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mssoners majority Of them with their Clerk shall
convene IN The City Of Washington, the tenth day of
july hex and shall proceed TO execute the duties of their
commission, and the Secretary OF State sa be- and lie is
hereby authorized and required, frhwh after the pass.


ing OF ths act to give notice Of the said intended
lng to be published in more public eazettes in the
City OF Washington and in the States from which the pro.
perry OF claimants who have heretofore registered their
claims, shall have been taken.


Sec 4 .fnd De further enacted, That the said Commits
sloners shall proceed, Immediately after their meeting in
The City OF Washington, with all convenient despatc to
arrange and docket the several claims, and to consider the
evidence which shall have been, or which NAV be- offered
by the respective claimants allowing such further time for
the production of such further evidence they may re-
qire as they shall think reasonable and JUST and they
snail herepon proceed to determine the said clams and
to award distribution Of the said fund among several
claimants, according to their respective rights.
| Sec s. ind be IL further enacted That The said Com
mlssioners shall be- and they are hereby aubsrzed and
empowered make all needfu rules and regulations not
contravenng the laws of the land the provisions Of this
act or the provisions Of the said Treaty and Convention
tor carrying their said Commission into full and complete
effect.


Sec. .and6 il further enacted, That The aid Com
miss'oners shall be entitled to- and allowed the of
three thousand dollars per annu each and the Clerk Of
the said commission shall be entitled to- and allowed the
sum of one thousand five hundred dollars per DUR
ing the continuance Of the said commission and the Pres-
dent Of the United States shall be- and he is hereby auho


zed to make such provision for the incidental expenses
the said commission shall appear to him reasonable
ard proper and the said salaries and expenses shall be
paid out OF any money the Treasury, not otherwise ap
prop,iated.


Sec. z Ind beu further enacted, That the said Com
mssoners and Clerk shall seyeray take oath for the
faithful performance Of the duties Of their respective Of


Sec. md ben further enacted That the Commission
hereby created shall not continue after the end Of the
session of Congress.


Sec 9. .3nd6e il further enacted That the payment Of
such claims may be admitted and adjusted by the said
Commissioners, the major part of them, to amount
not exceeding twelve hundred aud four Thousand nine hun
red and sixty dollars, shall be made of any moneys
he Treasury, not oherM se appi opated that is to
y soon and as oiten any OF the said claims shall be
,dJndged 10 be valid, and the principal amount shall be
etaned there shall be paid such claims respective
" equal to sevenyhve per centnm Of the principal


thereof ascertancd and the termination of the


me hereby fixed for the dissolution OF the Board, such
ler dissolution thereof may be determined upon by


IL, Board itself, after shall have examined and decided


pon a the claims aforesaid the balance Of all such sums
shall be audged 70 the claimants, shall be paid: Pro-
ri-d, rIe whole aljudged or awarded to them, col
ectvelv shall not exceed the aforesaid of Twelve hun
dred and four thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars;
and. the whole adjudged awarded shall exceed
that amount the claimants SHALL respectively receive in
proportion 70 the sums awarded to hem respectively.
pat Of tie balance thereof ieaning for distribution.


SEC 10 lind be further enacted That all moneys al
ready received and all ~hch shall hereafter be received,
under the Convention aforesaid signed at London, on the
hirteen,h of November thousand eight hundred and
wentyx Shall be paid into the Treasury of the United
States


Sec II Ind further enacted, That the
cords documents and all other papers the possession of
the commission. or its Offices shall be deposited in the
office Of the Secretary Of State.


Sec 10 and be further enacted That all claims which
deposited in the Department OF State and by mistake
omitted TO be placed The denve list delivered to the
former Commissioners shall be- and hereby, required
be added thereto and the said claimants shall be entit
led the rights and benefits if such claims had
been placed the said defnve list, in terms of the third
lrtice of the Convention concluded at ST. Petersburg
ne twelfth day Of July eighteen hundred and twenty-five
JOHN w. TAYLOR,
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives.
NAriIL MACON,
President Of the Senate, pro tempore.
Approved 2d March, 1897.


37-4 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.