The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-16
(The Board Of Commissioners Established BY
the Sequestratisn Act.

The Board of Commissioners under the act
Of Sequestration meet every morning, at IL
o'clock, In the Patent Office rooms, on 18th
street As a matter of general interest, we
publish the rules adopted for the prosecution
Of business before the Board:
RULES.
l. Every claim shall he presented in a
printed or manuscript petition, addressed to
The Commissioners, and signed by the claim
ant, or his counsel; il in manuscript, 1t shall
be In roll form, the sheets connected at the
top With margin one inch wide on the left
hand.
IL. The petition shall contain a concise,
clear, and positive statement of all the facts
which may be material to support the claim
ants title to relief, and such statement shall
osdlvided into paragraphs, numbered con-
secutiyely, and each para graph shall contain
aseparate and distinct allegation.
III. The claimant, when he files his peti.
uon, shall deliver to the Commissioners, or
10 one OF them, one copy, and to the Attor-
OF such delivery, the claim shall be entered
Ga the docket
~. The several Judges and Clerks Of the
COURTS Of Record, the Notariss Public, the
commissioners of the Confederate States
courts, the commissioners in tChancery,
sud the Commissioners to take dispositions
Ia the respective States and Territories Of the
oon'rdera te States, are hereby authorized to
axe testimony to be used in the investiga-
.ion OF claims before the Board, in the cOun.
ues or corporations in which they may re-
spectiyeiy reside
Ht. All evidence shall be in writing; and
az aepositons shall be taken by question
sssh OF which shall be written down by the
omgef Mking the same In the body thereof,
40 lhsn proponnded by such officer to the
wItness; and the answers thereto shall be
sSiH'eh down by the witness, or by such Of
,. .sl In she presence OF the witness. But In.
Ss. :. and cross tntsrrogatories may
" administered under the supervision OF the
DvA'o whenever, in their opinion, justice and
1Aeuiency may be thereby promoted Zach
,s "sition snail be signed by the witness In
presence OF the officer who may take it.
:, ". The party proposing to take deposi.
uons shall cause twenty days notice thereof
70 De given TO the Attorney G eneral Of the
.ohisderats States. or to the claimant or his
counsel as the case may b. The notice
s.ail be in writing and shall state the names
o. the witnesses and their usual plaees Of
asSode, the name Of the claimant, and the day
VI the month, the hours, and the place Of
SsLing the dispositions, and shall be subscrib.
~ ey the Attorney General or his assistant.
raat the Attorney General, or the Board.
NAY Permit the dspositions Of perso ns not
.. ameo In the notice 70 be taken, on good
VI, .'s , SHOWN In writing. supported by affida-
ds,o., when a claimant proposes 70 take q
i in ~ miles from the city OF Richmond,
t - ns State Of Virginia; or when the At.
snd General proposes TO take . deposition,
d. VIC witness resides moro than ave hun
eonn miles from either the claimant or his
TSnsei, one days further notice shall BE-
VII VII ior every additional twenty miles.
- -. All witnesses shall be sworn, or adlrm.
Iii I sho any questions are pat 70 them, to
bs, ,hs ruin, the whole truth, and nothing
IT,. tns truth, relative to the case in which
a. gre 70 testify; and each Witness shall
H. M MS name, his occupation, his age,
dsucrs .sce q birth, and both his place Of resi-.
Noxs,asnnd his business since the first day OF
". ~hDer a. d.. eighteen hundred and stx.
isS,,wsas Whether As has any interest. diYset or
'''' IN Tie claim, which u thc suh1ect Of