COLUMBIA, District of,-

dermen and common council of the City
of Washington," s. ix. 155; existence of
the corporation not affected by a suppos.
ed non-election in June, 1811, s. ix. 155,
156; corporation to cause the wards from
time to time to be located, s. x. 156; an
equal number of voters to be assigned to
each, as nearly as may be, ib.; register or
other officer to furnish a list of persons
entitled to vote, ib.; repugnant provisions
of a former act repealed, s. xi. 156.————
An act of the legislature of Maryland to
authorise two lotteries in the City of
Washington, passed in 1795, declared to
be in force, ch. LXXVI s. i. 157; pow-
ers given to certain persons by the Mary-
land act vested in the Washington Canal
Company, s. ii. 157; president and direc-
tors of that company to give bond before
selling tickets, ib.; condition of the bond,
s. ii. 157, 158; Congress may hereafter
create shares in the stock of the compa
ny for the sole use and benefit of the
corporation of the City of Washington,
ib.Mechanic's Bank of Alexandria in-
corporated, ch. LXXXVII s. i. 179, 180;
$500,000 capital, in shares of $10 each,
s. ii. 180; times of paying for shares, ib.;
commissioners to receive subscriptions,
s. iii. 180; regulations and restrictions
relative to subscriptions, s. iii. 180, 181;
what real property the corporation may
hold, s. iv. 182; election and qualifica-
tions of directors, s. v. 182, 183; ne
emolument to directors, except by ap
probation of stockholders, 3. vi. 183;
compensation to the president of the
bank, ib.; board of directors to make bye-
laws, &c. s. vii. 193; majority of the
whole number of directors necessary to
a choice of president, &c. s. viii. 183;
four members and the President consti

COLUMBIA, District of,-

tute a board for ordinary business, ib.;
discounts to directors limited to $ 5,000,
s. ix, 183, 184; president and directors
to appoint officers and servants, and de-
signate their compensation, s. x. 184;
punishment of directors and others for
frauds, s. xi. 184; regulations relative to
voting, s. xii, 184, 185; sale and transfer
of stock, ib., stockholders not answera-
ble further than amount of stack for loss-
es or failure, s. xiii. 185, 186; directors
may become liable in their private capa-
cities, ib.; absent and dissenting direc-
tors may exonerate themselves, ib.;
stockholders may eventually become cen-
surable in their private capacities, s. xiii.
186, 187; president and directors must
be citizens, s. xiv. 187; public notice to
be given of election of directors, s. xv.
187; oath of president and directors, s.
xvi. 187; president must give bond, ib.;
cashier and other officers must take an
oath and give, bond, ib.; bills, bonds,
notes, and other contracts must be sign
ed by the president and countersigned by
the cashier, s. xvii. 187: no note to be
for less than $5, ïb., officers of the bank
and directors forfeit their seats if they
purchase bills at more than lawful dis-
count or interest, s. xviii. 188; vacan-
cies how supplied, s. xix. 188; rate of in
terest on loans, s. xx. 188; no stock may
be sold till the holder pay his debts to
the bank, s. xxi. 188; forty stockholders
owning 20,000 shares may call a general
meeting, s. xxii, 188, 189; the bank may
loan to the United States not exceeding
one fourth of the capital, s. xxiii, 189;
notes made negotiable at bank to be
pro-
ceeded on as if bills of exchange, s. xxiv.
189: forging or counterfeiting notes
made felony, s. xxv. 189; dividends to

