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528 THIR.TY—EIGH'I.‘H CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 105, 106. 1865 market as soon of the Interior maps designating the routes of said road and branches, 2t5cm2i;; giggadv then it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw "from market the lands embraced within the provisions of this act. Mailetobe Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall "°“SP°""d' be transported on said road, under the direction of the Post-Oilice Depart. ment, at such price as congress may by law provide: Provided, That until such price is fixed by law, the Postmaster-General shall have power to Hx the rate of compensation. This M to ap. Sec. 9. And be it farther enacted, That the provisions of this act shall E12 $>ag;;`;g>¤8:;` also be construed so as· to apply and extend to that portion of the line ’authorizedto be vacated by the joint resolution approved July twelfth, V°l·xil- P- 62*- eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “A joint resolution authorizing the State of Minnesota to change the line of certain branch railroads in said state, and for other purposes," notwithstanding the vacation thereof by said state, as though said joint resolution had not passed, and also to the line adopted by said state, in lieu of the portion of the line sovaoated. Time for com. SEO. 10. And be it further enacted, That the•time mentioned in an act i>1¤¤¤s ¤;r¢¤i¤ emitted ·‘ An act making a grant of lands to the State of Iowa, in alterfggggf °w° °x` nate sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said state," 1856_ 6h_ gg, 5 4_ for the completion of the railroads named in said act, be, and the same is Vol- xi- p- 10- hereby, extended two years. Mapspf change Sec. ll. And be it further enacted, That the last clause of the second §’S3?:*‘;’(;°;nd section of an act entitled "An act to regulate the compensation of regis- M,,,,,,?.; River ters and receivers of the land-oflices in the several states and territories, ltailroad mba in the location of lands by states and corporations under general grants $ggtL';_th'°° from congress, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, so 186% eh_19E, amended as to read: “A map of the change shall be filed with the com· 52. missioner of the general land·oiHce within three months after the said A"‘°» l’· 33* change of location shall be made." Approved, March 3, 1865. March 3, 1865. Cntr. CVI. —— An Act to regulate the Taking of Depositions in certain Cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ¢y" the United })qf¤¤d¤¤fS in States of America in Congress assembled, That any defendant in a crimifggnégggrfésgilu nal case, in the District of Columbia, either after preliminary examina- Columbia may tion, indictment, or information, may examine witnesses on commission iI=“’° °°““;‘(lS‘ in such manner as is hereinafter prescribed. $;§{‘§,,$"‘ “°*‘ see. 2. Ana he afumm mma, That s aerenam washing to are Whe to be the deposition of a witness residing more that one hundred miles from ¤¤¤¤¤¤i¤¤i°¤¤¤· the city of Washington may select any of the following officers as a commission[er] to take such deposition: the clerk or judge of any court of record, or any notary public, or any consul of the United States, either by the name of office of such officer, or by his individual name and official Commission to style; and the name of the court of which such constituted commissioner ““°° “’1“"‘ is clerk or judge, and the name of the state and county, or if without the United States the name of the state and town, or city, in which such notary or consul resides must be stated in the notice and in the commission. _N¤¤i¤¢ to dis- Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That five days’ notice must be given mn °tt°m°y’ by a defendant, or his or her attorney, of the time when a commission will be sued out of the office of the clerk of the criminal court for the District of Columbia for taking the deposition of the witness, (giving the name of the witness,) which notice must be accompanied with a copy of the interrogatories to be asked such witness. Gross-intemg. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That at or before the time tixed in

1fl};¥j*;;:>°>;£:¤· the notice, the district attorney may file cross-interrogatories; but if he

m. by gmk_ y’ fail so to do, the clerk shall tile the following: — 1. Are all of your statements in the foregoing answers made from your personal knowledge; and if not, do your answers show what are made