Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-07-24
GENERAL SAruRE-No 6a.I

AN ACT to authorize tho commissioner Of
claim. TO appoint special commissioners 10
take testimony, and for other purposes.
be Il enacted by the Senate and HoHse Of
Representatives. If the United States u
America in Congress assemGted:
That the commissioners Of claims shall have
authority to appoint special commissioners 10
take testimony, to b. used In cases pending
before them, who shall have authority 10 i'd
minister oaths anil aflrmations, and to take
iho dispositions Of Witnesses: Provided, Tho
claimcnts shall pay tho fees OF such special
commissioners for taking the dispositions OF
witnesses called by them; hut such fees shall
In no case exceed ten cents yer folio II The
claim Is less than one thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. That any person who shall Know
ingly and wilfully swear falsely before the
said commissioners Of claims, or either OF
them, or before any special commissioner mp
pointei by virtue OF this uct, In any matter or
claim pending before said commissioners shall
ton thereof sf.i shall BE- punished in the same
manner prescribed by law In cases OF wilful
and corrupt perjury.
SEC. 8. That The commissioners Of claims
may appoint aud employ agents, but not more
than three at any Time, whose duty II h bc.
under the direction and authority Of said com-
mlssioners, to investigate claims pending
before them, to procure evidence, 70 secure
the attendance Of witnesses on behalf Of The
government, and TO examine the III and
to crosscNiminr tho witnesses proinccd by
claimants, and to perform such other duties
as may be required OF them by said commits
sioncrs, who may discharge them at anv time:
The slhl agents shall be allowed their actual
and Necessary travelling expenses the cxpen-
Sos paid out IN investigating claims, procuring
witnesses, and taking testimony, an,siS doll
lars per day while employed In the discharge
Of their duties Of all which, at the end OF cash
month, they shall make a statement 10 detail,
specifying The amounts by them paid out, 70
to whom paid, when and whero anil Tor WHAT
purpose, and the number OF days employed
IN their duties, ane shall transmit tho same,
duly certified, TO the commissioner.
But no claim where tho amount cxcoedstcn
thousand dollars shall be examined, decided,
and reported by the commissioner to Con-
gress, except tho testimony. on behalf Of the
claiman mt II Such case shall have been taken
orally before tho commissioner or some one
| Of them personally, or shall have been taken
previous 10 the third day OF March, eighteen
hundred and seventy one, to pc usel In the
Court OF Claims or before some department OF
2 the government.
SIC. 1. That the commissioners may employ
three additional clerks ut a salary Of one thou
SAINT two hundred dollars per year and may
employ, at the usual rates, such assistance Tor
the short-hand reporcer as may be necessary,
from time 10 time, In reporting, copying, and
I pTCPiTlnB " SOuBICbo hhO VIM 'shaD
taken In cases before tho said commissioners
SEC. 5. That all the expenses incurred under
the provisions OF this Mt shall be allowed and
paid In tue same manner, and out OF the same
! appropriation provided for In tho act organ
izirg the said commissioners Of claims, being
an net entitled :" An act making appropriations
for the support Of tho army for the year end,
Ing June thirtieth, eighteen and seventy-two,,
and for other purposes" approved March
third, eighteen hundred n seventy:one.
SEC. 8. That 1t shall be the duty Of the said
commissioners Of claims 10 receive, examine,
and consider the Justice and validity OF such
claims as shall DO brought before them ofth0eo
citizens who remained loyal adherants 70 the
cause andgovernment Of the United States
during tho war, for stores or supplies taken or
mrnished during the rebellion for tho use OF
the navy OF the United States, In the same
manner and with the like effect as they aro
now required by law to do In the case OF
stercs or supplies taken or furnished fer the
use Of the army.
Approved, May II, 1872.