The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-21
OFFICIAL.


And provided also That settlers nnder the provisions
OF the homestead law who comply with the terms and
requirements OF said act shall be entitled to patents for
an amount not exceeding eighty acres EACH anything In
this act to the contrary Notwithstanding.
SEC g. And be further enacted That the lands hereby
granted shall be subject the disposal of the legislature
Of the State of Mnnesota for the purposes Aforesaid
and no other And the said railroads and branches shall
be ap remain public highways for the use Of the gov.
eminent Of the United States free OF all toll other
charges upon the transportation of any property troops
Of the United States. =
Sec 9. And be further enacted That the lands here
BY 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
when the governor of said State shall certify to the Sec
rotary of the Interior that any section Of ten consec
tive miles Of said road is completed in good substantial
and workmanlike manner az irst-class railroad and
the said secretary shall be satisfied that sail State has
complied in good faith with this requirement, the said
secretary OF the Interior shall issue to the said State
patents Tor all the lands granted and selected aore
sa not exceeding ten sections per mile situated oppo
site to and within limit of twenty miles Of tho 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 the Secretary of the Interior and
the secretary shall be satisfied that another section said
road ten consecutive miles in extent, connecting with
the preceding section with other rstcass rail-
road which may be at the time in successful operation ia
completed 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
twenty miles OF the line Of said completed section Of road
or roads and extending the length of said section and
further not exceeding ten sections of land per milo for
all that part OF said road thus completed under the pro-
visions Of this act and the act which this an amend
ment, and So from time to time until said roads and
branches are completed And when the governor of said
State shall so certify and the Secretary of the Interior
shall be satisfied that the whole Of any of said roads
and branches is completed in good, substantial and
workmanlke manner, a frstcass railroad, the said
Secretary of the Interior shall issue to the said State pa
tents to all the remaining lands granted for and
count OF said completed road and branches in this act
situated within the said limits Of twenty miles from the
line thereof throughout the entire length of said road
and branches Popided, That no land shall be granted
or conveyed to said State under the provisions of this
on account OF the cons ructon of any railroad part
thereof that has been constructed under the provisions
any other act ut the date of the passage OF this act and
adopted part Of the line of railroad provided for in
this act And proried That nothing herein contained
shall interfere with any existing rights acquired under
any law of Congess heretofore enacted making grants
land to the State Of Minnesota to aid in the construction
of railroads and provided, further, That said lands
granted by this prior acts shall not in any be
disposed Of except the same patented under the
provisions of this act and shonld the State fail to com
plee any one of said roads or branches within eight
years after the passage of this act then the said an
undposed of as aforesaid granted account of sait
road or branches, shall revert to the United States
Sec. 7. And be further esldcted That thu
governor of the said State of Minnesota shall file
mating the routes of said road and branches then 1t shat
be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to Withdraw
from market the lands embraced within the provisions
this act
SEC. s. And be ii further enacted That the United
States mail shall be transported said road under tn
direction Of the PostOhce Department at such price
price Is fixed by law the PosiasterGeneral shall hav
power to fix the rate Of compensation
SEC. 9. And be further enacsd, That the provision
of this act shall also be construed to Apply and
tend to that prton of the line authorized to be vacated
by the joint resolution approved July twelfth, eghtee
hundred and ixtytwo, entitled joint resolution
thorzing the State of Minnesota to change the line
certain branch railroads in said State and for other pur
poses" notwithstanding tho vacation thereof by sal
State though said joint resolution had not passed.
also to the Inns adopted by said State in lieu OF the
ton of the line 80 vacated.
toned in an act entitled " An act making a grant
lands to the State of Iowa in alternate sections to aid il
the construction of certain railroads in said State" 70
the completion OF the railroads named in said act bt
and the same Is hereby, extended two years.
