The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-16

inquiry, or In any other claim thea pendine
or deaixned % b pressAtsd eefors the board,
szssa Il q Is iatsrsss tksrsis !; qua wIssS q
and In what Aeeres ~ !sr0aeseA % the claim.
ant In the case In which NJ y tssa3ytn@. A.
shall sssis Whsthsr 10 Knows any other mat.
Ter relative % the claim In question md n
ne does, She shall stats IL.
Win. The caption Of each deposition shall
Be 70 the following s6sct:
ausst Of 70 b used In the Investigation
Of a claim under the SequestrAtion Act now
pending before the hoard Of Commissioner
under that act, In the name OF -
sition shall bs to the following effect:
aUn this day Of A. d. lss nor.
sonsiiv came the witness Tor wisnssnsss)
within named, and after being nrst sworn
and nothing but the truth, the questions
con tanned In the written deposition Tor de-
posttions) were written down by me. and
then propounded by me 70 the witness Tor
thereto were written down BY the witness
answering, Tor ny me in hts presence y
and he then subscribed his deposition in my
presence. The adverse party was notified,
did Tor did mott attend, ana Old Tor did mott
object
taking the deposiuons.
TX, The officer, who may take dispositions,
| shalI enclose the same, aud exhibits, II any,
| in a packet under hts seal, directed to the
| Hoard Of commissioners under the seques-
| tration act, at tbs city Of Richmond, Vir-
| einia. and either deliver the packet 10 the
board on the postage having been previously
! paid by the party at whose instance the de-
positions were taken, deposit the packet in
| the post.office.
X Noiobjection to deposition will be con-
| ma nh lon
was not taken before the officer who took the
deposition. But all objections to deposit
tons, except us TO the competency Of or re-
| ievancy Of the evidence, shall be considered
az waived unless the same be filed in writing
within thirty days after the dispositions shall
have been recstved by the Board. All depo.
| stions shall be opened rs soon as they are
| received by the Board
| tice before the Board unless he is man OF
| good character, aud has been admitted or II.
| censed TO practice In the highest Court OF
| some State or Territory OF the Confederate
States; and, before such admission, such
counsel shall be sWOrM to support the OonSti.
tuition Of the Provisional Government Of the
| Confederate States, and that his conduct III
| counsel shall be upright and according to
law. But any claimant may appear ii per.
son and manage his own case.
XII. When tho claimants case is pre-
pa ed, he shall notify the Attorney. Ten er al
| thereof, ana within u reasonable time there
| after tbs case shall be prepared on the par
| Of the Attorney General. No riea ar
gumeats On behalf OF either party shall con
| tinue more than two hours, without the spe
| cial permission OF the Board previously
granted nor shall more than two counse
| argue in any case on the same side, unless BY
leave OF the Board.
| XIII. In the computation of time men
toned in these rules, all Sundays, and alst
the day Of the service Of any notice, and tn,
day on which party IL required to appear
or ON which any act is equired to be done
| shall be be excluded.
xiv. NO paper filed with the Board shall
be Withdrawn without their permission, an
then only on the party's leaving a certified
copy thereof.
XIV II the claimant die pending the claim,
his proper represen tatives may, on motion
be admitted to prosecute the claim.
| XVI. The proceedings of the Board shall
be entered in book, and the proceeding
Of each day shall be drawn up at large AM,
read publicly the next day, except those o
the last day OF the term, which shall b.
drawn up and read the same day. After be
Ing read, each days procee ings shall b
signed by the President Of the Board