Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-01-29

deem ex2edieut for organizing the said BOAR
Il shall meet and sit at the City OF Wasni"h
ION: and within the space OF two years "o'n
the time of its first meeting, shall examine anu
decide upon the validity and amount OF all '.,e
claims included in the defni,ive list transmit
ted by the President Of The United states 10
The Board created under the Convention a,or.'
said. signed at ST., Petersburgh, on the i9'"
July. 1922, including therein the following
claims. that is to say: of Benjamin Philips OIL
MARYLAND. for Ave slaves; Of Thomas Wallace,
Of the said State, for one slave, Of Evarista
RIanc and Dusuau de la CroiA, both OF Loui-
siana. for one slave each: and OF Jumonvil'e de
Villiers. of the same State, Tor eighty hogs
heads Of sugar.
Sec. Q. find be it further enacted, That the
Board hereby established, shall have power 20
n,oyide such accommodation, and employ such
attendance, as may De necessary Tor The perior-
nance of the duties. 1t shall meet as soon as
il can be organised, and be authorised TO estab.
,isb such preparatory rules of proceeding, and
do all such other acts as it shall deem expedl..
ent, calculated 10 facilitate the proceedings OF
the claimants, and to accelerate its hnai Judg
men,: bat no judgment or award shall be pro-
nounced by it, in any case, until 1t shsli be ON.
cialy notified by the Government OF the United
State. of,he ratification, by the Government OF
Great Britain, Of the Convention aforesaid,
signed at London, on the 18th November, 1875.
The Commissioners and Secretary shall before
proceeding to any business, take an oath or al
frmation, to be entered upon the record OF their
proceedings, for the faithful and diigent dis
charge Of their duties; and they shall be autho'
rised 70 hear and examine witnesses, on oath,
on every question relative 10 the said claims,
and to receive all suitable and authentic testi-
mony concerning the same.
Sec. 8. find be ii further enacted, That all re-
cords documents and other papers, which are
in the possession Of the commissioners, cons,i-
tuting the mixed commission under the treaty
Of Client, when placed under the control Of the
Government Of the United States, shall be de-
liyered to the Commissioners under this act.
Sec. 4. End be ii further enacted, That the
payment Of such claims as may be admitted
and adjusted by the said Commissioners or the
major par, Of them, to an amount not exceed
ing twelve hundred and four thousand nine
hundred and sixty dollars, shall be made out OF
any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, that is to say: so soon and so often
as any Of the said claims shall be adjudged to
be valid, and the principal amount shall BE- as
certaned, there shall be paid on such claims,
respectively, a sum equal 10 seventy-6ye per
centum Of the principal sums thereof so asccr-
tanned; and al the termination o! the time here
by fixed for The dissolution of the Board, or
such earlier dissolution thereof as may be de-
termined upon by the Board itself, after il shall
have examined and decided upon all the claims
aforesaid, the balance of all such sums shall
be adiudged 10 the claimants, shall be paid.
Provided, the whole sum adjudged Or awarded
to Them, collectively, shall not exceed The afore-
said sum Of twelve hundred and four thousand
nine hundred and sixty dollars, and if the whole
sum adjudged or awarded shall exceed that a.
mount, the claimants shall respectively receive
in proportion to the sums awarded them res
peclively, part Of the balance thereof remain.
ing for distribution.
Sec. S ind be il further enacted, That all mo.
neys already received and all which shall here
after be received, under the Convention afore-
said, signed at London, on the 18th Nov. 1926,
shall be paid into the Treasury Of the United
States.
Sec. 6. find be ii further enaciea, That The
compensation Of the Commissioners and Sec
rotary Of the Board, hereby established, shall
not exceed the following sums.
To the Commissioners, at the rate Of three
thousand dollars each, per annum.
To the Secretary, at the rate Of two thousand
dollars per annum.
Sec. 7 find be ii further enacted, That. for
the payment OF the compensation Of the officers
Of the Board, aud the other expenses thereof,
the sum oflwelve thousand dollars be, and the
same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out
Of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise
appropriated"
The Bill was twice read, and committed to
the Committee Of III. Whole House ON the
state Of the Union.
Sir Vale, Scott in Paris-Profundity of the
Parisinns, have been a good deal amused
with the paragraphs, which have been appear.
ing in the French papers, concerning our illus
trious countryman, the author Of Wauerly The
good people Of Paris seem 10 think that there
must be something supernatural about him,
and attach an importance 10 his every woSd and
action, which is sufficiently ludicrous. There
is no mistake more absurd, though there are
few more common, than TO suppose that every
thing that comes out Of AN authors mouth
must be oracuar-that, because he has WriHen
hssks, he must also speak books. As long as
he retains the usual attributes Of humanity, a