Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-05-16
LAHsnR usNITED ST THATEs.
AN ACT relating to records OF the Courts OF the
United States. srs.r
Approved March }, 1871

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Be- snasted BY ths S.nats and House 81 Rfpre,snf.
assembled, ..
That whenever the record Of any judgment or de-
cree. or other proceeding OF any judicial court OF the
United States shall have been or shall hereafter be
lost or destroyed, any party or person Interested
therein may. on application to such court. and on
showing 10 tho satisfaction Of such court that the
SAME has been lost or destroyed without fault or
neglect OF the party or person making such appllca-
tlon.. obtain an order from such court authorizing
such defect 10 be supplied BY a duly certified copy OF
such original record. where tho same can be OBJ
tanned, which certified copy shall thereafter have the
same effect Us such original record would have had
Sec. 2. That whenever the loss or dcstruc,ion,of
any such record shall have happened or shall here
after happen, and such defect cannot be supplied as
provided In the next preceding section, any party or
person interested therein may make a written APP
pllcation 10 the court 10 which such record belonged.
verified by affidavit or ailidayits, showing the loss
or destruction thereof, and maj certified copies can.
application, and the substance OF the record so lost
or destroyed, and that such loss or destruction &c.
Cured without the fault or neglect o. ne party OF
destruction OF such record, unless supplied, VIII ~
may result In damage TO the party or person making
such application, said court shall cause said appllca'
ton 10 be entered OF record In said court, and due
notice thereof shall BE- given by personal service OF
q copy thereof upon each and every person interest.
therein, other than the party or person making such
application, together With written notice that on a
pay certain, not iess than sixty days AFTER such ser.
vice. said application Will be heard by said court
and II upon such hearing said court shall be satisfied
that the statement contained In said written appli.
cation are true. said court shall make an order re.
citing what was the substance and effect OF said lost
or destroyed record: which order shall be entered OF
record In said court, AMI have the same effect, sub.
jcct 10 intervening rights, which said original record
would have had II the same lad not been lost or dc.
stroycd. so far rs concerns the party or person max.
Ing such application, and the persons who shall have
been personally served us provided for In this Sec
tiOn.
Sec. ,. That In all causes which have been re-
moved, or shall hereafter be removed. TO the Su.
preme Court OF the United States, u duly certified
copy OF the record Of such cause remaining In the
said Supreme Court may DC filed In the court from
which said cause was removed. on motion OF any
party or person claiming 20 he Interested therein
and the copy so fled shall have the same effect n,
the original record would have had II the same had
not been lost or destroyed.
JOINT RESOLUTION to extend the benefit Of thu
Act establishing the National Asylum for disabled
volunteer soldiers TO the disabled soldiers AMI sal
ors OF the war OF eighteen hundred and tw Give
.pI tha MnxIran war