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444 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 83, 103, 104. 1893. such subptena be signed or issued by one or more Commissioners, or in any cause or proceeding, criminal or otherwise, based upon or growing v¤1.z4.pm. out of any alleged violation of the act of Congress, entitled, “An act to reglnlate commerce,” approveddlfebruaiy fomrth, emhteen hgndrgd aid eig ty-seven or of an amen ment thereo on the groun or or e reason that the testimbny or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him, may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty N<> nymgg ¢>¤ or forfeiture. But no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any °°°°°° °°y' penalty r forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing, sconcerning which he may testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before said Commission, or in obedience to its subpoena, or the subpoena of either of them, or in any such case or pro- P~¤i•¤· ceeding: Provided, That no person so testifying shall be exempt from P°"-l‘“'¥· prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. p,,,,;,, f,, mm,.] Any person who shall neglect or refuse to attend and testify, or to

  • °*¤•***!- answer any lawful mgngy, or to prlpducg books, papegs, tariflskcolntracts, a ments an ocuments, in is power to o so, in o e i-

ence to tlnlecgnbpcena or lawful requirement of the Commission shall be guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction shall_be punished by fine not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment. Approved, February 11, 1893. hbmw mlm' CHAP. 103.-An act to extend the provisions of section eight of the act entitled “An act to repeal timber culture laws and for other purposes," approved March third eighteen hundred and ninety-one, concerning prosecutions for cutting timber on public lands to Wyoming, New Mexico, umd Arizona. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

 °” Statue? America in Congress assembled, That section eight of the uct

` entitl “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as v..; ze pp, lm amended by an_act approved March third,eightcen hundred and ninety-

  • °’°· one, chapter five hundred and iitty-nine, page ten hundred and ninety-

three, volume twenty-six, United States Statutes at Lars?. be. and the l,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, same is hereby, amended as follows: After the word “Wyoming” in pd;;: Mexico M said amended act insert the words “New Mexico and Arizona." Approved, February 13, 1893. February 13. 1893. CHAP. 104.-An act to amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldier': Home ·———-——-·· Railway Company of the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Dizzragas nanny, Sltaateéof ;_11:leri•§•c gtmgreaela.§¤eKzlt>led, ghat tliel act tp amend the · · c r o e on an o er s ome ai way ompany a - proved April thirtieth, anno l)omini eighteen hundred and ninety, is ns! use swim.; hereby amended by substituting the word “ five" for the word “ three” {{g,",f“" ‘"'" “"“’ in the last line of said act. And that the act to amend the charter of V·>1·2¤.z».1S. thehEckingtonlaud Soldier’s Home Raillroad Company, approved July ii , eighteen undred and ninety-two,, e amen in the first roviso m'§,{**y;*°*.}g{g=c:{: by striking out the word •‘ twelfth " therein and inserting iii place amt. thereof the word “thirteenth," so that the proviso will read, “Provided, that until C and D streets shall have been paved and provided with Am, sos. sewers to Fifteenth street the company shall not be re uired to construct its road beyond Thirteenth street, and that said (dompany shall have authority to make connection with D street from C. street through and along Thirteenth street northeast? And in the fourth proviso by