The Portland daily press., 1872-10-21
LAWS
OF THE
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
SECOND SESSION Ur' TnE 4

sr,oo>-,> o,,,o, PASSED AT THE
SECOND SESSION Ur TnE FORTY-SECOND
CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE No. 631
AN ACT to authorize the commissioners of claims to
appoint special commissioners to take testimony
and for other purposes.
Be IL enacted By the Senate and House of Penr.
senottceS Of the United States of america in I'm
greSs assembled, That the commissi ners of claims
sh have authority to appoint special commissioners
to take testimony, to be used in cases pending before
them who shall have authority to administer oaths
an afirmltions and to take the depositions of wit
neSses: ProCtded, The claimants shall nav the fees
OF such special commissioners for taking the depos
in NJ exceed cents per folio if tbe clan, 4;
less than one thousand dollars -N 10
PEG; z. Ihat any pers N who shall knowingly and
wituliy swear falsely before the said commissioners
OF CLAIMS, or either of them before any sueciaI
missioner appointed by virtue of this act in any
matter or claim pen ling before said commissioner,
thereof, snail be punished in the same manner nra
scrloei by law in cses of wilful and CORRUPT nerrv
SEC. .. That the commissioners of claims NAV
appoinC anu employ agents. but not more than three
a. any tne whose duty it shall be- under the direc
tloh ana authority of said commissioners to inycsti
gaze Claims pending before them to procure evdenca
TO secure the attendance of Wi nesse. ON Of ~
goYelnne AMI to examine the same and to cross
examine the witnesses produced nv clainan+
perform such other duties as NAV he rao; ,a ~ ~
them by said commissioners who NAV DISCHARGE tLon,
at any time. The saidagcnts shall be aloweI their
actual anu necessary travelling expenses; the ex-
penses paid out in invcstg ttins claims procnrino
Witnesses, AMI taking testimony and six dollars nor
Jay WINE employed IN the discharge of their duties
OF all which, at the end of each month they shall
make sta ement in detail, specifying the amounts
oy tneln paid out, to whom paid when and where
an LOT what purpose, and the number of DAYS en-
P1eu IN their duties, and shall transmit the same
uIiy certlhed, to the commissioners. But no claim
where the amount exceeds ten thousand dollars sboI
o oAtmlned, decided, and reported by the commits
3ia 9reSs, except the testimony on behalf of
" bef1ra the ~ such case shall have been taken oral
9,IIi cht 3ninlssoners some one of them ner
sohay or shall have been taken nrevoUs - .I PEI
uay oI iarch, eighteen hundred and coxan,r i.u
be used IN the Court of Claims or haf 1he, 10
ment of the government u ''ioie some depart
SEC. e. llat Tue commissioners na,, o,,,,
adltloIal clerks at larry of one tbo,PpSS 'nlee
hundred dollars per year; and NAV emoIaS ~ Two
usual rates. such assistance for tb9 P."y, at tne
porter as may be necessary, from tima ~ re-
porting, copying, and preparing for Congrasa IN re-
testimony taken In cases before the said coi me oral
ers. iissloh-
SEC. 5. That all the expenses incurred u,5u Az,
provisions of this act shall be allowed and 80 'ne
the manner, and out of the same appronr;ati
provided for in the act organizing the said Commits
sloners Of claims, being an act entitled IAN Act
making appropriations for the support of the army
Tor the year ending June thrtieh eighteen hundred
ana seyenty-two, and for other purposes" approved
MS S third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
0. Inat 1t shall be the duty of the said COM
issoners Oh claims to receive, examine and consd-
"a tne justice and validity of such claims as shall he
Iis peIore them Of those citizens who remained
TTnitd to the cause and government of the
taken nv 800 puIlhg the war, for stores or supplies
tha M ~, W snel during the rebellion for fine ,se of
ro a navy Oh the United States in tho SOW INC u.s. %
law -, ~ Ene IKE effect they are now reo,,;rad ~,
furnished for III Ease OF stores supplies taken or
~ AVi INC use OF the army: ~ Va
j. G. BLAINE
F"e' " I sc Lfouse Of REPRESENTATIVES
VIce- prss;dent or a. oIH 1LER C0LFAX
Of the Senate, '''"teS ana President
Approved, May II, 1879. - D. GRANT. !