Chapter LXI. to change the Name of Dorsey Edwin William Towson, of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to that of Dorsey Edwin William Carter
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Chap. LXI.— An Act to change the Name of Dorsey Edwin William Towson, of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to that of Dorsey Edwin William Carter.Feb. 25, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Dorsey Edwin WilliamName of Dorsey Edwin William Towson changed. Towson, of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, be, and he is hereby, authorized, from and after the passage of this act, to take and use the surname of Carter, and that his name hereafter be Dorsey Edwin William Carter; and all acts done and entered into by that name shall have the same effect and operation in law as if his name had originally been Dorsey Edwin William Carter, of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia.
Approved, February 25, 1865.