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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Smss· II. Ch. 9, 10, 11, 13. 1868. 37 SEO. 4. And 6e it further enacted, That all necessary expenses in pro- h°E*P°';“°’3,d· curing copies of the State assessment lists and for advertising connected W w ° P i with the assessment and collection of the tax shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the accounts for such expenses being first approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. APPROVED, February 21, 1868. CHAP. X.-·An Act to authorize the Southern Minnesota Railroad Cbmpany to construct Feb. 21, 1868. and maintain a Bridge across the Misrissippi River and establish a Post Route. """""_" Be it enacted by the Senate and House ty Representatives of tlw United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Southern Minnesota _ Southern Min- Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of :::°°;_?i §·tg:· Minnesota, is hereby authorized to construct and operate a railroad bridge Mggissipél, at across the Mississippi river, between the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Lv- QMSSB, Wi¤- a. point opposite, in the State of Minnesota, with the consent of the legis- °°"°'°‘ ldtures of the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and said bridge by this Bridge made a act authorized to be constructed is hereby declared 2. post route and sub- P°:g;‘g¤*% 246 ject to all the terms, conditions, restrictions, and requirements, and euti- v01_ xl: ML tled to all the privileges, named in an act approved July twenty-¤6fth,eightceu hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to authorize the construction of certain bridges and to establish them as post roads." Approved, February 21, 1868. CHAP. XI. -— An Acc in Relation to addithmal Bouncy. Feb. 21, mos. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mzited States of America in Congress assembled, That, if any person or persons Addlfi¤¤¤l entitled to the bounty provided by sections twelve and thirteen of the not E;_°;;1n;K1;ft:;;;i_ making appropriations for the civil service, approved July twenty-eight, diers, may be_ eighteen hundred and sixty-six, shall have died or shall die before receiv· Ed "° h°‘"» lh ing said bounty, it shall be paid to the heirs of the soldiers as designated 1`866,ch_2g;, in said act in the order therein named, and to none other. Q; 12. }B· APPROVED, February 21, 1868. °l‘ x"' P' sn' CHAP. XIII. - An Act for the Protection in cumin Cases of Persons making Disclosures Feb, 35, 1968, as Pamea, or tcst@1¤g as Witnesses. I 't""'“"" Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no answer or other plead- fTb°,?‘°*lm*:_7 ing of any party, and no discovery, or evidence obtained by means of any gh: ($,,1:,:}.,, of judicial proceeding from any party or witness in this or any foreign coun- utparty in juditry, shall be given in evidence, or in any manner used against such party g;'g:°;‘;;’f’* or witne s, or his property or estate, in any court of the United States, or against mm in in any proceeding by or before any officer of the United States, in respect §>;i¥¤ig¤é€¤¤¤¤ i¤ to any crime, or for the enforcement of any penalty or forfeiture by rea- COIQEES &:;°°° son of any act or omission of such party or witness: Provided, That n0th· Proiiso. ing in this act shall be construed to exempt any party or witness from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed by him in discovering or testifying as aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from Act tp apply its passage, and shall apply to all pending proceedings, as well as to those ;;9%§g;”§£"° hereafter instituted. ’ ` Approved, February 25, 1868.