mod election or appointment as provided in section five hundred and thirty- ° ' four; and rules and regulations may be adopted in relation to the management of the estate and the duties of trustees, or for theirremoval - from office, in accordance with the rules or discipline governing the church or denomination to which such society or congregation may belong, not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States and the laws in force in the District! ` That section five hundred and thirty-seven be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 537. At the expiratiouof the term of service of any of the trus- R. s. D. 0., 631, tees, one or more successors may be elected or appointed, as provided mmmdd in section ilve hundred and thirty-four, and a certificate of their appoint- ' ment or election shall be made, verined, tiled, and recorded as provided in section five hundred and thirtydive. . That section five hundred and forty-one be, and is hereby, amended ' so as to read as follows: . . - ·
- 8:0. 541. The trustees shall have power, under the direction of the B. B. D. 0-, 541, ·
society or congregation or the authority by whom they were elected or wmmm appointed to sell and execute deedsand oonvcyances of the property authorized to be held by the society or congregation; and such deeds or conveyances shall have the same elfect as like deeds or conveyances made by natural persons; but no deed or conveyance shall be made so as to defeat or destroy the interest or effect of any grant, donation, or bequest, and all grants, donations and bequests shall be appropriated and used as directed by the person making the same." ‘ That section five hundred and forty-twobe, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: Sim. 542. The trustees shall have power, under the direction of the B. S. D. 0.. 642. society or congregation or the authority by whom they were elected or Gskmwdcd appointed, to execute mortgages, or deeds of trust in the nature of ’ mortgages, upon the estate and property which any society or congrexxrr---34
