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 412 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sites. III. Ch. 50, 51, 56. 1871. formed and of an honorable discharge, if satisfactory, shall be deemed sufficient. Provisions of Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of sections {;{;“·°{;:°t° °p` twelve and thirteen of an act entitled “Au act supplementary to ·· An 1804,ch. 247, act to grant pensions,' " approved July four, eighteen hundred and sixty. ihmvlgz four, and of settions two, three, and four of an act Cutltlcd "An act; 1%`2gP]%g9‘ supplementary to several acts relating to pensions," approved June six, Y ° 7 • • • ' 99 $-4- eighteen hundred and sixty-six, shall be applicable to the pensions granted ,,j§;>;; ==**· ¤·¤·· by on att. Approved, February 14, 1871. Fish- 14. 1871- CHAP. LI. —-An Act to provide jbr taking Testimony to be used be/`ore the Departments, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _D¤v<>sitiom of States of America in Congress assembled, That any head of a department inemsoroioims may apply to any judge or clerk of any court of the United States, m
 * 2°:L“,f;f‘$;“KS° or bureau in which a claim against the United States is properly pending
 * §*é*::£*° Ulgf any State, District, or- Territory, to issue a subpoena for any witness

i,,,,;,, ,,,,yP§§, residing or being within the Jurisdiction of such court, to appear at s. parement or bu- time and place in said subpoena stated, before any officer authorized to "maecfukih take depositions to be used in the courts of the United Sztates, there to g` give full and true answers to such written interrogatories and crossnnterrogatories as may be submitted with said application, or to be orally Penalty upon examined and cross-examined upon the subject of such claim ; and if any cw. ppsrefuse to appear, or appearing shall refuse to testify, the judge of the district in which the subpoena issued may proceed upon proper process to enforce obedience to the process, or to punish the disobedience, in like _ manner as any court of the United States may do in case of process of Begg °f‘“*·‘ subpoena ad testiiioandum issued by such court; and witnesses in such ' case shall be allowed the same compensation as is allowed witnesses in the courts of the United States. P°§;’;;"Y f°’ Sec. 2. Anal be it further enacted, That if any witness who shall be ' duly sworn and examined under the provisions of this not shall be guilty of intentional false swearing in his testimony, he shall be deemed guilty of the crime of perjury, and on conviction thereof shall be punished in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided against perjury committed in the courts of the United. States. $¤¤\¤¤¤ ¤i’ Sec. 3. And be ftfurther cnacteol That whenever any head of a depart— §°,;g;°“ ment or bureau shall make application to take testimony under this act, snob examine- and shall be of opinion that the interests of the United States require Q*{,';(§°b*’°tE;°xt_ the attendance of counsel at the examination, or if he shall be of opinion i%&¤· claim, he shall give notice thereof to the Attorney-General, and of all facts necessary to enable the Attorney- General to furnish proper professional service in attending such examination, or making such investigap tion; and it shall be the duty of the Attorney—General to provide for such service. Arm1ovn1>, February 14, 1871. Feb. 15, 1871. CllA`P. LIII.—AnAct preecribingau OatlzofOfficetobc tal¤enbyPercons who participated m the late Rebellion, but who are not disqualgjied fom holding Ojicc by the _/burteenth Amendment ro the Constitution of the United Sum. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ubzitcvl States of America in Congress assembled, That when any person, who is toggtgggsgigc not rendered ineligible to office by the provisions of the fourteenth mmm Pm0N_ amendment to the Constitution, shall be elected or appointed to any Vol. ;v.p.7oo, office of honor or trust under the government of the United States, and shall not be able on account of his participation in the late rebellion to wax
 * lf2°:" °;:°f"“‘ witness, after being duly served with such subpoena, shall neglect or
 * ,,,,,,,y.é°,,,m that the interests of the United States require legal investigation of such