Chapter CCXXX. *to incorporate the “Washington Target-shooting Association,” in the District of Columbia.* July 23, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Charles Klomann, Frederick Washington Target-shooting Association incorpor
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Chap. CCXXX.— An Act *to incorporate the “Washington Target-shooting Association,” in the District of Columbia.* July 23, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Charles Klomann, Frederick Washington Target-shooting Association incorporated.Hügler, Charles Ebel, John H. Stailey, Adolf Cluss, G. Dill, Gustav Hartig, B. Henze, John Kessel, Caspar Kneessi, E. L. Schmidt, Richard Wallach, M. Michler, Lewis Clephane, and A.
C. Richards, of Washington City, in the District of Columbia, and their associates and successors, be, and are hereby, incorporated and made a body corporate, by the name of the “Washington Target-shooting Association,” and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law of competent jurisdiction, and be entitled to use and exercise all the Powers, &c.powers, rights, and privileges incident to such corporation, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining, in the District of Columbia, a “Park,” designated and named the “Washington Sch ü tzen-Park,” the object of which shall be moral and social, and to acquire proficiency and skill as marksmen.
Capital stock. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, and that the stock shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, and shall be transferable in such manner as the said corporation, by its by-laws, may direct. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the government and direction Directors.of the affairs of the corporation shall be vested in a board of directors, not less than nine in number, who shall be elected by the stockholders from among the corporators and their associates and successors, in such manner as the by-laws of the corporation may direct.
FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 230, 233. 1868. 171 Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the said corporation shall have full power to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations as By-laws.they may deem needful and proper for the management of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the corporation, not inconsistent with the laws in force in the District of Columbia; to have and use a common seal, Seal.with the privilege of altering the same at pleasure; to purchase, take, and hold, by deed or otherwise, any property, real, personal, or mixed, and Real estate, &c.the same, or any part thereof, to dispose of at pleasure; and to execute such deed or deeds or other conveyances as may be necessary therefor; to issue stock, and make all suitable and necessary regulations for the purchase, sale, and transfer of the same; to borrow money; to impose fines upon the members, and collect the same as other small debts are collected; to expel members; to make provision for the admission of members, and to provide for the election of such officers as may be deemed necessary for the proper management of the affairs of said corporation; and generally to have and exercise all such other and further corporate powers as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of carrying out effectually the object and purposes of this act: *Provided,* That Proviso.the property of the said association, real, personal, and mixed, shall be held for the purposes, and none other, expressed in the first section of this act.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That the members of said corporation Members not to exercise in target-shooting on Sunday.shall have power to exercise in target-shooting at any time they may deem proper, except on the Sabbath day, commonly called Sunday. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That nothing in this act contained No banking privileges.shall give to said corporation any banking privileges. Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* That this act shall take effect from When act takes effect; may be altered, &c.and after its passage; and that the same may be altered, amended, or repealed, at the pleasure of Congress.
Approved, July 23, 1868.