The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-01
No 3O2

be advertised in the fullest and most
conspicuous manner, and to the satisfae.
tion OF the Secretary of the NAyy: and
any fraud, collision, or combination. or
any act or fraudulent device or conlri-
vance in the sale and disposition Of any
prize property, by which the CAP ors or
the Government are or may be deiraud-
ed, shall be, and is hereby, declared TO be
a felony; aud any public officer or agent,
or any other person engaged therein,
upon conviction thereof by or before any
court OF competent Jurisdiction, shall be
liable TO a fine not exceeding twenty
thousand dollars, and to imprisonment
no'e4ceeding ten years, or both, in the
discretion OF the court.
Sec L. And be u further enacted, That
The third section of the act OF twenty
hrst, March, eighteen hundred and sixty
TWO entitled An act TO facilitate evil
dence and proceedings in and Rdjudica-
lions upon captured property of price"
be and the same is hereby amended, so
that the compensation OF counsel to the
eaptors to be adjusted and determined
by the court, and paid and allowed as
costs, shall be confined TO compensation
Tor such services as may be rendered
necessary by reason OF the capiors hsv-
ing interests conflicting with those of the
United States, and proper in the opinion
OF the court to be represented by sepa-
rate counsel from those representing the
United States. Aud 80 much of the
twelfth section Of the act Of july seven
teen, eighteen hundred and si&ty-two,
| entitled An act for the better govern
ment of the navy Of the United States"
as authorizes the Secretary Of the Navy
to employ an agent or counsel for the cap
tors and to fix his compensation, is here
by repealed. -
Sec. 3. And b Il further enacted, That
the commissioners in prize shall not ex.
| ceed two in any district of the courts Of
the United States, TO be appointed by the
district court of each district, one Of
whom shall be a retired naval officer, to
be appointed by the court and approved
by the Secretary of the Navy; and the
annual salaries in each district Of both
commissioners shall not exceed six thou
sand dollars; and all counsel fees in prize
cases in the Supreme Court Of the United
States, which have been or may be incur
red or authorized by any department Of
the Government, shall be audited and
allowed by the Attorney General and
Solicitor OF the Treasury, and shall be n
charge upon and paid out OF the fund ap :
propriated for defraying the expenses OF
suits in which the United States are par
ties or interested
Sec. 6. And bS h further snaoie9, That
| Nyh no enurl hal al a.. - =.
TO any witness in prize cause, and the
court has no money subject TO its order
in the cause, the same shall be paid by
the marshal as in the case of witnesses
in causes in which the United States is q
party, and shall be repaid from any
money deposited TO the order of the court
in said cause.
Sec. z. AHd be IL fatier enacted, That
appeals from tho district courts Of the
United States in prize causes shall be
directly to the Supreme Court, and shall
be made within thirty days Of the rem
dering Of the decree appealed from, un-
less The court shall previously have ex-
tended the time for cause shown in the
particular case and the Supreme Court
shall always bo open for the entry OF
such appeals. Such sppeAls may be
claimed whenever the amount In con lro-
versy exceeds two thousand dollars, and
in other cases on the certificate Of the
district judge that the adjudication in
wolves a question Of difficulty and gene-
raj Importance. ~.
Sec. 8. And Be u further e1laoted, That
all provisions Of law which are inconsis-
tent with those Of this act shall be and
are hereby repealed.
Approved, March 3, 1868.