Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-03-07


[BY AUTHORITY
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, II
Pa''sd at Msthi,d Of aas 7Sirsytou,th Congress
No. An act more efFectpally to enforce the at.
tendahce of Witnesses on the summons Of either
House OF Congress, and to compel them to discover
testimony.
Be- 1t enacted by the Senate ana House Of Repre-.
sentatves of the United States Of America in Con-
witness by the authority of either House of Congress
to give testimony or to produce papers upon any
matter before either house. any committee ofeither
House of Congress, who shall wilfully make default
or who, appearing, shall refuse to answer any ques
ton pertinent to the matter of inquiry in considers.
ton before the House or committee by which he
shall be examined, SHALL in addition to the pains and
penalties existing, be liable 10 indictment as and
for misdemeaner in any court OF the United States
having jurisdiction thereof and on conviction, shall
pay fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and
not less than one hundred dollars and suffer mpr.
sonment in the common Jail not less than one month
nor more than twelve months
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no person
examined and testifyng before either House OF Con.
gress, or any committee of either House, shall be
held to answer crimnally in any court justice, or
subject to any penalty forfeiture for any fact
act touching which he shall be required to testify be-
fore either House of Congress any committee of
either House as to which he shall have testified,
whether before after the date of this act; and
that no statement made or paper pr Oduced by any
witness before either House of Congress-, before
any. committee of either House, shall be competent
testimony in any criminal proceeding against such
witness i'll any court OF justice and no witness shall
hereafter be allowed to refuse to testify to any fact
or to produce any payer touching which he shall be
examined by either House Of Congress, or any COM
mittee of either house. for the reason that his test-
mony touching such fact or the production of such
paper may tend to disgrace him or otherwise render
him infamous: Provided, That nothing in this act
shall be construed to exempt eny witness from pro-
secution and punishment for prejury committed by
him in testfying as aforesaid.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That when
witness shall fail to testify, provided in the previ-
Gus sections of this act and the facts shall be report
cd to the House, it shall be the duty Of the Speaker
Of the House the President of the Senate to cert-
fly the fact, under the seal of the House Senate
to the district attorney for the District of Columbia
whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the
grand jury for their action.
Approved January "a, 1857
mo. 3D. An act authorizing the establishment Of a
navy depot on Blythe Island, at Brunswick, on
the coast of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatves of the United Statc of America in Con
gress assembled That the President of the United
States be and he is hereby authorized to purchase
site for navy depot Blythe Island, the coast
!
such improvements may be necessary for the re-
pair of United States vessels Of war and afford refuge
therefor, and that the of two hundred thousand
dollars be appropriated for efecting that object out
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated. Approved January %, 1857.
mo. 101 An act making appropriation for the sup
port Of the Military Academy for the year ending
the thirtcth Of June, eighteen hundred and fifty
! eight
b. it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-.
scntatves of the United States of America in Con-
grcss assembled That the following be, and the
same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the sup
| port Of the Military Academy, for the year ending
the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred ana fifty.
| eight.
For pay of officers instructors, cadets, and must
! clans, ninety-one thousand one hundred and six
dollars
| For Communication of substance, two thousand
| and forty four dollars.
For forage for officers horses, eight hundred and
sixty-four dollars.
For current and ordinary expenses, as follows: re
pairs and improvements, fuel, apparatus, forage,
postage stationery transportation, printing clerks,
miscellaneous and incidental expenses and depart
ments of instruction, thirty-five thousand two hun.
dred and seventy five dollars.
For gradual increase and expense Of library, one
thousand five hundred dollars
For expenses OF the board OF VISITORS three thou
|. sand dollars.
For forage for artillery and cavalry horses, eight
thousand six hundred AMI forty dollars
For supplying horses for cavalry and artillery
practice, thousand dollars.
For barracks for dragon detachment, i've thou.
sand dollars.
For purchase of a bell, and mounting the same
with the clock of the public buildings eight
hundred dollars.
10 procure the balistic apparatus for gun pendu'
lum, five hundred dollars.
For repairs officers quarters, five hundred dol
lars.
For models for the department of cavalry, one
thousand d,llars.
For extension of water pipes and increase of re-
servoir two thousand dollars.
For targets and batteries for artillery exercise, two
hundred dollars.
For gas pipes gasometers and retorts, seven thou
sand five hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there
shall be appointed at the Military Academy, in ad'
diton to the professors authorized by the existing
laws, professor of Spanish, at salary OF two
thousand dollars per annum.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the COM
penSation of the master of the sword lie fifteen hun
bred dollars per annum with fuel and quarters.
Approved February II, 1857.
A CASE IN POINT FOR YOU'VE MEN.-The Texas
Ciriiinn in a notice OF Hon. JAS s. Green. recently
elected Senator from Missouri, has the following:
The son OF extremely poor parents in tauquier
county, Virginia, he removed to Missouri, about
1910 Mt the age Of about lS. In 1912 he was en-