U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia October 15, 1833 (Farmers Bank of Alexandria v. Fox)

Cranch, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court, as follows :

(Thruston, J., absent.)

The original charter of the town of Alexandria, granted by Virginia on the 4th of October, 1779, gives the corporation power “ to make by-laws and ordinances for the regulation and good government of the said town; provided such by-laws and ordinances shall not be repugnant to, nor inconsistent with the laws