New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-03


expiration of the time designated for per-
forming that service, to wit, the fourth day
Of Nay, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, and to discharge said commissioners,
from and after which all acts and parts OF
acts declaring the duties, powers, rights,
and privileges Of said commissioners, are
hereby repealed; but nothing herein CON
tanned shall be construed as an approval or
adoption by Congress of any part Of the
work of the commissioners.
SEC 2 That the Committee OF the House
of Representatives on the Revision OF ahe
Laws, together with such committee as the
Senate may Join, be and they hereby are au-
thcrized to contract with some suitable per-
son or persons, learned in the law, to pre-
pare a bill revising, and embodying in one
act all the laws authorizing post roads in
force al the expiration of the present ses-
SION Of Congress, and also to prepare d
bill coditying and regulating the laws in
regard to military ottenses, according to
the recommendation made by the President
oil the United States in his annual message
communicated to Congress at the present
session, and also to prepare revision of all
the Indian treaties now in force as lave.
SEC. 3. That said committee are also az.
thoriZed TO contract with some suitable
person or persons, under the supervision of
said committee and such regulations as
may be by them prescribed, to prepare the
revision of the statutes already reported by
the commissioners, or which may be re-
ported before said fourth day of May, n
the form of a bill to be presented at the
opening of the session OF" Congress in De-
cember next, embodying all the laws so re-
vised and the bills and provisions herein
provided tor, with proper indexes, so that
the same may be in form to be acted upon
forthwith by Congress at said session.
SEC. 4. That said committee is further an
thorized to have such revisions and bills
printed by the Congressional Printer from
time To time, uniform with the revision al
ready reported. and to distribute them, and
also the consolidation and codfcatlOn Of
the postal and military laws and treaties
herein provided for, to members of Con-
gresS and others competent to Judge Of
their merits, in order for their correction by
such persons.
SEC. ). That any moneys appropriated for
the payment OF the work herein provided
for shall be disbursed by the Department of
Justice from time to time only so far as that
Department shall be satisfied that the work
has been well and faithfully performed, and
as said Department shall be satisfied that
the work will be fully done and completed
by the commencement of said session 81
Congress in December nexs
approved March g. 1872
:GENERAS NATURE-.No. s..s
an scs; 80 regulate the taking of testimony
in certain cases.
Be It enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That no
witness shall be compelled to appear or
TO testify before any commissioner or officer
to take testimony under letters
rOgatory. issued or to be issued from any
court in any foreign country, in any suit OF
in which the government of such
foreign country shall be party OF record
OF in interest, except for the purpose OF an
swering specific written interrogatories is
sued with and accompanying such letters
rogatOry and addressed to such witness; pro-
vided, that when counsel for all the parties
attend the examination they may consent
that questions in addition to those accom-
panying the letters rOgatOry may be put to
the witness, unless the letters rogatory eX-
clude such additional Undergraduates.
SEC. :. That no witness shall be required,
on such examination, or any other under
letters rogatory, to make any disclosure
or discovery which shall tend to criminate
him either under the laws of the State or
Territory within which such examination
ls had, or anv other, or any SoEs.gI STATE.
approved March q 1879
GENERAL NATURE-.-Se. ::.l
An zee 20 amend an act entitled an ace 20
prevent smuggling, and for other purpO.
ses, approved July eighteenth eighteen
hundred and sixty-six.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assem- led, That the
seventh section of the act entitled an act
TO further prevent smuggling, end for other
approved July eighteenth
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: That it
shall be the duty Of the several collectors
Of customs and of internal revenue to &c
port within ten days to the district attorney
Of the district in which any fpe, penalty,
Or forfeiture may be incurrf.: for the viola
ton of any law Of che United
States relating to the revenue.
statement of all the facts and
of the case within sheir
together with the names of the
and which may come to their
from time to time. stating the
provisions of the law believed to be Sio-
lated. ind on which reliance may be ha 8
for cdldemnation or conviction, and such
district attorney shall cause the propes pro-
TO DE commenced and prosecuted
without delay for the fines penalties, and
iorteiClres by law in such Gaze provided
lnless, upon inquiry and examination, he
shall decide that such proceedings can not
be sustained, or that the ends of
public Justice do not require that proceed
ngs should be instituted in which case he
shall report the facts in customs cases to
the Secretary of. the Treasury ard
in internal revenue cases 90 the Com
Of Inf Gov
their direction. and for the ex-
peDses incurred and services rendered in all
such cases the district attorney shall seceive
and be paid from the treasury such sum as
the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem
Just and reasonable upon the certificate
of the Judge before whom such cases are
tried or disposed of; provided, however,
that the annual compensation OF such dis
trict attorney shall not exceed the maxi
mum amount now prescribed by law: and
if any collector shall in any case fail to
report to the proper district attorney as
prescribed in this section, such collectors
right TO any compensation, benefit, or allow
ance in such case shall be forfeited 20 the
United States, and the same may, in the
discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury,
be awarded to such persons as may make
complaint and prosecute the same to jsdg
ment or conviction.
Approved March 3, 1873.
GENERAL NATURE-No. ?5.y
An act providing for the pay ment to the
goyernmenment of Japan the sum due on
account of rents for lands ard buildings
occupied by the diplomatic and consular
representatives of the United States to
Japan, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House os
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