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 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 157, 158. 1860. 59 seven cents: Provided, The Secretary of the Interior shall iirst cause the true amounts of such losses of property to be investigated and adjusted 5*-¤1¤¤¤*-'5 @0 N in a manner satisfactory to him, and the amounts so ascertained shall be °°h“°t'°d‘ paid to the claimants, respectively, in 5111 satisfaction tbercofl For the purchase and transportation of provisions and presents, and Nogtgntions to meet expenses necessary in holding a council with the Red Lake and wom Lf; Red River Chippewas, in the State of Minnesota, for the extiuguishment PN of their title to lands in that State, said Indians numbering about two V thousand souls, ten thousand dollars: Pr0wIde¢L That the goods pur- _ chased in eighteen hundred and fifty-eight for the Yanctonnais band of P"°"°°‘ Sioux, the reception of which was declined by them, may be used in the negotiations with the said Chippewas of Red Lake and Red River. For payment to Merit L. Young, for one hundred and forty thousand M:_€€°{f’;z rations, for subsistence furnished to emigrating Pottawotomies, Chippewasg` and Ottowas, in eighteen hundred and fifty-two, under a contract with the Indian department, and allowed by Commissioner of Indian Affairs, nine thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars. _ _ For the purchase and transportation of provisions and presents, and to wi:Jf‘fh°2‘f;°f;a_ meet expenses necessary in holding a council with the Arapahoe and hoomdChiem1o Chienne Indians south of the Platte, east of the Rocky Mountains, and ]¤di¤¤¤· north of the Arkansas River, thirty-Eve thousand dollars. Approved, June 19, 1860. Gun. CLVHI.-—An Ad to authorize Divorce: in the District q/' Columbia, and for Juno 15;, 1g6g_ other Purpose. ····—··——-—· Be it enacted {gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit court for the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction of all applications for divorces, Jurisdiction to be made by petition, upon which the same proceedings shall be had as over divorces in are had in other cases, except so far as is otherwise hereinafter provided. °”°“*° °°“'°· Sm. 2. And be it further enacted, That the petition for a divorce shall Petition; nospecify the causes therefor with certainty; and upon the same being filed, 1;% _*° ¤‘°¤P°¤] the clerk shall issue summons for the defendant to appear and answer. j ' If it shall appear by the affidavit of a disinterested witness that the defendant is a. non-resident of this District, or has been absent therefrom for the space of six mouths, the circuit court, after the return of one summons not found, may authorize notice of the peudency of the petition, to be given by publication, in such manner as it shall direct. The oourt shall proceed to hear and determine such cause, whenever such summons shall have been served twenty days, or such publication made forty days before the commencement of the term. No judgment for a divorce shall be rendered on default without proof; nor shall any admissions contained Awww y,, in the answer of the defendant be taken as proof of the facts charged as ¤¤§¤W¢r rm tv be the ground of the application, but the same shall in all cases be proved "‘d°°°°‘ by other evidence. Sue. 3. And be it ficriher enacted, That a divorce a vinculo matrimonéi, causes fm. M_ from the bond of marriage, may be granted in any of the following cases, vorce from bond to Wit: of matnmouy. First. Where such marriage was contracted whilst either of the parties F,,,.,,,,, hu; thereto had a former wife or husband living, unless the former marriage band or wife uvshall have been lawfully dissolved, and no restraint shall have been im- ’·“g~ &°* posed on the party contracting such second marriage. Second. Where such marriage was contracted during the lunacy of Lmmy; km either party, or where either party was matrimonially incapacitated at potency. the time of the marriage. Third. Where either party has committed adultery during the marriage. ·““l*°'Y· Sec. 4. And be it jimfizer enacted, That a divorce a memsa et Moro from v0g;"§u£°'bq: bed and board may be granted for either of the following causes, to wit: and board,