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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-19

"When the Chicago Times heads column
with "Eoi happenings" the reader nnds 1t to
cover report OF nreS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-19

DEATH FROM SPIDERS BITE-Maria Grlett
aged so years, ed at the Shakers SatmrS a.
evening. after very short illneSS urnSncaI Il =
is thought, by the bite of spider reatit - ~
w weehS since she was very active interestjntr
H Mv.aah, and one who, in early life shared .yirb
n nnao parents some remarkable eyperie nee.
IG1tunCfy. She was the grand niece of Cas-
Etaah Allen her grandfather bainr a hro. h a.
the nero OF Ticonderoga and served AZ 49, 10. 81
Tam under him. 1t is singular to relate IN, cIp-
retained the "Alen" mark, hayInr hc,a ~ I Sue
win SIX fingers, tie surplus member Rot, p5lh
moved ID ner Infancy and her children. Or 80, TO-
sue reared Two, also bore the unm- 81 -, ti,Cd
1amlly feature when infants She has 800 ~
s'anch ana faithful member OF the shaHe Zen od
mum ,nun's i3r So years, holding many MACE Of
HSIi az SoAcerned. Her funeral took nlana "a iA
'eiu's a''el neon "A ttany Times, Aprii 8.
tS as lie base ball season apDrOac,as tho,.o
- ial.elllaDe aIng Off In the Attendance nm
Iit average sunday school, Taes., Ia,trnaf :"
10 from recent pedestrian fnteli renee ,nera
t Is n.eu IL, CT solg entitled. Tramp tram
tuition. '"''@ So"sta-
tE \ man was found dead at Fifteen Mia
BAYOU near st. Francis river A iury held an
lhquest ana brought In a verdict la a1cord anca
WIN Tie facts. after which the slutre not,cin~
pisEl on the person OF the deaf man agaiS
called the jury together, who fou id ,,im yn,itv
Of carrying concealed weapons and rneH min,
S25, ard some stock OF the dead man Was then
so.d TO pay the fine.-(Aemphss Hsrald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-19

DHINCE OF WALES
L SALAD DRESSING,
DCRKEE ROYAL SALAD DRESSING,
Ssye you great deaf Of time and the waste Of ma
terlal. Reacy for lnsta,t use.
sWtLT PICKLES, mixe:-de,icious.
CUhRIED Fowl BHDILED QUAIL
who'll B0ShLkSS HAM, rea ,y for the table.
New Spring tiovds arriving daily.
b. W. REEDS SONS,
1910 n sereeS.
tE Onr Clar sts and Hungarian Wines will arrive
via this weeks steamer. sp4-tr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-19

swift s sas n, ers LkDY OF TIE LAKE
aud JANE MOSELEY leave 9th -
street wharf every MONDAY. "WEDNESDAY ana
FRIDAY. II o'ciock pm. Connecs ing Ct NorfoiE
and All the Railroad lines south
Iiclets. "a; Round Trip. good for 80 days elsa.
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PROPOSALS.

