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 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 111, 112, 113. 1871. 475 can be obtained, which certified copy shall thereafter have the same effect as such original record would have had in all respects. Sec. 2. That whenever the loss or destruction of any such record shall Pi-oceedtnglsu have happened, or shall hereafter happen, and such defect cannot be sup- ““,l’Plw,§‘ed“‘ plied as provided in the next preceding section, any party or person inter- :;,5:, gggngf bg ested therein may make a written application to the court to which such hadrecord belonged, verified by afiidavit or atisidavits, showing the loss or destruction thereof; and that certified copies thereof cannot be obtained by the party or person making such application, and the substance of the record so lost or destroyed, and that such loss or destruction occurred without the fault or neglect of the party or person making such application, and that the loss or destruction of such record, unless supplied, will or may result in damage to the party or person making such application, Application said court shall cause said application to be entered of record in said ml “°°‘°°‘ court, and due notice thereof shall be given by personal service of a copy thereof upon each and every person interested therein, other than the party or person making such application, together with written notice that on a day certain, not less than sixty days after such service, said application will be heard by said court; and if upon such hearing said court O1‘d¤1‘¤Hh• shall be satisfied that the statements contained in said written application °°m are true, said court shall make an order reciting what was the substance and eifeot of said lost or destroyed record; which order shall be entered E“`°<>* °f°*'d°¥`· of record in said court, and have the same effect, subject to intervening rights, which said original record would have had if the same had not been lost or destroyed, so far as concerns the party or person making such application 'and the persons who shall have been personally served as provided for in this section. Sec. 3. That in all causes which have been removed, or shall hereafter I¤ &¤;¤°K*`•· be removed, to the Supreme Court of the United States, a duly certified ggging C,,:,,.,, copy of the record of such cause remaining in the said Supreme Court copy of reecrdof may be filed in the court from which said cause was removed, on motion ;';l;"f,';’%g3‘;;° of any party or person claiming to be interested therein; and the copy so qw court bmw, filed shall have the same effect as the original record would have had if EH'¤<=f¤*° ¤°PY· the same had not been lost or destroyed. APPROVED, March 3, 1871. CHAP. CXII. — An Act relating to internal Taxes. March 8, 1371. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Ocngress assembled, That from and after the passage _ No tax to be cf this act no tax shall be imposed upon any undistributable sum added to the contingent fund of any fire, marine, inland, life, health, accident, addedtom, ,0,,, or like insurance company, nor upon any unearned premium or premiums tinsent fwd of received for risks assumed by such companies, nor shall any tax be here- :::‘i:f‘°° °°"" after collected which may have been assessed, or which shall have become liable to be assessed, upon such sums, fund, or premiums prior to the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 1871. .—`or he le islative, executive, and 'udicial March 3, 1871. °*}r€{.;..Z’$}H. c.f‘.2'.Ji}..”I..Z.”$’.f£"5..“‘?.C'Q'L*.Z1?z.‘£.'§,"J{f mj, at..,. tmc-.4 .n£n,. —-———-— two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Legislative, States of America in O'0ngress_assembled, That the following sums be, and iiggslvgégsrie the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury ,,,,1,,,,,},,.,,,,;,,,,,, not otherwise appropriated, for the service of the iiscal year ending the {gr tp:¤>é¢§¤6‘¤¤d- thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, for the objects asia ’ hereinafter expressed, namely :—-