The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-22
OFFICIAL.


Improvement, and occupation, as now provided by
law, purchase the at the increased minimum
And porfdsd, also, That under the provisions
Of tn homestead law, who comply with the terms and
requirements OF said shall be entitled 70 patents for
an amount not exceeding eighty acres each, anything in
TINS act TO the contrary Notwithstanding.
SEC And further enacted, That the lands hereby
granted shall be subject the disposal OF the legsla ure
oil the State of Minnesota for the purposes aforesaid
and no other And the said railroads and branches shall
be and remain public highways for the use of the gov
eminent of the United States free of all toll other
upon the transportation OF any property or troops
Sec 9. And be it further enacted That the lands here
and heretofore granted to said Territory State of
minnesota shall be disposed of by said state for the pur
poses aforesaid only and in manner following namely
"hen the governor of said State shall certify to the Sec
reary Oh the Interior that any section OF ten consecu
i've miles Of said road is completed in good substantial
ana workmanllke manner as frst-cass railroad and
the SAID secretary shall be satisfied that sal State has
computed In good faith with this requirement. the said
Secretary of the Interior shall the said State
patents for all the lands granted and selected as aore
said, not exceeding ten sections per mile situated oppo
site to and within limit of twenty miles Of the line of
SAID section OF road thus completed extending along the
whole length of said completed section of ten miles of
road and no further And when the governor of said
state snail certify to the Secretary Of the INTERIOR and
the secretary shall be satisfied that another section of said
road ten consecutive miles in extent connecting with
the preceding section with other rstclass rail-
ROAD which may be at the time In successful operation
as aforesaid the said Secretary Of the Interior
shall issue to the said State patents for all the lands
granted and situated opposite to and within the limit of
TWEEN miles OF the line of said completed section of road
ioaus ana extending the length OF said section and
Further, not exceeding sections of land per mile for
all that part OF said road thus completed under the pro-
visions of this act and the which this 10 amend
meht ana So from time to time, until said roads and
are completed And when the governor of said
ate shall so certify and the Secretary OF the Interior
snail be satisfied that the whole of any of said roads
and branches is completed in good substantial, and
workmanlike manner, frsclass railroad, the said
Secretary of the Interior shall issue to the said State pa-
tents to all the remaining lands granted for and on &C.
count oil SAID completed road branches this
situated within the said limits of twenty miles from the
line thereof throughout the entire length of said road
and branches Proride That land shall be granted
or conveyed to said State under the provisions of this act
on account of the rucon of any railroad or mart
thereof that has been constructed under the provisions
any other act at the date of the passage this act and
adopted as part of the line of railroad provided for
this act And proced That nothing herein contained
shall interfere with any existing rights acquired under
any law OF Congess heretofore enacted making grants of
land to the State of Minnesota to aid in the construction
of railroads. And prorided, further, That said lands
granted by this or prior acts shall not in any manner
disposed Of except as the same patented under the
provisions of this act and shonld the State fail to com
pete any one of said roads branches within eight
years after the passage of this act then the said lands
undisposed of aforesaid granted account of said
road or branches, shall revert to the United States
SEC 4 And be It f,ther enacted That as soon as the
governor Of the said State of Minnesota shall file or
to be filed with the Secretary of the Interior maps desg
mating the of said road and branches then it shall
be the duty OF the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw
from market the lands embraced within the provisions Of
this act.
SEC s. And be it further enacted, That the United
States mail shall be transported on said road under the
direction of the Post Office Department such price as
Congress may by law provide Provided That until such
price is fixed by law the shall have
power to fix the rate of compensation.
Sec 0. Aad be further enacted. That the provisions
of this act shall also be construed to apply and
tend to that portion of the line authorized
by the joint resolution approved July twelfth eighteen
hundred and sxty-two, entitled "a Joint resolution au-
thorizng the State of Minnesota to change the line Of
certain branch railroads in said State and for other pur
fbcfnn flirNm fhn
stae as though said joint resolution had not passed. and
also to the line adopted by said State in lieu of the po
ton Of the line vacated
SEC TO- And be it further enacted That the time men.
toned in an act entitled An act making grant Of
lands to the State of Iowa. in alternate sections aid
the construction Certain railroads in said State" for
the completion of the railroads named In said act be-
and the samo is hereby, extended two years.