DKoP0HALN FOR WROUGHT AND
l. CAST IRON WORK FOR THE RE lUSSTRUC-
TON OF THE UNITED HraTES PATENT
OFFICE BUILDING, WASH SGTON, d O.
OFFICE OF THE ENGINKEe AND ARcHITEcr,l
WASHINGTON. ID. O., April IL, 1879. !
Sesied PrOi Osais will bs received at this office
until ~ IN. of the 2lsT DAY OF APnIL 1879 for
fcrnishiI g, deN erng, httng aad putting in place
comprising En6ased Sectional Columns Cir iers
snd ans for the snpDort of two Galleries; also
Cast and roue ht Iroa work for the Skylists over
the Model Rosms Of the North and East W.ngs Of
the shove Builairg. in accordance win drawings.
specifications and schedule which may be sean 1t
this Office
Blank forms of proposals ana bond and any adj.
honai information, may be obtaned Oh sppicAtlol
AT this cficA ADOLF CLUSS
apl2 eo5t Engineer and Architect.
eE-THE TIME FOR PRESENTING PROPO.
SAILS under The above advertisement il hereby ex-
tended to THURSDAY, April oath, IL O'Clock %.
lick tP, st and Rep.1 ADOLF CLUS3
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DURHAM WHISKY.
LABARAToRY OF STATE AssAYER AND CHEMIST,
RICHMOND. VA. Sept Z. 1878.
have carefully tested q sample OF
Durham Rye Whisky,
selected by myself from the stock of Mes>rs Ellison
e.ct lent article Of whisky and sltosut1er suta
BILE Tor uke as a bese.as, or fneiIclue.
w. T. TAYLOR, NJ D., State Chetn st.
THIS superior Rye Whisky. now popgiar IN .iIf
fereIit se<.tious, aud endorsed by over d9lleTs
(n any of them druggists liz Offered u the Tad7 of
this city upon its Lierits only Tn lr are msnS f:e
WHISTLES on TIE market and We have nofhlnz @ gay
against any known brand We sfmpiy claim tbs
DURHAM TO equal the besi of them, 3ai sc ra sal
isEed q trial VIII convince al judges of this fact
For sale by the following weli-known houses:
c. c. BRYAN, 8. Anan.
III p Howard. American III puse,
ID Keyworfh Geo. w. Driver
W II. H. Cissell, gohn moss
j. Hall keL,nes, r b: Siicr..ey,
RYAN Fernshav III. Mccormack,
NJ Goddard Walker s. Co,
p p Little Co. Calvin v i-ss.ar,
FrsI els Golden, Mrs VI MCCORMICK,
W. K Browne, d. Knot,
D. Come Foley & Mcdonald,
n A Rover, Ella CneliuG,
4 Gersdo-ff, w. i. MetZgeT Bro,
G. F. Montgomery, Frank Mex, ew,
l. NOW a offutt Bro. Georgetown
W. Il. BEALL,
nAr25eo3m ARt for Dist of Columbia
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M oSs1G Eiesi cal treat;ss, indicating how con-
,rme<; G,ss';.i;ties NAY he removed The experl.
snce ot 40 sAS study, observation aud profession
u prscce, sDoN'Ds the AGENCIES ths: viii insure 70
toned tss,lb,r1is strengthened vitsliy and souud
pr'iEiicp, 90 heath. thst hsve been impaired IN
'vertnae6 powers statement o. obstacles to mar.
-asss And o. Toe n,esns by which they can be r..
moved BY nlsli. i5o.. currency oy .~.ase stsnpe
tanrcss Sex, 5iussum AnstorSr ana Science. Liz
srsar-sEr. =. :. rnvg1 a. n an
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III KSssfETS0N oSn be coarulfed every
u Wednesday sEc Saturday ut his nffos. 4S6 O q
-, fro IL pm, all diseases % the Urinary
OrssDs Gnd Nervous System hec,ni sni Chronic
Css's quickly cured. Ali Female Comria nts quick
y cured Cancellations strictly private and cure
gnsrantetd IN every case Fifteer yea-e experience
.Sa,tilpcre oeIlV
nR hltokD's ESEENOE OF ltFE resforV0
~ nahbotd and the vixur Of youth 20 the mol
Porsihis Ths hfe-reetorins remedy slould be taken
oy 81 seouf to marry. or who have bscorne weak.
ened from excess or any other cause Success IN
every case as certain thst water crenches thru
