The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-18
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| ;mnroven,snt and occupatiop as now provided by
law. purchase the same at the increases hum p.tce
And provided also That settlers under the PROVISIONS
~ ~ Homestead law who comply with tho terms and
requirements Of said act shall be entitled 70 ior
an amount not exceeding eighty aerS '' "
this act to the contrary notwithstanding.
granted shall be subject to the disposal Oh ne legislature
Of the State of Minnesota for the purposes aforesaid
and no other And the said railroads and branches shall
be and remain public highways Tor the use OF the gov
eminent of the United States, free OF All Toll or other
charges upon tho transportation Of any property or troops
| of the United States.
SEC g. And be further enacted That the lands here.
by and heretofore granted to said Territory or State Of
Minnesota shall be disposed of by said State for the pur
poses aforesaid only and in manner following namely:
When the governor of said State shall ceruy to the Sec
rotary OF the Interior that any section OF ten consec,
tive miles of said road completed in good substantial
and workmanike manner as hrstciass railroad and
the said secretary shall be satisfied that sal State has
complied in good faith with this requirement. the said
Secretary of the Interior shall issue to the said State
patents for all the lands granted and selected as afore
said, not exceeding ten sections per mile, situated 0ppo
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 shall certify to tho Secretary Of the INTERIOR and
the secretary shall be satisfied that another section
road ten consecutive miles In extent, connecting with
the preceding section with other rstclass rail-
road which may be at tho time in successful operation
completed 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
OF section,
further not exceeding ten sections Of land per mile for
all that part of said road thus completed under the pro
visions Of this act and the act to which this amend
ment and So from time to time, until said roads and
branches are completed And when the governor of said
ate shall Ger y and the Secretary OF the Interio
shall be satisfied that the whole of any of I'D roads
and branches is completed in good substantial and
vorkmanke manner, as a frstclass railroad the said
Secretary Of the Interior shall issue to the said State pa
tents to all the remaining lands granted for and on ac-
of said completed and bran hes In this
situated within the said limits of twenty miles from th
line thereof throughout the entire ongth of said road
and branches; Provided That land shall be gran ed
conveyed to sd State under the provisions of this act
account Of the cons rueton Of any railroad or part
thereof thN has be0n constructed uder he provisions
any other ut tho date Of the passage this act and
adopted part of the line of railroad provided for IL
this act: A. provided, That nothing herein contained
shall interfere with any existing rights acquired under
any law of Conges. enacted making grants Of
land to the State Of Minnesota to aid In the construction
Of railroads. And prordsd, further, That said lands,
granted by this prior acts shall not in any manner be
disposed Of, except the patented under the
provisions of this act; and shonld the State fail to com
plete any Of said roads branches within eight
undiposed Of as aforesaid, granted Of said
road or branches shall revert to the United States
Sec And De 1t further enacted. That soon az the
governor of the said State of Minnesota shall file or
to be filed with the Secretary Of the Interior maps desg.
mating the routes Of said road and branches then sha
be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to Withdraw
from market the lands embraced within the provisions
| this act.
$50 8. And be IL further enacted That the United
States mail shall be transported sud road under tn
direction of the Post Once Department such price as
Congress may by law provide: Provided That until such
| power to fix the rate Of compensation.
SEC o. And be It further enacted That the provisions
Of this act shall also BE- construed 80 as to and
tend to that portion of tho line authorized to be
by the Joint resolution approved July twelfth eighteen
hundred and sixtytwo entitled "a Joint resolution au
certain branch railroads in said State and for other pur
poses" Notwithstanding the vacation thereof by said
Stare though said joint resolution had passed and
ali IN hv tn
ton OF the line so vacated
Sec 10. And be further enacted That the time men.
toned In act entitled An act making q grant oj
lands the State of Iowa. in alternate sections to aid IN
the construction Of certain railroads In said Satep for
the completion Of the raj roads named In said act be-
and the same Is hereby, extended two years.
SEC II. and be further enacted That the last clause
of the second section of an act entitled "An to
late the comp nsaton OF registers and receivers of the
andolces 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 DO
and the same hereby SO amended to read "A naI
OF the change shall be filed with tho commissioner OF the
general laniofce within three months after the said
change of location shall be made"
Approved, March 8, 1866. sa
Acr to regulate the Taking of Dispositions In certain
| Cases. E0s
Be ii enacted BY the Senate and House of Reprssen
tatiues of he United States of America in Gnores
assembled, That any defendant in criminal case, IL Ii,
District OF Columbia either after preliminary examiIa
ton, Indictment or informaton may examine witnessed
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SEC. 2. and be it further enacted That defendant
wishing to take the deposition Of witness residing
than hundred miles from the city of Washington
may select any Of the following officers commits
to take such deposition: the clerk or Judge
Of the United States either by the name Of Office Of sci
officer by his individual name and official style; ant
the of the court of which such constituted commits
sioner Is clerk judge aud the Of the State
county, II without the United States the of thu
State and town, city in which such notary
resides must be stated In the notice and In the commits
| sion.
SEQ g. And be it further enacted, That five days notic
must be given by defendant, or his her attorney
the time when commission will be sued out Of the Of
fee of the clerk of the criminal court for the District
Columbia for taking the deposition Of the Witness vni
the name of the witness which notice must be accom-
panied wi h copy Of the nterrogatories to be asket
SEQ a. and be 1t further enacted That at or before tn
time fixed in the notice. the district attorney may al
neutrality-suspicious.; buff he fail so to do, the cerl
shall file the following:
l. Are all Of your statements in the foregoing
made from your personal knowledge; and II not, d.
| your answers show what made from your persona
knowledge, and what from information and the source
Of that informationl If rot now show what Is from In
formation, and give its source
State everything you know concerning this case a
vorable to either the government Or the defendant.
Sac. s. And be ii further enacted That the notice ant
copy of interrogatories may be served and returned
the same and by the same officers or persons
is provided by law for the service and return Of sum
mons subpoena in civil actions within the District
SEC g. And be it further enacted, That the commission
shall Issue In the Of the criminal court and unde
its seal and must be signed by the clerk and need
tain nothing but the authority conferred upon the com
missioner aud instructions to guide him. statement
the cause in which the testimony ID to be used and acop,
| of all the interrogatores filed appended.
Sec I. And be It further enacted That the person be
fore whom any of the dispositions above ar
commission to be written out and the answers thereto tc
be inserted Immediately underneath the respective quss
tons the whole when completed, being read over b,
ar cha xvuass by him her subscribed anC