SEC II. And be 1t further enacted That the last claus
of the second section Of an act entitled "An act to
late the comp nsaton Of registers aud receivers of tn
landoices in the several States and Territories, in tn
location Of lands by States and corporations under ger
eral grants from Congress- and for other purposes b.
and the same is hereby, amended as to read "a
of the change shall be filed with the commissioner of tn
office within three months after the sal
| change OF location shall be made"
Approved, March 3, 1860
ACT to regulate the Taking of DISPOSITIONS in certai
5-3 5l7 Cases. 9ijit 4tt} tt
Be ii e7zacted by the Senate end House of Represe1
tatiues of The Uatted States Of america, in Coagrel
assembled, That any defendant in criminal case in til
District of Columbia, either after preliminary exalni
ton, Indictment inormation may examine witnesst
on commission in such manner as is hereinafter pr
scribed, h r. .,-5z Isl
| SIC. 2, And be h further enacted, That defendar
wishing take the deposition of witness residing MOI
than one hundred miles from the city of Washingto
may select any of the following officers as commi
son er to take such deposition: the clerk or Judge
any court of record any notary public or any cons
of the United States either by the name Of Office of sue
officer or by his individual and official style;
the name OF the court Of which such constituted commi
soner Is clerk or judge and the name OF the State an
county or if without the United States the name of IL
State and town. city, In which such notary or cons
resides must be stated in the notice and in the COMM
sion. s.z-..
must be given by defendant his or her attorney
the time when commission will be sued out of the
flee of the clerk Of the criminal court for the District
Columbia for taking the deposition of the Witness giyn
the name of the witness,) which notice must be accom-
panied with copy of the nerrogatories to be asks
such witness .
time fixed in the notice. the district attorney may fl
crossinterrogaores; but he fail SO to do, the cer
shall file the following:
| made from your personal knowledge; and if not, d
your answers show what are made from your person
of that information? III not now show what Is from
formation and give its source
@ State everything you know concerning this case
yorabIe to either the government or the defendant.
SEC g. And be II further enacted That the notice an
copy of interrogatores may be served and returned
same by the same olnSer Of Of
mons subpoena in civil actions within the Distfict
Columbia. u,
sbaI issue in the of the criminal court and und
t seal and must he signed by the clerk and need
tain nothing but the authority conferred upon the con
missioner and instructions to guide him. statement
the cause in which the testimony is to be used and
, of all the interrogatores filed appended
SEC 4 And be IL further enacted, That the person
fore whom any Of the dispositions above contemplated al
taken must cause tho inerrogatories appended 10 u
commission to be written out and the answers thereto
he inserted Immediately underneath the respective que
tions the WHOLE when completed, being READ over
or 10 the witness must be by him or her supscfibeo III
, | sworn to in the usual manner
SEc s. And be it further enacted That all EXHIBITS pr
duced before the person taking the Deposition OF prove
or referred to by any witness, correct copies tneree
| must BIO appended to the deposltions, ana returns
nth tl,em miles. sufficient reasons be shown for not
Z doing. . -, ,, mi, ). Al. rarsc
SEC o. And be IL further enacted, That the perse
| .oLina tho deposition shall attach his cefthca
thereto stating that it was subscribed ana sworn 70
the at the time and place therein mentioned; u
| whole including the commission ana inteiroHaioiis
must then be sealed up and returned TO the elefH o
; court of the District of Columbia, by mall unle
the defendant and the district attorney agree upon sou
,har mode: and when received by said clerk, ne sna
omen the package and place the deposition on Mo IN
, Office :. ~. ..,.J That unimporta,
from any of the above directions shall no eau
~ dnoston to be excluded where substantial PREF
dics could be wrought to the government ny sucn ae'
ton.
SEC H. And be it further enacted That subject 70 u
rssnlatious hereinbeore contained, the court may =
ta6ish further rules for taking dePositions anu M o'o
acts connected Herewith. 49,
Approved, March 8. 1855.
An ACT supplemental 10 the Act approved niet ou
eirl,toen hundred and sxtyfour, Tor the Disposal
COL lands and of Town Prop rty in the Pubic ponon