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 8 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 12,‘13, 14. 1869. P¤‘9Sid¤¤¥m¤·>’ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and hereby °pp°mt °¤·£°t is authorized to appoint a suitable person as agent on behalf of the for the Um > _. . . States; United States to attend the commissioners, to present and support claims on behalf of this government, to answer claims made upon it, and- to rep— resent it generally in all matters connected with the mvestigatiou and his P“5'· decision thereof; the compensation of such agent,. not to eicceed four thousand dollars, shall be determined and allowed by the Fresident; and C<>¤¤¤z¤¤¤ the President is hereby authorized to make [such] provision for the con- §§l}g?2‘f€‘251’§4_tingent expenses of theoommission and for the advances contemplated by Pass, p. 250. the sixth article of the convention as to him shall appear reasonable and proper. The salaries, expenses, advances, and the compensation to be Ur¤x>ir¤· _ paid to the umpire, when determined, shall be paid out of any moneys in APP'°P"m‘°°' the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Rgilggv .;,.:31;;,;- fsu0b4h Janaé be it further enacted, ’l`l]1aththe commissioner ox; the pa? ¤¤¤_¤¤¢i¤ _ <> 0 tie United States, in conjunction wit the commissioner on the part o 2g;Q;E°;;igifh° Mexico, is hereby authorized to make all needful rules and regulations for conducting the business of the commission; such rules and regulations not contravening the Constitution of the United States, the provisions of this act, or the convention. S Secretary of Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State is hereby “°:§i;°;r;d’;>';i;“‘° authorined and required to transmit to the commissioner on thelpart of and i-seo_ s to the United States such papers and records relating to the commission as °°'m'“*¤*°¤°*‘· he may deem proper, or as may be called for by the commissioners; and Records, &o. of. . . . _ commission, at the termination of the commission all the recordsndocuments, and other when terminal; papers which have been brought before the commissioners, or which may
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of State. 0 State: Provided, That this section shall not be so construed as to preduP¤g¢6‘¤ Rim- vent the commissioner on the part of Mexico from depositing in the deic0?° Y °x" psrtment certified copiesfor dupligates of papers produced on behalf of _ is government instea o origina . mgxglzzllgfxg Seo.  And bei: further enacted, That upon suggestion by either party willing witness. that a witness yvhose testimony is deemed important refuses or is unwill- ¢%t;¤wd¤> by ing to test1fy,1t shall be competent for the board of commissioners to ° “° ‘ issue st commission to some suitable person to take the testimony of such witness, who, 1f m the United States, may be compelled to appear and testify before such commissioners in the same manner us is now provided gy law m the case of commissions issued from the courts of the United tates. Am-novmn, April 7, 1869.  CHAP. XIII. —-An Act toonmtinue in Force an Act ent `tled "A A t t t d lh Cha `fhi)  ter of Washington City," and dojbrth. n C 0 et en e F I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gestion? one f States q/' America in Congress assembled, That the first and sixth sections ‘{Q6s;‘§h?4g°f°° of the act entitled “An act to extend the charter of Washington city, esmmuein force also to regulate the selection of officers, and for other purposes," of the ¤¤¤ Yml twenty-meth [twenty-eighth] of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, be, and the lsame are hereby, continued in force for the period of one Pcmti of act rc- year and;mt1ldCongress shall otherwise determine; and that all the other · sec ions 0 said act are hereby repealed. APPROVED, April 7, 1869. April 7, 1869; CHAP. XIV. —An Ad relating to Freedman? Hospitals. C i ‘ · to cg:‘“¥E;g‘°“°' 8lBe tt enacted   the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gmsmngizf. b ales of fAmerica m Ucmgress assembled, ’llhat the commissioner of the mmm, Vicks- lurefau 0 refugees ·and frsedmen is authorized and directed to continue gu? Distric, of hel lrcedmens hospitals at Richmond, Virginia; Vicksburg, Mississippi; <> umm. an in the Dxsmct of Columbia, mcluding the asylum for aged and intirm