% psr tsse sole Agent Dr.. Jos sAoopK8. Uni-
veretty Place, New York
Orusa'ets eupplied. JAAl4R
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MEDICAL, DC.
MsNHOoD RRsToRED-spermasorrh Pre-.
i SS :: s:ss
81 reT Iss Ns,aSeesss "a essfully trs.s:d
wi An female complaints quickly cured 6Sn b
COZ n suited every MONDAY. Tuesday. and eafurday,
at spst ON e. I."' ON O. hours from to pn-
ESQ REwAFD-n Or BRorHERs fails to cure any
~ case Of Female Weakness. Irrseularitss and
Once &c Ess' ssRss:ass e :ss:
MES. WILSON, from Breoliyn, VIII rive pr1vsss
, Nn ,s free on fridays. from 10 70 Y
ELECTRIO BELTS
cay. WssEnsss. Gsnsn%ption. Liver and 1idSsS
THE ONLY RELIABLE OuRl
IS SSsasn a srss h sss Yo aa'' =
A sDI. sns .Sssas ,se, n % y" ans
Sc SR feHeSy seHs to Amy aadrsss for one dollar
nR LION. the Oldest sstablshtd and only Re-
suited 6ss at Ss5 Mass. f from Se
oc t IA, AZ reTsle Compl.ts quickly cured Q1s
Dh. hANRY. MOTIFS FhhNOn sUWDFRs--
vel ana 81 Urinary Diseases. Nervous Debility.
Seminal Weakness. Ina otency, Scrofaia, 6yphil6
For sale By NM B. ENTw1s-k DRAGGED, corner
18th Ct and Pa ave Price, Is per ho, sent By man
GA rersip, Of price, securely seslsd fsbikly
MPokTANT TO LADIES.
an lrrs-ai.rtles speedily removes " ssn.say
ln receipt OF i've dolsrs- sstixfectip. suxrsuseed
Address (conndentiAi.y) O. O. WO8THIN0TON,
81 D.. . srxiuste Of University ~ Maryland. ~
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.ther ssssc Ssnd for IamI,hei, enclosing stamp
sud Ilssst, state dieeasx &G Ooiuts has ava BoGf00
No zoe iicns sepuie uiles 10 bo:t,as with my nao
3owu - '5e.a and lal~lt haar.ra sry own Trade
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Still, you were acquainted with him?"
Not the slightest; no more than am with
YOU"
Are you hunting man?'
81 hunt, as every man should do who en-
keep good horse and ride him."
"Tben as this man." said the counsel "was
runner with hounds, you must have met hin
frequently?"
Il have seen him oftcn and have heard
him, too"
"And he has been Of use to you, l presume,
on many occasions, In shifting hurdles and La
making gaps?"
"Gaps," cried the Doctor, who was known
good goer. 81 never wait for gaps, and fly the
hurdles. always take it straight"
AS litter ran through the court at the Doc
tors answer, the foreman OF the jury stood up,
and, turning to the Judge, said:
.Unless your lordship considers that rlrther
evidence is necessary, we are quite satistiei
and can give our verdict"
"And that"
As Not guilty. my lord
AS the verdict was given a loud cheer that
could not be suppressed RING through the
court; and his loldship, turning to the prls-
oner said:
"Ralph Perks, you are free man, and y1u
acter Alter the " uneSpected evidence we have
heard, and which has so entirely corrO6orated
your own statement, 1t was Impossible for the
jury to have come to any other conclusion. We
must therefore, as your name alone was mea-
TONED, accept the theory for the defense; That
the cause OF the mans death was an accident,
and not mnsaer IN but or your Owl well
evidence would have been less strong against
you. Let IL be a warning to You, and at once
give or some Gay IL may 20 hard Wa
might have mscarried. We have to thank
you"
And as the clock just then struck four the
"Not guilty, not guilty." was the cry, as
Ralph's many friends streamed on to those OUT
side, ''Hurrah for Brown the DOCTOR"
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SACERRUsH LEAVES.

Votes and Queries More Notes and QueriesLearing
Smoke-The Little Men--The Confessions of a Bbli-
maniac -Piutes, Milliners and BOys-Somewhat Owlish
--Geanings Dates and Mares k-A Chapter on
Canes, Etc.-Tom Thumb, ,Etc.-Something Critical
Random Shots Scraps Finding Money in the Ashes
Our Good Takers of the Far West-Blue Monday
Man a Barometer
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PROSPECTUS.

The subscriber herewith announces his forthcomin
volume of literary odds AID ends letters etc. the
be entitled,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-07-29
F02 SALE.

OFFER MY HOUSE, SITUATED ON
Il Curry Street, between King and Nusser, for sale.
Also my furniture sewing machine library, otc BUYERS
invited to view the promises. A. WAIrZ.
Carson, Mag a. 1879.
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CHAPTER LXIII.

An Act to repeal Sections Fourteen and fit
teen and to amend Section Sixteen OF an
Act entitled can Act to provide for organ
izing and disciplining the militia of the
State" Approved March 4, 1868
Approved March 5, 1879.
The people of the State of Nevada, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows
SECTION l. Sections Fourteen and Fifteen
of the above named Act, are hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. Section Sixteen of said Act is
amended to read as follows:
Section Sixteen In making his returns to
the Adiutant General of the United States
Army Of the enrolled militia of Nevada, the
Adjutant General of this State is hereby au-
thorized and directed, to compile and report,
as the enrolled militia of Nevada ninety per
cent. of the voters voting at the last general
election, as shown by the report of the State
Board of Canvassers
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CHAPTER Tx.

An Act to encourage the collection of geo.
logical, archaeological and mineral speei.
mems in this State.
.. [Approve1 March 5, 1879.
The people of the State of Nevada, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
SECTION l. Any person who shall be the
bona tide owner of a collection, or cabinet of
metal, bearing ores, geological specimens, art
curiosities, or archaeological remains, and
who shall properly arrange, classify. number
and catalogue in suitable book or books OF
reference, auy such collection of ores, speci-
mems. curiosities or remains, whether the
same shall be kept at private residence, or
In public hall. or in place of public bust.
ness or traffic, the said bona fde owner OF
.nch collection shall be entitled to hold the
same exempt from execution, as other prop
erty is exempted from execution under the
provisions of Section two hundred and twenty
one of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate
proceedings in civil cases in the Courts OF
Justice of this State, and to repeal all other
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CHAPTER LXVIlI.

An Act to prohibit the unauthorized use of
horses, mules or work cattle.
The people of the State of Nevada, represent
ed in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol
lows:
SECTION l. If any person shall use or
work any horse or horses, mule or mules, or
work cattle without first obtaining the consent
of the owner thereof, he shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and on convection
shall be punished by a fine of not less than one
hundred dollars or more THANH three hundred
dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail
for not les. than fifty days or more than
three hundred days.
SEC. 2. All fines collected under the pro-
visions OF this Act shall be paid into the Treas
ury of the county in which the conviction is
had, for the benefit of the State School Fund.
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Acts in relation thereto" Approved March

Acts in relation thereto" Approved March
8, 1859.
=. SEC O. Nothing in Section one Of this
Act shall be construed 80 as to exempt from
execution any numismatic collection, such as
gold or silver coins, paper currency, bank
notes, legal tender currency. national or State
bonds, or any negotiable note, or valuable
copper, bronze, nickel, platinum, or other
coin Whatsoever
SEC. 8, 1t is hereby made the duty of the
owner Of any such collection or cabinet, as
described in Section one of this Act, to keep
constantly at or near such collections or caol-
net, for the free inspection of all visitors who
NAV desire to examine the same, either writ
ten or printed catalogues, as provided in Sec
ton one of this Act, and any person owning
such collection OF cabinet who shall fail or
neglect to comply with the provisions OF TINS
Section of this Act, shall forfeit all right to
hold such collections or cabinetas exempt from
legal execution, as provided in Section one OF
this Act.
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last year IS failures were reported, and the
total liabilities amounted to %, 40 600.
New Orleans, April 1.-The negro exodus
continues in the northern part of the State.
Rudely estimated it may be said that 10000
negroes will have left by the time the fever,
of the emigration ends. A reduction in
wages, owing to low prices in cotton, Is the
main cause They have no yield for the labor
of last year and see no prospect Of An i'm
provement Some therefore leave on induce
ments held out by the railroad men of Kan
sas, and others act on the same species OF
animal instinct that impels one sheep to follow
another. The fact is calamitous, and the lack
of laborers will be keenly felt in the cotton
parishes
Washington, April Mrs. Secretary Nc
Crazy leaves this evening for California, where
she will spend several months for the benefit
of her health, which has been very poor all
winter.
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LAWS OF THE STATE OF
n NEVADA.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
CHAPTER LII.

