Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-06-08
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AN ACT relating to records Of the Courts OF the
- United States.
Approved March 8. 1871.

Be Il enacted by the Senate and House o.. Repreent.
atire. 0fthe United States Of America Ia C0HOre''
assembled.
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 to the satisfaction OF such court that the
same has been lost or destroyed without fault or
neglect OF the party orperson making such applica-
ton. obtain an order from such court authorizing
such defect 10 be supplied by u duly certified COPY OF
such original record. where the same can be- OBJ
tained. which certified copy shall thereafter have the
same effect as such original record would have had
Sec. ?. That whenever the loss or dcstnctIon: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 q written APP
plication TO the court TO which such record belonged,
verified by affidavit or a~fidayits, showing the loss
or destruction thereof. and that certified copies can
not be obtained by the party or person making such
application, and the substance OF the record so lost
or destroyed, and that such loss or destruction o.
| Cured without the fault or neglect Of the party or
person making such application. and that the loss or
destruction Of such record. unless supplied. VIII or
may result In damage to the party or person making
such application. said court shall cause said applIca.
ton to be entered Of record In said court, and due
notice thereof shall be given BY personal service OF
a copy thereof upon each and every person interest
therein. other than the party or person making such
application. together with written notice that on q
pay certain. not less thu 2 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 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, and have the same effect, sub.
Ject TO Intervening rights, which said original record
would have had II the same had not been lost or de-
stroyed, so far rs concerns the party or person max
ing such application, and the persons whOshall have
tiOn.
Sec. J. That In all causes which have been re-
moved, or shall hereafter be removed. to the Su.
prcme Court OF the United States, a duly certified
copy OF the record Of such cause remaining In the
said supreme Court may be filed in the court from
which said CAUSE was removed. on motion Of any
/ party or person claiming 10 he Interested therein;
and the copy 80 filed shall have the same effect rs
the original record would have hal II the same hal
| not been lost or destroyed.
JOINT RESOLUTION to extend the benefit OF the
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