MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit upon the bond of a purser in the navy, and at the trial a transcript from the books and proceedings of the Treasury Department was offered in evidence, authenticated in the following form:
"TREASURY DEPARTMENT, FOURTH AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
"Pursuant to section 886...
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