Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-20
Official.
LAWS OF THE
u MITE Sta TIE s .
PASSED AT THE
SECOND SESSION OLE TIE i2d CONGRESS.
GENERAL NAruRE-No. 63.l

GENERAL NAruRE-No. 63.l
AN ACT to authorize the Commissioners of Claims to
appoint special Commissioners to take Testimony,
BE enacted by the Senate and House Of Represent
atves Of the I'm tied States Of America In Congress
sembled, That the commissioners Of claims shall have
the authority to appoint special commissioners to take
testimony, to be used In cases pending before them,
nations and to take the dispositions Of witnesses Pro-
vded The claimants shall pay tho foes Of such special
commissioners for taking the dispositions Of witnesses
called by them but such fees shall in exceed
ten cents per folio II the claim is less than one thou
sand dollars.
SEC. .. That any person who shall knowingly and
wilnlly falsely before the said commissioners Of
claims either OF them, before any special COM
missioner appointed by virtue Of this act in any mat
ter claim pending before said commissioning shall
shall be punished in the manner prescribed by
law in eases Of wlful and corrupt perjury
SEC. D. That tho commissioners OF claims may appoint
and employ agents but not than three at any time
whose duty shall be- under the direction and auther
ity Of said commissioners, investigate claims pending
before them TO procure evidence. the attend
ance witnesses behalf Of the government and to
examine the same and to crossexamino the witnesses
produced by claimants and TO perform such other du-
ties may be required Of them by said commissioners,
who may discharge them at time. The said agents
shall be allowed their actual and necessary travelling
expenses; the expenses paid out In investigating
claims procuring witnesses and taking testimony, and
six dollars per day whilo employed In the discharge
of their dntes Of all weeh at tho end OF each month";
amounts by them paid out, 10 whom paid, whom and
whore and for what purpose and the number Of days
employed in thor duties, and shall transmit the same
II
where the amount exceeds ten thousand dollars shall
be examined decided and reported by the commission
to Congress- except the testimony on behalfof the
claimant In such shall have been taken orally be-
fore tho commissioners some one Of them personally
shall have been taken previous 10 the third day Of
March, eighteen hundred and seyentyone, TO DO used
In the court Of claims before department Of tho
government
| SEC 4. That tho commissioners may employ three
additional clerks at salary Of thousand two hun
dred dollars per year and may employ at the usual
rates. such assistance for the sNOrt-hand reporter
may be necessary from time to time, In reporting
copying and preparing for Congress the oral testimony
takon In cases before the said commissioners
| SEC ;. That all the expenses incurred under the
provisions Of this act shall be allowed and paid In the
same manner, and out Of tho same appropriation pro-
yided for in the act organizing the said commissioner
Of claims being act entitled can act making appro
priations for the support Of the army fer tho year end
Ing June thiTtieth eighteen hundred and seventy
and for other purposes" approved March third eight
| oen hundred and seventy-One.
| SEC. G. That It shall be the duty Of the said commits
soners Of claims 10 receive examine and consider the
justice and validity Of such claims shall DO brought
before them Of those citizens who remained loyal nd
herents TO the and government Of the United
States during the for stores supplies taken
furnished during the rebellion for the Of the navy
OF tho United States, In the manner and with the
like effect they are now required by law TO do IN
the Of stores supplies taken or furnished for h
| use Of the army.
| Approved, May II, 1872.