Sec H. And be it further enacted That the last clause
of the second section OF act entitled can to reg
late the comp nsaton of registers and receivers of the
landoces in the several States and Territories in the
location If lands by States and corporations under gen
era grants from Congress- and for other purposes be-
of the caage shall be filed with tho commissioner of the
office within three months after the said
change OF location shall be made"
Approved March 3, 1865.
AN ACT to regulate the Taking of DISPOSITIONS In certain
Cases.
Be it enacted BY The Senate and House of Repressn
taires of the United States of america, in Congress
assembled, That any defendant in Grimm casc In the
District OF Columbia either after preliminary examfr
ton, Indictment or information may examine witnesse,
on commission in such manner a. 10 hereinafter pre-
scribed.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted That defendant
wishing to take the deposition of witness residing
than one hundred miles from the city Of Washington
may select any of the following officers as a commits
sioner to take such deposition: tho clerk judge
any curt Of record or any notary public or any consul
officer, by his individual name and Official style; and
the OF tho Of which such constituted commits
sioner il clerk judge and the of the State and
county ii without the United States the Of ths
State AID town, Or city, in which such notary consul
resides must be stated in the notice and in the commits
sion.
SEC g. and be it further enacted That five days notice
must be given by defendant his or her attorney,
the time when commission will be sued out of the #
fee of the clerk of the criminal court for the District
Columbia for taking the deposition Of the witness giving
the of the witness) which notice must be accom-
panied wi copy of the inte1ogatories to DO asked
SEC l. And be it further enacted That at or before the
time fixed i'll the notice the district attorney may hle
crossnterrogatores; bu he fail SO to do. the clerk
l. Are all OF your statements In the foregoing answers
made from your personal knowledge; and 1t not, do
your answers show what are made from your personal
knowledge and what from information, and the source
OF that inormation If not, now show what from In
formation, and give its source.
q State everything you know concerning this case ia
yorable to either the government or the defendant
SEC. s. And be ii further enacted, That the notice and
copy of nerrogaores may be served and returned In
the manner anu by the same OIuceFS OF persons
is provided by law for the service and return Of sum
mons or subpoena in civil actions within the District OF
Columbia
SEC g. And be it further enacted That the commission
shall issue in the name of the criminal court and under
its SEAL and be signed by the clerk and need con-
tain nothing but the authority conferred upon the COM
missioner and instructions to guide him, statement OF
the cause in which the testimony is to be used and
of all the interrogatoriss filed appended.
SEC. 7. And be 1t further enacted, That the person be-
fore whom any Of the dispositions above contemplated
taken must cause the nterrogatores appended to the
be written out and the answers thereto to
be inserted underneath the respective ques
tons the whole when completed being read over ny
or TO the Witness must be by him or her subscribed ana
sworn to in the usual manner.
SEC g. And be it further enacted, That all exhibits pro.
duced before the person taking the deposition or proved
or referred to by any Witness correct copies thereo
must be appended to the dispositions, and returned
with them unlos, sufficient reasons be shown or not 80
doing w. A., ..u
srS 0, And be IL further enacted, That the person
taxing the deposition shall attach his eertlncate
hereto stating that it subscribed and sworn to oy
the at time and place therein mentoped the
whole including the commission ana e,nu os IT,
ust then be sealed up and returned to the clerk OF ne
criminal court of the District OF Columbia by mall unes
tba defendant and the district attorney agree upon some
,tber model and when received by said Clerk ne sna
the and place the deposition on ME In MS
SEC. TO- And be it further enacted That unimportant
from any of the above directions shall no cause
G denostion to be excluded where substantial pred
lice could be wrought the government by such ae'
lion. ,.,
SEC H. And be it further enacted That subject 70 tle
regulations herenbeore dns snd ali other
ablish further rules for taxing aepoS"onS s"N '' ~
,cts connected Herewith.
Approved, March 8, 1860
An ACT supplemental to the Act approved first July,
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