Chapter VI. to change the names of William B
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Chap. VI.— An Act to change the names of William B. Finch and Elizabeth B. Finch, to that of William Compton Bolton, and Elizabeth Bolton.Jan. 14, 1833. *Be it enacted, &c.,* That William Bolton Finch, a post captain in the Navy of the United States, and Elizabeth B. Finch, his sister, both of Names to be changed. the District of Columbia, be, and they are hereby, respectively author-528TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 7, 8, 9, 10. 1833.529ized from and after the passage of this act, to take and use the surname of Bolton; and the name of said William be hereafter William Compton Bolton, and the name of the said Elizabeth, hereafter be, Elizabeth Bolton; by which names, respectively, all acts and engagements done or made may be enforced, and have the same effect and operation in law, as if their names had originally been, William Compton Bolton, and Elizabeth Bolton.
Approved, January 14, 1833.