shall cease, and not be considered as chargeable to the United States, any longer than up to the time of the repayment, as aforesaid.
To be paid from the treasury.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the amount of the interest, when ascertained, as aforesaid, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 13, 1826.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. XL.—An Act to authorize a subscription for stock, on the part of the United States, in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company.
Secretary of the Treasury to subscribe for, in the name of the United States, 1000 shares of the capital stock of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company.
Proviso.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to subscribe for, or purchase, in the name, and for the use of the United States, not exceeding one thousand shares of the capital stock of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company, and to pay for the same, at such times, and in such proportions, as may be required of, and paid by other stockholders of said company, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, Said shares can be procured for a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars each.
Secretary of the Treasury to vote for the president, &c., of said company.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall vote for president and directors of said company, according to such number of shares, and shall receive, upon the said stock, the proportion of the tolls which shall, from time to time, be due to the United States, for the shares aforesaid.
Approved, May 13, 1826.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XLI.—An Act making further appropriations for compensation and mileage to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Compensation and mileage granted by law to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the compensation and mileage, granted by law to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and delegates of the territories; and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 13, 1826.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. XLV.—An Act further to amend the charter of the town of Alexandria.
Tenements and lots of ground on which taxes, &c., remain unpaid, &c., to be sold.
Proviso.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That tenements and lots of ground within the town of Alexandria, on which taxes, assessments, or charges, remain due and unpaid, to the common council of the said town, for the space of two years, or shall hereafter remain due and unpaid, for that space of time, or so much of said lots as may be necessary, may be sold at public auction, for the payment of the taxes, assessments, or charges, which are, or shall be due thereon, with the expenses attending the sale: Provided, That, before any such sale be made, an affidavit of the collector of the district or ward, in which such lots lie, stating that no goods or chattels of the person or persons charged with the payment of such taxes, assessments, or charges, sufficient to satisfy the same, can be found within the corporation, shall be lodged with the clerk of the common council:Proviso.
Proviso: The purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to pay, at the time of such sale, more than the taxes, assessments, or charges due, and expenses of the sale. And provided, That public notice of