COLUMBIA, District of,-

cease as to stockholders not paying up, s.
xxvi. 189; dividends to be declared half
yearly, s. xxvii. 189, 190; the Secretary
of the Treasury to have certain powers
with respect to the concerns of the bank,
s. xxviii. 190; corporation to endure till
1st of January, 1822, but may be sooner
dissolved by the proprietors, s. xxix.
190; concerns of the corporation to be
closed on dissolution, s. xxx. 190, 191;
no discount to be made after 1st January,
1822, ib.; the act of incorporation a public
one, s. xxxi. 191.-The President to
have the power of granting remissions of
the forfeitures of all recognizances taken
before any court, judge, justice of the
peace, or other magistrate within the Dis-
trict of Columbia, ch. C. 220 Commen
Gouncil of Alexandria may appoint agents
to cut canals from the Potomac round the
west end of the dam or causeway from
Mason's island to the western shore of
the river, &c. &c. ch. CI. s. i. 221; power
given to the council to levy a tax, ibs
land through which the canals pass to be
purchased, s. ii. 222; in case of disagree-
ment to be valued and paid for, s. ii. 222,
223; mode of valuation, s. ii. 222; com
mencement, capacity, and construction
of the canal around the west end of the
causeway, s. iii. 223, 224; to be kept in
repair, ib.; stone bridge over one canal,
s. iii. 225; other good bridges over
others, s. iv. 225; canal around the west
end of the causeway to be commenced
within two and completed within five
years, s. v. 225; vacancies of agents how
supplied, s. vi. 225; boats not to pass the
canal till completed, s. vii. 225, 226; the
President to appoint three commissioners
to inspect the work, s. viii. 226; common
Council of Alexandria to pay the com-

COLUMBIA, District of,-

missioners, ib.; materials from the bed
of the canal not to be deposited to the
injury of owners of land, s. ix. 226,
227.-Laws amended within the Dis-
trict, ch. CVI s. i. 230; promissory
notes subject to the same laws in Alex.
andria as in Washington, s. i. 230, 231;
creditors of insolvent debtors may make
allegations in writing before the oath of
insolvency is administered, s. ii. 231; al-
legations to be made before the judge
who administers the oath, ib.; copies of
the allegations to be served on the insol-
vent, and notice of time and place of trial
given, ib.; any one judge of the District
may examine the debtor, &c. ib.; fraud,
excessive gaming, preference to any
creditor, false swearing, &c. deprives the
debtor of the benefit of the act, s. ii. 232;
wilful and corrupt swearing or affirming
deemed perjury, ib.; the benefit of the
prison rules cannot be enjoyed by any
debtor for more than one year, s.iii. 232;
the marshal after the expiration of a year
to recommit the party to close jail, s. iii.
232, 233; real estate in the county of
Alexandria subject to the payment of
debts contracted after the 1st of Septem.
ber, 1812, s. iv. 233; writs of execution
to run from one county to another, s. v.
233; the writ to be returned only to the
court whence it issued, ib.; interest al-
lowed upon judgments rendered on the
common law side of the court in actions
founded on contracts, s. vi. 233, 234;
jury to ascertain the sum to bear interest,
and the time from which it is to be paid,
s. vi. 234; ten per cent. damages allowed
on the dissolution of injunctions to stay
proceedings or judgments for money, s.
vii. 234; in cases where forthcoming
bonds have been executed, and no judg

COLUMBIA, District of,-

ment thereupon, the court to direct dama-
ges to be included in the judgment, &c.
ib.; damages to be in full satisfaction for
interest, ib.; the court vested with dis-
cretionary power with respect to damages
in certain cases, ib.; suits or actions at
law, or penal prosecutions by information
or indictment, may be removed from one
county to another on suggestion in writ-
ing by the parties or the attorney for the
United States, s. viii. 234, 235; clerk to
transmit copy of record and proceedings,
&c. ib., slaves may be removed from one
county to another, $. ix. 235, 236; rules
for paying debts of deceased persons, un-
der letters testamentary or of administra
tion, obtained in the county of Alexan-
dria, s. x. 236; letters testamentary or
of administration, properly granted in
any of the United States or their territo-
ries, to have the same effect as to recove-
ry of claims, &c. as if granted within the
District of Columbia, s. xii. 236, 237;
certified copies of such letters to be evi-
dence to prove the granting them, ib.;
the courts for the county of Alexandria,
to commence on the third Monday in
April, and the fourth Monday in Nov.
annually, s. xii. 237; constables to take
debtors into custody on ca. sa. upon ap-
plication of the plaintiff, and forthwith
deliver them to prison, s. xiii. 237;
debtors to be held in prison by the mar
shal, ib.; marshal entitled to fee for com-
mitment and release, and allowance for
maintenance, s. xiv. 238; plaintiff enti-
tled to execution against goods and
chattels, &c. upon fi. fa. issued out of
the office of the clerk of Washington
county on judgment by magistrates, s.
xv. 238; the act to commence 1st Sep
tember, 1812, s. xvi. 238.-Organiza