An Act to provide for the purchase and dis
tribution of Hawley's Digest of the Nevada
Supreme Court Reports, and Sawyers CIR
cult Court Reports.
IApproved March 8, 1879.
The people of the State OF Nevada, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows: ..'.
SECTION /. The Secretary of the state OF
Nevada is hereby authorized to procure four
hundred copies Of the Digest OF the Supreme
Court Reports of this State, and Sawyer
Circuit Court Reports in one volume, as pre-
nared by the Honorable Thomas +. Hawley,
At a price not to exceed five dollars ($0) per
copy. co,uo
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty Of the Secre-
tary of State, upon the receipt OF SAID COPIES
to supply the said Digest to all parties VINO are
entitled to, and are receiving the Supreme
Court Reports of this State, to wit, to each
State and Territorial Library, one copy; TO
each of the heads of the departments at wash
ington, one copy; to the Library OF Congress at
Washinoton and the Nevada State Library,
Two comics: to each of the United States Circuit
and District Courts in the States of Nevada,
California and Oregon, one copy; to eaeh
State officer, Justice of the Supreme Court,
Clerk of the Supreme Court, District
Judge, and District Attorney and County
Clerk in this State, one copy; and to esch
public library and literary association within
this State, one copy. He also shall, from
time to time, distribute said Digests to such
literary and scientific institutions, publishers
and authors as, in his opinion, may secure an
interchange of works which may be properly
placed in the StstesLibrary. The remaining
copies shall be kept in the Office of the Secre-
tary of State for the use of the Legislature
when in session, prorided, that no distrl6u-
ton shall be made to any party or parties
outside of the State when there may be less
than one hundred copies on hand.
SIC, g. All copies of the said digest dis,
tributed under this Act to the State ana
county officers of this State, shall be consld-
sred AZ public property, and shall be, by such
officers. turned over to their successors in
Office,
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the Board of County Commissioners of the
several counties within this State IN certain
cases.
TApproved, March 6, 1871
The people Of the State of Nevada, repre-
ssnted in Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows.
SECTION l. The Board of County Com
missioners of the several counties within this
State are hereby authorized and directed from
and after the passage of this Act, to examine,
audit and allow to any Sheriff or Constable,
in any one of said counties the actual fare
maid by such officer In the conveyance or
transportation of any one or more prisoners,
that may be committed to the county jail by
the Justice of the Peace of such county or
counties in addition to the amount now al
lowed by law for the safe keeping and dellv-
ery of prisoners to the county jail. prorid3d,
such officers shall, upon the presentation Of
their bill or bills, for the fare actually paid
in pursuance of the provisions of this Act.
Such bill or bills shall be accompanied with
a receipt showing the amount paid, and by
what conveyance the said prisoner or prison
ers was conveyed TO said county jail, whether
by the means of railway, stage coach or private
conveyance, and in no case shall greater
sum be allowed for private conveyance than
is usually charged by stage conveyance TOR a
similar distance. Such amount shall always
be determined by the Board OF County Com
missioners in accordance with their best jndg.
ment and Information.
SEC 2 The County Auditor of the sew
eral counties within this State are hereby au-
thorized and directed to draw his warrant
upon the General Fund for the payment of
such sums as may be allowed by the County
Commissioners from time to time, in accord
ance with the provisions of Section One of
this Act, and the County Treasurer Of the
several counties is hereby directed to pay the
SUN upon presentation in their regular order.
SEC 3. This Act shall take effect from and
after it's passage.
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An Act making appropriations for the support
of the Civil Government of the State OF
Nevada for the fifteenth and sixteenth fiscal
years.
TApproved March 6, 1879.
The people of the State of Nevada, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows: ,-..... ...-
SECTION l. The following sums of money
are hereby appropriated for the objects here
matter expressed, and for the support of the
government of the State of Nevada for the
fifteenth and sixteenth fiscal years: For
salary of Governor, twelve thousand dollars;
for salary of Governors Private Secretary,
six thousand dollars; for salary of Lieutenant
Governor and ex-officio Adjutant. General and
State Librariaa, seven Thousand two hundred
dollars: for the salary of Secretary of State,
seven thousand two hundred dollars; for salary
of Deputy Secretary of State, six thousand
dollars; for extra clerical services in the office
of the Secretary of State, one thousand dol,
lars. and the Secretary of State is hereby
authorized to employ such clerical services as
he may need, not exceeding the amount of
this appropriation; for copying and lndexlng
laws by the Secretary of State, five hundred
dollars; for copying and indexing Journals OF
the Ninth Session of the Legislature, i've
hundred dollars; for salary of State Con
troller, seven thousand two hundred dollars;
for salary of Deputy Controller, six thousand
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CHAPTER LVlI.
An Act in relation to special taxes.

