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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 14 STAT. · May 24, 1866 · Chapter XCVII

Chapter XCVII. to amend the Charter of the Washington Gas-light Company

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CHAP. XCVII.— An Act to amend the Charter of the Washington Gas-light Company.May 24, 1866.1848, ch. 96.Vol. ix. p. 722. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the charter of the WashingtonCharter of Washington Gas-light Company amended. Gas-light Company be, and the same is hereby, amended in the third section by substituting the word “February” for “January.” Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the capital stock of said companyCapital stock increased. be, and the same is hereby, increased five hundred thousand dollars, subject to the same liability as is provided in the eleventh section of the original act of incorporation, approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight.
Approved, May 24, 1866.
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