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and vested in the circuit court of the United States for the District ofColumbia , and in and upon the supreme or superior courts of any ofthe Territories of the United States , in cases in bankruptcy, where thebankrupt resides in the said District of Columbia , or in either of thesaid Territories.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effectfrom and after the first day of February next.
Approved, August 19, 1841.
Chap. X.— An Act further to extend the time for locating Virginia military landwarrants, and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office, (a)
He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the first section ofthe act entitled “ An act to extend the time for locating Virginia mili-tary land warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the General LandOffice,” approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, as toall warrants issued prior to the tenth day of August, eighteen hundredand forty, and no others, be, and the same is hereby, revived, and tocontinue in force until the first day of January, eighteen hundred andforty-four.
Approved, August 19, 1841.
This act totake effect from1st Feb. next.
Statute I.Aug. 19,1841.
1st sec. act of7th July 1838,ch. 166, revivedand continuedto 1st Jan. 1844.
Statute I.
Chap. XI. — An Act to authorize the recovery of fines and forfeitures incurred Aug. 19, 1841.
under the charter, laws, and ordinances of Georgetown , before justices of the -
■peace.
Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That to remove all Corporation ofexisting doubts as to the chartered powers of the Mayor, Recorder, ^cover'fine" *°Aldermen and Common Council of Georgetown , the said Corporation &, c . how.of Georgetown shall be, and they are hereby, authorized and empoweredto recover all fines, penalties, and forfeitures incurred, or that may beincurred, under their charter, and the laws and ordinances passed inpursuance thereof, by warrant before any justice of the peace of theDistrict of Columbia , and execution on his judgment, in like manner,and subject to a like appeal to the Circuit Court of the District ofColumbia, as in other cases of small debts.
Approved, August 19, 1841.
Chap. XII.— An Act to revive and extend the charters of certain banks in the Dis-trict of Columbia .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the chartersof the Bank of the Metropolis, of the Bank of Washington , and of thePatriotic Bank of Washington, in the city of Washington ; the charterof the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank of Georgetown, in Georgetown ;and the charters of the Farmers’ Bank of Alexandria, and of the Bankof Potomac, in the town of Alexandria, be, and the same are, severallyand respectively hereby revived; and all the powers, rights, privileges,immunities, limitations, prohibitions, and restrictions contained in saidcharters are hereby renewed, extended, and made applicable in fullforce to each of said banks, respectively, and to the presidents, direc-tors, other officers, and stockholders of each of them, in the samemanner, and to the same extent, as was granted and provided by thesaid several and respective charters, and the laws in force on the firstday of January, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, subjectto the limitations and provisions hereinafter contained : Provided, Said
Statute I.Aug. 25, 1811.
Act of May 31,1838, ch. 91,Act of July 3,1840, ch. 39.Act of June 7,1844, ch. 40.Charters ofBank of Metro*polis, Bank ofWashington ,&.C. revived.Powers, &lc.renewed to theextent grantedby said charters,
&.C.
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