close its concerns.

For which purpose only the corporation is continued.

The stockholders of the Central Bank may reduce, &c.

The corporation of the Bank of Potomac continued to March 3, 1836.

Act of Feb. 16,1811,ch.l8.

Election of directors of the Bank of Potomac annually in November, on notice in the newspapers.

Thirteen directors, by ballot, for a year.

Directors may CH vacancies.

Election of a

President.

Citizen stockholders may vote according to shares.

Proviso; shares pledged confer no right to vote.

Consolidation of the Union Bank of Alexandria and the Bank of Poto

vide the capital and profits which may remain among the stockholders, in proportion to their respective interests; and for this purpose, and for no other intent or purpose whatever, all the necessary powers, as fully aa they are now enjoyed by the said corporation, shall be, and the same are hereby, continued to the said corporation, for the term of five years from the first day of January next, and no longer.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the stockholders of the Central Bank of Georgetown and Washington aforesaid, at Iheir next annual meeting for the election of directors, to reduce the board of directors, for the said Central Bank, to any number not less than six.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the corporation of the Bank of Potomac be, and the same is hereby, continued and extended to the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, during which time it shall hold and be possessed of all the rights, privileges, and immunities, now secured to it by an act passed on the sixteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, entitled "An act to incorporate the Bank of Potomac," and shall be subject to all the restraints and limitations expressed in the said act, except so far as the same shall be altered by any provisions hereinafter contained.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That an election for directors of the Bank of Potomac shall be held in the town of Alexandria, on the first Monday in November in each year, of which notice shall be given in one or more newspapers published in said town, for four weeks at least before the day of election; and the stockholders shall choose, by ballot, to be given in person or by proxy, by a majority of votes, from amongst the stockholders, thirteen directors, for the term of one year thereafter, and on resignation, disi^lalification, or removal, of any director out of the county of Alexandria, or out of the county of Fairfax, in Virginia, the other directors, at their next meeting thereafter, may elect by ballot another person, qualified as aforesaid, in his place, for the residue of the year. The directors, of said bank shall, at the first meeting after every general election, elect, by ballot, from among their own number, by a majority of their whole number, a president; and in case of his death, resignation, or removal, out of the county of Alexandria, or out of the county of Fairfax, or of his refusal to accept his office, the directors shall meet as soon as conveniently can be thereafter, and elect another person as president, in the manner before described.

Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That every stockholder of the Bank of Potomac, being a citizen of the United States, shall be entitled to vote at all elections to be holden by the stockholders of said bank, in pursuance of this act, and" shall have as many votes in proportion to the stock he may hold, as follows, that is to say: For every share, from one to twenty, one vote for each share; from twenty to fifty shares, one vote for two snares; from fifty to one hundred, one vote for four shares; above one hundred shares, one vote for six shares: Provided, That no share, or number of shares, pledged to the said bank as security for any debt due, or to become due, to it, shall be considered as conferring any right to vote at the said elections.

Sec 14. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the president of the Union Bank of Alexandria, at any time before the first day of April next, with the consent of a majority in interest of the stockholders thereof, to subscribe to the said Bank of Potomac the full amount of the capital - stock of the said Union Bank, and, on such subscription being made, to deliver over and transfer to the said Bank of Potomac, all the books, papers, money, property, and evidences of debts, belonging to the said Union Bank, and to convey to the said Bank of Potomac, the real estate belonging to said Union Bank, for passing the title of which bank, in the said estate, to the said Bank of Potomac, the deed of the President of the said Union Bank shall be effectual; on which subscription, delivery, transfer, and conveyance, being made, the stockholders of the said Union Bank shall, forthwith, become stockholders in the said Bank of Potomac, and shall be entitled to the same privileges and advantages, and the stock of the said Union Bank shall, to all intents and purposes, be considered as forming a part of the capital of the said Bank of Potomac; and the proper officers of the said Bank of Potomac shall forthwith issue to the stockholders of the said Union Bank, certificates of stock in the said Bank of Potomac, at the rate of one share, or one hundred dollars of Potomac bank stock, for every hundred dollars of the Union Bank stock so subscribed, according to the respective interests of the said stockholders in the stock so subscribed.

Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That on the said union being made as aforesaid, all contracts legally made by the said Union Bank shall, forthwith, become obligatory on the said Bank of Potomac, and all debts due by the said Union Bank on notes issued by it, or otherwise, shall become chargeable on, and payable by the said Bank of Potomac: and the parties to such contracts, and the creditors of the said Union Bank, shall have the same remedies to enforce the performance of such contracts, and the payment of such debts, against the said Bank of Potomac, its property and effects, as are now, by law, given to them against the said Union Bank; and that the said Bank of Potomac may, in its own name, sustain all actions and suits which may be necessary to enforce the payment of debts due to, and the performance of contracts made with the said Union Bank, and for the recovery of any lands, tenements, goods, and chattels, belonging to and improperly withheld from, the said Union Bank.

Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That all bonds, bills, notes, or other securities for money, which, by the terms thereof, have been, or shall be, made payable at the said Union Bank, which shall fall due after the said union shall have been carried into effect, shall, from thenceforth, be considered as if the same had been made payable at the said Bank of Potomac; and that a demand of payment at the said Bank of Potomac shall, to all intents and purposes, be as effectual in law as if the same were made at the said Union Bank.

Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That from the time the said union of the said banks shall be carried into effect, the twenty-seventh section of an act of Congress, passed on the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to certain banks in the District of Columbia, and to prevent the circulation of the notes of unchartered associations, within the said District," shall be, and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, That such repeal shall not, in any way, impair the right of the said Bank of Potomac to the money, property, debts, and effects, which shall be transferred or conveyed to it, as aforesaid, nor its remedies in its own name for the recovery thereof; nor shall any suit now brought in the name of the said Union Bank, thereby abate, but the same may be carried on and prosecuted for the benefit of the said Bank of Potomac to final judgment and execution; and the proceedings on such judgments or executions may be instituted and carried on in the name of the said Union (Bank, against the bail, securities, and all other persons bound in such suits, for the defendants therein.

Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That, if any stockholder or stockholders in either of the said banks, who has not heretofore assented to the union aforesaid, shall, within three months from the passing of this act, file his declaration, in writing, in the said Bank of Potomac, declaring himself dissatisfied with the said union, and his determination to withdraw his interest from the same; and if the said bank cannot agree with such stockholder or stockholders on the amount of such interest,

The union being effected, the Bank of Potomac becomes bound by the legal contracts of the Union Bank of Alexandria.

And the Bank of Potomac may enforce the payment of debts due, &c.

Bonds, bills, notes, &c., falling due at the Union Bank of Alexandria, made payable at the Bank of Potomac

Upon the nnion of the two banks, tho 27th section of the act of March 3, 1817, is repealed.

Act of March 3, 1817, ch. 93.

Proviso.

Suits not to abate.

Proceedings in the name of the Union Bank.

Dissatisfied stockholders may file a declaration within three months.

If the parties cannot agree, circuit court on petition may

appomt three commissioners to ascertain the value, of the stockholders' interest, &c.

Decree of the commissioners may be enforced by execution.

Any two or more of the banks whose charters arc extended may unite and form a bank, &c.

This act declared a public act.

Repugnant parts of former acts repealed.

Statute II. March 2, 1821.

Part of an act of Feb. 17, 1818, ch. ^,repealed.

The President may establish the office at any suitable place.

Statute II.

and shall not forthwith pay the same, then it shall be lawful for the circuit court of the District of Columbia, at Alexandria, on the petition in writing of such stockholder or stockholders, to appoint three commissioners, whose duty it shall be to ascertain the value of the interest of such stockholder or stockholders in the bank to which he or they may belong at the time of the said union, for which purpose such commissioners shall, under the direction of the said court, have access to the bdoks, papers, and accounts, of the said banks, and, on the report of the said commissioners, and such other evidences, as may be laid before them, then said court shall proceed to ascertain the value of the stock of such stockholder or stockholders, and shall decree the value, so ascertained, to be paid to him or them by the said Bank of Potomac, and shall have power to enforce such decree by execution, attachment, or other legal process.

Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any two or more of the banks, whose charters are hereby extended, by their respective presidents and directors, with the consent of a majority in interest of their respective stockholders, to agree, under written articles of association, to unite and form one bank, by a style and name to be prescribed in such articles; and the subscribers thereto, and their legal representatives, shall, from the day fixed for that purpose in the said articles, be incorporated under the style and name set forth in the said articles, and thenceforth subject to the same rules, duties, regulations, conditions, provisions, and impositions, and be vested with the same rights, privileges, and immunities, as a body corporate, as by this act appertains to the Bank of Potomac, and are prescribed for the union of the Union Bank of Alexandria with the Bank of Potomac.

Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That this act be, and the same is hereby declared to be, a public act, and that so much, and such parts, of the said acts, incorporating the several banks aforesaid, as may be repugnant to this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed and annulled.

Approved, March 2, 1821.

Chap. XXV.—An Act authorizing the President of the United States to remove the land office in the district of Lawrence county, in the territory of Arkansas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, so much of the act, entitled "An act making provision for the establishment of additional land offices in the territory of Missouri," as requires that the land office for the district of Lawrence county shall be established at the seat of justice in said county, shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized to remove and establish said office at any suitable place, within the said district.

Approved, March 2, 1821. •

March 2, 1821. Chap. XXXI.-^fln Act for the relief of the family of the late Oliver Hazard

Perry, Esquire.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the twentythird day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, the following sums be, and the same hereby are, settled, by way of annuity,payable, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, half yearly, at the treasury of the United States, or at the loan office at Providence, at the option of the annuitants, on the widow and children of the late Oliver Hazard Perry, Esquire, of the United States' navy; that is to say: On Elizabeth Perry, dowager of the aforesaid Oliver Hazard Perry, four hundred dollars during her natural life:

From the 23d of Aug., 1819, the sums mentioned are to be settled on the persons named, &c.

On the widow of the late 0. H. Perry, 400 dollars' during her natural lift:,

Provided, That the said annuity shall cease and determine on the deter-
mination of her widowhood: on Christopher Grant Perry, his eldest son,
one hundred and fifty dollars: on Oliver Hazard Perry, his second son,
one hundred and fifty dollars: and on Christopher Raymond Perry, his
third son, one hundred and fifty dollars: until the said Christopher Grant,
Oliver Hazard, and Christopher Raymond, shall arrive at full age of
twenty-one years respectively: and on Margaret Perry, only daughter, and
youngest child, of the said Oliver Hazard Perry, deceased, the sum of
one hundred and fifty dollars, until she shall arrive at the age of twenty-
one years, aforesaid: Provided, That, in case the said Margaret shall
have contracted any marriage on or before she shall reach the age of
twenty-one years aforesaid, then the said pension or annuity shall cease and
determine on the day whereon the said marriage shall have been con-
tracted, as aforesaid: Provided always, That in case the said Margaret
shall not have contracted any marriage on that day, or prior thereto, then
the said pension or allowance shall continue to be paid until the marriage
or natural demise of the said Margaret; And provided further, That in
case any of the said children of the said Oliver Hazard Perry, deceased,
shall die under lawful age as aforesaid, then, and in that case, the pen-
sion or annuity granted by this act, shall, in such case, cease and deter-
mine, in respect to such child, so deceasing.
Approved, March 2, 1821.

continuing a widow.

Sons and daughter of Oliver H. Perry.

Any child dying before the times specified, his annuity ceases.

Statute II.

Chap. XXXII.—An Act to alter the times of holding the district court in the March 2, 1821 northern district of New York, (a)'

Be, it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the district court of the United States of America, for the northern district of New York, directed by law to be holden at Utica, shall hereafter be holden at the same place, on the last Tuesday of August, instead of the third Tuesday of May, in each year; and that the court directed by law to be holden at Albany, on the second Tuesday of November, shall, instead thereof, hereafter be holden at the same place, on the last Tuesday of January, in each year.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all actions, suits, process, proceedings, commenced, or to be commenced, or now pending in said district court, and liable to be discontinued or suffer prejudice from the foregoing alterations, may be returned to, and shall be continued to, the district court to be holden in pursuance of this act, in such manner as that the same shall suffer no discontinuance or prejudice by virtue of this act.

