given. least six weeks notice in one or more newspapers Six weeks in the town of Alexandria and city of Washing- notice to be ton, specifying in such notice the object or objects of such meeting. States. Notes ne go tiable at bank assimilated to bills of Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That on May loan to application being made, the President and Di- the United rectors may loan to the United States any sum or sums, not exceeding one fourth of their capital, on such terms as may be agreed upon. Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That whenever any note shall be given, containing express consent in writing that it may be negotiable at the said Bank, and the same shall be endorsed, if payment be refused or neglected to be made at the time it shall have become due, the like proceedings are to be had out of court, and suit may be prosecuted against the drawer and endorser, jointly or separately, in like manner as if the same was a bill of exchange. exchange. Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That if Forging orany person or persons shall forge or counterfeit counterfeit ing notes any of the notes or checks on or of the said Bank, felony. or pay or tender in payment, or in any manner pass or offer to pass such forged or counterfeited note or check, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, and shall thereof be convicted in any court of the United States having criminal jurisdiction, he, she or they, shall be adjudged a felon or felons. Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That if Stockholders any stockholder shall fail to pay up the several failing to pay. instalments upon his subscription, as the same may become due, his dividends upon such instalments as he may have paid shall cease as to him and remain to the use and benefit of the other members of the corporation. Dividends to Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That the President and Directors shall, as soon as they may be declared. deem it expedient, declare a dividend of profits, and every half year thereafter shall make and de clare such dividends of profit as they may deem Not to impair proper: Provided, Such dividend shall not impair capital stock. the capital stock; but no dividend shall be declared except by a majority of all the Directors. Secretary of to have cer-, Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States the Treasury shall be furnished, at least once in every year, and tain powers. oftener if he shall require it, with statements of the capital stock of the said corporation, and of the debts due to the same, of the monies deposited therein, of the notes in circulation and of the cash in hand; and shall have a right to inspect such general accounts in the books of said Bank as shall relate to said statements: Provided, That this shall not be construed to imply a right of inspecting the accounts of any private individual or indivi duals with the Bank. to continue till 1st. Janu ary, 1822. but may be socner dissolved. Sec. 29. And be it further enacted, That this Corporation corporation shall continue until the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two; but nevertheless the proprietors of two-thirds of the capital stock of said company may by their concurrent votes at a general meeting to be called for that purpose, dissolve the same at an earlier period: Provided, That notice of such meeting and its object shall be published in two or more newspapers printed within the district of Columbia, for at least three months successively, previous to the time ap. pointed for such meeting. On dissolu tion of the corporation to be closed, Sec. 30. And be it further enacted, That on the dissolution of this corporation, or whenever the same shall be determined on as aforesaid, effectual the concerns measures shall immediately be taken by the President and Directors then in office, for closing all the concerns of the corporation, and for dividing the capital and profits which may remain among the stockholders in proportion to their respective inte rests; and so much of this act as will enable them to &c. close the concerns of the corporation and so much as imposes a punishment or penalty for crimes, or for mal-feasance, in this act described, shall remain and be in full force until all the affairs of the corporation are finally settled, but no discount No discount shall be made by the said corporation after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two. Sec. 31. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after the passing thereof, and shall to all intents and purposes be a public act. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. allowed after the 1st. Janu ary, 1822. May 16, 1812. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. CHAPTER LXXXVIII. AN ACT to authorise the President of the United States to ascertain and designate certain boundaries. surveyor the western BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the surveyor President to general, under the direction of the President of cause the the United States, be, and he is hereby autho- general to rised and required, (as soon as the consent of designate the Indians can be obtained) to cause to be sur- and northern veyed, marked and designated, so much of the boundaries of western and northern boundaries of the state of Ohio, which have not already been ascertained, as divides said state from the territories of Indiana and Michigan, agreeably to the boundaries as established by the act, entitled "An act Ohio, &c. made, &c. to enable the people of the eastern division of the territory north west of the river Ohio to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and for other purposes," passed April thirtieth, one A plat to be thousand eight hundred and two; and to cause to be made a plat or plan of so much of the boundary line as runs from the southerly' extreme of lake Michigan to lake Erie, particularly noting the place where the said line intersects the margin of said lake, and to return the same when made to Congress; Provided, that the whole exlimited, &c. pense of surveying and marking the said boundary lines shall not exceed five dollars for every mile that shall be actually surveyed and marked, which shall be paid out of the monies appropriated for defraying the expense of surveying the public lands. Expense H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. May 20, 1812. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. Accounting CHAPTER LXXXIX. AN ACT for the relief of John N. Stout. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ame rica in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of the officers of the Treasury Department be, and adjust, and they are hereby directed to adjust and settle the account of John N. Stout, of Kentucky, and allow him the sum of eighty-seven dollars fifteen treasury settle. cents, for his fees and compensation as a jailor; for committing, subsisting and releasing, Archibald Hamilton, a prisoner of the United States. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate, pro-tempore. May 20, 1812. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. CHAPTER XC. AN ACT to extend the right of suffrage in the Illi nois territory, and for other purposes. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ame rica in Congress assembled, That upon the admission of the Illinois territory into the second grade of territorial government, in conformity with the provisions of the act, entitled "An act for dividing Indiana into two separate governments," each and every free white male person who shall have attained the age of twenty one years, and who shall have paid a county or territorial tax, and who shall have resided one year in said territory previous to any general election, and be at the time of any such election, a resident thereof, shall be entitled to vote for members of the Legislative Council Persons al lowed to vote for members of Represen |