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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,


Washington, 5th March, 1897.
In Office is hereby given conformaby with the direc.
IN of the Sd section of the subjoned act of Congress
hat the Commissioners with their Clerk appointed to
carry into effect the provisions of the said act will
yene in this City the tenth day Of July next and enter
upon the execution OF their duties:


Ian Act to provide for the adjustment of claims Of
entitled to indemnfcation under the first article of the
Treaty of Ghent, ard for the distribution, among ch
claimants of the paid, and to be paid by the Gov
ernnent Of Great Britain, under Convention between
the Untel States and his Britannia Majesty concluded
At London the thirteenth Of November, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-six


Be enacted by tie Senate and House of Representatives
L me United STATES Of qmenca in Coneress assembled That
authorized, by and with le advice and of the
Ssns,e, appoint three Commissioners, and Clerk
WHO shall constitute Commission, carry into effect the
purposes Of this act.


Sec O. and be further enacted That all records docu.
ments and other papers, which possession of the
COMMISSIONERS constituting the mixed Commission under
Treaty of Ghent, far the under the
troll OF the Government of the United Ststes shall be de-
a iyered to the Commissioners under this act.


Sec g. Ind be further enacted, That the SAID Com.
moneTs, majority of them, with their Clerk, shall
in The City OF Washington on the tenth day of
Jolly hext and shall proceed to execute The duties of their
commissions and the Secretary Of State shall be- and he is
hereby authorized and reqnred forthwith after the pass
ing of this act, give notice of the said intended meet
g, to be published in more public gazcttes in the
City Of Washington, and in the States from which the pro-
perry If claimants who have heretofore registered ,e
claims, shall have been taken.


Sec A. find be Il further enacted That the said Commits
oners shall proceed Immediately after their meeting u
the City of Washington with all convenient despatch to
arrange and docket the several claims, and to consider the
evidence which sla have been, which may be, offered
the respective claimants allowing such further time for
the production of such further evidence they may
quirc they shall think reasonable and just; and they
shall hereupon proceed determine the said claims, and
to award distribution of the said fund among the several
Il tn heir


Sec S. .4nd be il further enacted That the said Com.
msoners shall be, and they hereby, authorized and
empowered to make all needfu rules and regulations not
the laws Of the land the provisions of this
act the provisions Of the said Treaty and Convention,
for carrying their said Commission into full and complete
Il effect.


Sec. s. And be il frtier enacted That the aid Com
mssoners shall be entitled to, and allowed, the of
three thousand dollars per 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 Of the said commission and the Presi
dent Of the United States shall be- and he hereby autho-
zed to make such provision tor the incidental expenses
Of the said commission shall appear to him reasonable
and proper and the said salaries and expenses shall be
paid out Of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise ap
propriated.


Sec Z. Ind be 1t further enacted, That the said Com
mssoners and Clerk shall severay take oath for the
faithful performance Of the duties of their respective OIL
Sec. .snd f,raher enacted That the Commission
hereby created shall continue after the end Of the next
session of Congress.


Sec 9. 4d be further enacted, mat the payment OF
such claims may be admitted and adjusted by the SAID
Commissioners the major part OF them, to an amount
not exceeding twelve hundred and four Thousand nine nun
red and sixty dollars shall be made out OF any moneys IN
the Treasury, otherwise appropriated that to say
soon, and Often any of the said claims shall be
adudged be valid, and the principal amount shall be
asceaned there shall be paid on such claims respective
y equal seventy-h five per centum OF the principal
thereof asceraned, and at the termination OF te
lime hereby fixed for the dissolution of the Board, or such
earlier dissolution thereof may be determined upon by
fha noU. .trLn hnua
upon all the claims the balance Of all such sums
shall be adudged to the claimants shall be paid Fro
aided, The whole adjudged or awarded to them col
ectve shall not exceed the aforesaid sum OF twelve nun
ded and four thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars
and. il the whole adjudged or awarded shall exceed
that amount, the claimants SHALL respectively, receive III
proportion the sums awarded to them, respectively
part of the balance thereof remaining for distribution


Sec 10. And be further enacted That all moneys a.
ready received and all which shall hereafter be received
under the Convention aforesaid signed at London, on The
thirteenth Of November, thousand eight hundred anc
twentysix shall be paid into the Treasury OF the Umee
States.


Sec. IL qnd6c 10 further enacted That as ths
said commission shall be executed and completed the re
Cords documents, ard all other papers N the possession
Inc commission, or its ohcels shall De iepostea III the
Office OF the Secretary of State.


Sec l2 qnd be further enacted, That all CLAIMS wmc'
were deposited in the Department OF State and by mistake
omitted to be placed the deintive list delivered to tins
former COMMISSIONER shall be, and are hereby required
70 be added thereto, and the said claimants shall be ett
led to the rights and benefits if such claims hat
been placed the said denitive list in terms OF the irt
article Of the Convention concluded at St Petersburg OF
me twelfth day Of July, eighteen hundred and twenty-five


JOHN w. TAYLOR.


Speaker OF the House of Representatives.


NATH'L. MACON,


President Of the Senate, pro tempore


Approved: Cd March, 1917.


JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.