approved March 4, 1872
The people of the State of Nevada, repre-,
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
a. follows:
SECTION 1. All special taxes levied for
school or road purposes throughout the differ
emit counties of this State, shall be lien on
the property SO assessed, and shall be assessed
and collected by the same officers, at the
same time and in the same manner as the
State and county taxes are now or may here
after be assessed and collected.
SEC g., All Acts and parts of Acts in con-
ffic. with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed. ,..gs .~# ... -.. .>.f
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CHAPTER. INK.

An Act making appropriations for the support
of the Civil Government of the State of
Nevada for the fifteenth and sixteenth fiscal
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-04-02

New York, April Prom all quarters of
the country come stories of damage by high
winds, accompanied in some cases by rain and
snow. 1t has blown gale here for 80 hours
though now the wind is subsiding.
Low Chung died at the Chambers Street
Hospital on Saturday evening from the exces-
sive use of opium. This is said to be the first
death caused by opium in this country.
Forty failures were reported in this city
during March. Compared with the preceding
month decrease in number of eight and
$3.50, 900 in liabilities is shown. In March
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rApproved March 5, 1879.

1851.
[Approved March 5, 1871
The people of the State of Nevada, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
SECTION 1. Section Five Hundred and
Fifty-one of the Act of which this Act is
smendstory, is amended 50 as to read as fol-
lows:
Section Five Hundred and Fifty-one.
When a material witness for the defendant Is
Hbout to leave the State, or resides out OF the
State, or has departed from the State, and his
or her place of abode is known, or Is 80 sick
or intirln as to afford reasonable grounds for
Spprehending that he or she will be unable to
attend the trial, the defendant may apply tor
An order that the witness be examined condl-
tionally on commission.
SEC. 2. Section Five hundred and Fifty
four of the Act of which this Act is anenda-
tory is amended 50 as to read as follows:
Section Five Hundred and Fifty four. The
application must be made upon affidavit,
showing: First, the nature of the ofense
charged; second, the state of the proceedings
in the action; third, the name of the witness,
and that his or her testimony is material to
the defense of the action; fourth, that the
witness is about to leave the State. or resides
ont of the State, or has departed from the
State, naming hiss or her place of abode, or Is
30 sick or infirm as to afford reasonable grounds
for apprehending that he or she will not be
able to attend the trial.
SEC, 8. This Act shall take effect, and be
in force from and after its passage.