530 FOBTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 124-127. 1883. gation are authorized to hold or to lease the same for a term not exceeding ten years. And such mortgages, deeds, and conveyances shall have the same effect and be enforced by the same remedies and proceedings as like mortgages, deeds, leases, and conveyances made by natural persons." Approved, March 3, 1883. lsr.3, 1883. CHAP. 125.-An act to punish larceny from the person in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Lareeuy from States of America in Congress assembled, That whoever, in the District of W P°¤'¤°¤ °*° '“*· Columbia, commits larceny from the person of another shall be deemed °°‘h°’ “‘ f°1°“y' guilty of a felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment not more than six years, or by a line not exceeding one Penalty. thousand dollars, or by both such line and imprisonment. Attempt to com- Sec. 2. That whoever, in the District of Columbia, attempts to com- ¤¤i* !¤~¤>¤¤Y» •*°· mit larceny from the person of another by any overt act, done with the intent to commita larceny, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and ` shall, on conviction thereof, be punished in the police court of the Dis- P My trict of Columbia by imprisonment in the District jail not more than ° . one year, or by hue not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Approved, March 3, 1883. Mu-. 3, ]8&;, CHAP. 126.-—A.n act to confer upon the senior associate justice of the supreme court -1.-.-.- of the District of Columbia, in the absence or inability of the chief justice of said court, the powers and duties now conferred upon said chief justice, relative to the extradition of fugitives from justice. . _ Be it enactedby theSeo•atem•dHouseof Repre:esta¢iecsof theUn€ted ‘ _ Powers and du- States of America in Congress assembled, That the powers conferred upon y°f°h¤¤fJ¤°**u<;t° and the duties prescribed for the chief justice of the supreme court of of ;',£;,°,';° 0',€°c0_ the District of Columbia, in relation to fugitives from justice, by section 1,,,,;,,, ,,,;;,0,;,,,; eight hundred and forty-three of an act entitled "An act to revise and to eevolqe on sen- consolidate the statutes of the United States, general and permanent in
- 1}* ?*::°¤*° .1*** their nature, relative to the District of Columbia. in force on the first
°;* s_ i,_ c_ 8,3 day of December, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy- 9g_’ ’ three," approved June twentysecond, eighteen hundred and seventy- four, shall, in case of his absence or disability, devolve upon and be discharged by the senior associate justice of said court who may be present in said District and able to act. Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect from and alter its passage. Approved, March 3, 1883. Mar. 3, 1883. CHAP. 127.-An act for the relief of Edward Bellows. p,.,,,,,,r,;,,_ Whereas, Edward Bellows, upon the eighteenth day of July, in the Ed ward B e1- year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty six, was, by the President im R61m` of- of the United States. by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, duly appointed and commissioned a- paymaster in the Navy of the United States from the twentieth day of February, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-six; and Whereas, on the twenty eighth day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, the Secretary of the Navy issued an order dcclaring that said Bellows was dismissed the Naval service, declared in such order of dismissal to be “in consequence of the facts appearing
