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Show [14] i hereby certify that the foregoing deposition was read to or by deponent in my presence before deponent affixed signature thereto; that deponent has been satisfactorily identified before me by personal papers; that I (Give full name and post-office address.) verily believe deponent to be the identical person hereinbefore described, and that said deposition was duly subscribed and sworn to before me, at my office, in Los Angeles, Cal., within the Los Angeles, Col. land district, (Town, county, and State.) this 15th day of August, 1913. /s/ Frank Buren Receiver Register (Official designation of officer.) Revised Statutes of the United States. Title LXX.-Crimes.-Chap. 4. Sec. 5392. Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be punished by fine of not more than two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, at hard labor, not more than five years; and shall, moreover, thereafter be incapable of giving testimony in any court of the United States until such time as the judgment against him is reversed. (See Sec. 1750.) Note.-In addition to the above penalty, every person who knowingly or willfully in anywise procures the making or presentation of any false or fraudulent affidavit pertaining to any matter within the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior may be punished by fine or imprisonment. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |