BUREAU OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY C# LAWS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Compiled under the direction of the Comptroller of the Currency December 1, 1916 INTRODUCTION. The building association laws and the banking laws in force in the District of Columbia, with exception of the national-bank act, are all contained in chapter 18 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia. Subchapter 4 of this chapter contains general laws applicable to manufacturing, agriculture, mining, mechanical, insurance, mercantile, transportation, market, and savings bank corporations; subchapter 7, the law on building associations; subchapter 10, the special legislation with reference to savings banks by which the authority of the comptroller is extended over these institutions; subchapter 11, the laws relative to trust, loan, and mortgage, and certain other corporations; and subchapter 14, the provisions relative to dissolution of corporations. 5 |