poration, and to the secular affairs of said congregation, agreeable to the rules, ordinances and by-laws thereof, during their continuance in office:Proviso. Provided, that not less than five trustees to be a quorum to do business; that no by-law, rule or ordinance shall be made, repugnant to the laws of this district.
Annual meetings of the members of the congregation for the choice of trustees, &c.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That there shall be an annual meeting of the members belonging to said congregation, held on the first Tuesday of April, in every year hereafter, at the church or usual place of public worship, at which time and place the said members, or such of them as may be present, shall elect, and choose, by ballot, from their own number, nine trustees, to serve for the year ensuing their election, and until others shall be elected or appointed to serve in their place.
Suitable books to be kept by the trustees.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the trustees shall keep, or cause to be kept, in suitable books for the purpose, just and proper entries of all the proceedings and accounts of said congregation and corporation, and have them laid before the members, at every annual meeting, previous to taking the votes, and shall always deliver the said books, together with all the property of said congregation and corporation, in good order to their successors in office, whenever required.
Approved, March 28, 1806.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Expired.]
Chap. XVII.—An Act declaring the consent of Congress to an act of the state of South Carolina, passed on the twenty-first day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, so far as the same relates to authorizing the city council of Charleston to impose and collect a duty on the tonnage of vessels from foreign ports.
Act of the legislature of South Carolina, laying a duty on tonnage, assented to by Congress.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress be, and it is hereby granted and declared to the operation of an act of the general assembly of the state of South Carolina, passed the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four, intituled “An act to authorize the city council of Charleston, with the consent of Congress, to impose and levy a duty on the tonnage of ships and vessels, for the purposes therein mentioned,” so far as the same extends to authorizing the city council of Charleston to impose and levy a duty not exceeding six cents, per ton, on all ships and vessels of the United States, which shall arrive and be entered in the port of Charleston from any foreign port or place whatever.
The collector of Charleston to collect the duty and pay it over.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the collector of Charleston is hereby authorized to collect the duty imposed by this act, and to pay the same to such persons as shall be authorized to receive the same by the city council of Charleston.
Limitation of the law.
Continued 1809, ch. 5.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force for three years, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, and no longer.
Approved, March 28, 1806.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. XIX.—An Act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the state of Maryland, to the state of Ohio.[1]
- ↑ The acts which have been passed relating to the “Cumberland road,” are:An act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland in the state of Maryland, to the state of Ohio, March 29, 1806, chap. 19.An act in addition to the “act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland in the state of Ohio,” March 3, 1811, chap. 45.An act in addition to the act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland in the state of Maryland, to the state of Ohio, May 6, 1812, chap. 78.
