FORTIETH CONGRESS. Suss. III. Ch. 13, 15, 16. 1869. 267 CHAP. XIII. —/In Act amcndatmjy of an Act entitled “An Act relating to ]Ialzeas Corpus J¤¤· &E§9:_ and regulating judicial Proceedings in certain Cases/’ 1863, ch. 81. . . , Vol. xii. p. 75*. Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representalwes of the United _ 0 States of America in Uongress assembled, That the provisions of an act P*`QV¤S‘°“$ *$· {pd MA g · pg 0. t 1 b,. , . d _, I · U · d· ·_1speetingthei·e- enti e v n ac ie a 111,3 0 in eas eo1pus an- xcgu atinn yu toni ,m,ml0,~c,,uS€8 proceedings in certain cases," approved March third, eighteen hundred from State to and sixty-three, so far as the same relate to the removal of causes from giL;:;;ef1°“"”· the State to the federal courts, be, and the same [are] is hereby, declared to extend to any suit or action at law, or prosecution, civil or criminal, which has been or shall be commenced in any State court against the owner or owners of any ship or vessel, or of any railway, or of any line of transportation, firm, or corporation engaged in business as common carriers of goods, wares, or merchandise, for any loss or damage which may have happened to any goods, wares, or merchandise whatever, which shall have been delivered to any such owner or owners of any ship or vessel, or any railway, or of any line of transportation, firm, 01* corporation, engaged in business as common carriers, where such loss or damage shall have been occasioned by the acts of those engaged in hostility to the government of the United States during the late rebellion, or where such ` loss or damage shall have been occasioned by any of the forces of the United States, or by any officer in command of such forces: Provided, That this act shall not be construed to aifect any contract of insurance _ Contracts of for war risks which may have been made with reference to any goods, wares, or merchandise, which shall have been so destroyed. ug;,w,d_ Al’1‘ROVED, January 22, 1869. CHAP. XV. —An Act to amen::' an Art entitled "An Act io prescribe the Zllodc ry' ob· jan; T}, taining Evirlemze in Cases ofconlesled Elections," approved February nineteenth, ery/rtcmz 1851, ch. 11, () 3. hundred andjzjly-one. Vol. ix. p. 568. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Regislm in _ · . y . W - _ · _ _ _ bankruptcy or States of America wz Congress assembled, lhat any registei in banlti uptcy ,,0,m.m puhucy or notary public, resident in a congressional district tho right to represent residents, &q. which is contested, is hereby authorized to take the testimony and to per- m")' “*k° °Y" . , . dence, &c. in form any of the other acts which a Judge of any court of the United msgs 0; comm,. States is authorized to do by the third section of an act entitled "An act Gd <>l¢¤¤i0¤S· to prescribe the mode of obtaining evidence in cases of contested elections," approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. Approved, January 23, 1869. CHAP. XVI.—An Act in Relation 10 the Appoznlment of Midshqarrzen jrom the lately Jmm 30, 1869. reconstructed States. PR Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy Appointment be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to make the appointment of of mi<*S*·¤r¤¤<>¤ . . . 0 the United midslnpmen to the United States Naval Academy, on or before the fourth Sims Nm,] day of March next, from any State in which the election of members of Academy. the House of Representatives to the Forty-first Congress does not by law taker lace revious to the first da of Jul , eivhteen hundred and sixt · P P Y Y e nine, upon the nomination of the members of the House of Representatives from such States in the present Congress : Provided, That no such Pr‘0ViS0· appointment shall be made from any State not by law entitled to the appointment of midshipmen in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. Approved, January 30, 1869.