Approved, March 2, 1821.

District court to be hereafter holden at Utica on the last Tuesday of August, and the court at Albany on the last Tuesday of January.

Proceedings, &c, continued accordingly.

Chap. XXXIII.—An Act to alter and establish certain post-roads.

Be it enacted by (lte Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following postroads be, and the same are hereby, discontinued, that is to say:

From Concord, in Rockingham county, by Salisbury, Andover, New Chester, Bridgewater, and Plymouth, thence by New Holderness, New Hampton, Sanbornton, and Salisbury, to Concord, and

From Farmington to Middleton, in New Hampshire.

From Carver to Wareham.

Statute II.

March 3, 1821.

Post-roads discontinued.

(a) See note to act of April 3, 1818, ch. 32, for the acts which have been passed relating to the diitrict court of the northern district of New York.

Pout-roads discontinued.

Post-roads established.

Maine.

New Hampshire.

Massachusetts.

Connecticut.

From Northampton, by Southampton, to Springfield, in Massachusetts.

From Herkimer, by Woodworth's, Columbia, by Underwood's, Litchfield, to Laghwaite.

From Vernon to Delhi.

From Little Falls, by Fairfield, Newport, and Russia, to Remsen, in New York.

From Liberty Corner, by Doughty's Mills, and New Providence, to Springfield, in New Jersey.

From Morgantown, by Crab Orchard, to Kingwood, in Virginia.

From Milledgeville, to Greensborough, in Georgia.

From Pocataligo, by Hickory Hill, to Augusta, in South Carolina.

From Clinton, in Tennessee, to Pulaski, in Kentucky.

From Washington to Cincinnati; and

From Lancaster to Washington, in Ohio.

From Falmouth to Grant's Lick, on the east side of the river in Kentucky.

From Smithton to John Graham's, in Missouri.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following be established post-roads, that is to say:—

In Maine.—From Brunswick, by Topsham, Lisbon,Wales, Monmouth, Leeds, Wayne, and Fayette, to Jay; and thence, by Livermore, Turner, and Durham, to Brunswick.

From Green, by Leeds and Wayne, to Winthrop.

From Bangor, by Levant, Corinth, New Charleston, Atkinson, Sebec, Brownsville, Williamsburg, Foxcroft, Guilford, and Sangerville, to Bangor.

From Warsaw, by Hartland, and St. Albin's, to Palmyra.

From Bethel, by Gilead, Shelburne, Durand, Kilkenny, and Jefferson, to Lancaster, in New Hampshire.

In New Hampshire.—From Concord, in Rockingham county, by the M'Crillis tavern, in Canterbury, Northfield meeting house, Sanbornton, Smith's village on the turnpike, across the river near Pine Hill, and Bridgewater, to Plymouth.

From Smith's village on the turnpike, by New Hampton meeting house, and the paper mill in Holderness, to Plymouth.

From Concord, by Boscowan, Salisbury village, Andover, New Chester, Bristol, and the Mayhew turnpike, to Rumney.

From Rochester, by Chesnut Hill, in Farmington, to Middleton.

That the post-route from Centre Harbour to Plymouth, and the postroute from Portsmouth, by Meredith, and New Hampton to Plymouth, shall be by the post-office in Holderness.

In Slassachusetts.—From Greenfield, by Bernardstown, Northfield, Warwick, Orange, New Salem, Shutesbury, Leverett, Sunderland, and Montague, to Greenfield.

From Richmond to West Stockbridge.

From North Hampton, by East Hampton, South Hampton, Westfield, Southwick, and East Granby, to Hartford, in Connecticut.

From Worcester to Groton.

From Boston, by a turnpike road, to Taunton; and thence by Welling ton, Dighton, Swanzey, Warren, Bristol, Portsmouth, and Middleton, to Newport, in Rhode Island.

From South Hadley, by Granby, to Belchertown.

In Connecticut.—From Mansfield to Willington.

From Stafford, by Union, to Woodstock.

From Brooklyn, by South Killingly, to Thompson.

From Bridgeport, by Long Hill, Trumbull, Levi Edwards', in Huntington, Newtown, and Brookfield, to New Mil ford.