State journal & flag., 1846-12-11
PuBLIc.-No. l09,

AN ACT to carry into effect the convention
between the United States and the Republic
of Peru, concluded at Lima, the seventeenth
day of March, eighteen hundred and forty
one.
[SEc. IL Be ii enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives. of The United
States Of America IN Congress assembled,
That the Attorney General of the United States
shall be, and IS hereby, authorized and empow.
cred TO adjudicate the CLAIMS arising under the
conven ion concluded between The United
States and the Republic of Peru. at Lima, the
seventeenth March eighteen hundred and forty
one and shall, within the space Of twelve
months from and after the passing OF this act,
receive, examine, and decide upon the amount
and validity of all such claims as may be pre-
scented to him, and as ore provided for by the
said convention, according to the merits OF the
several cases, and the principles of justice,
equity, and the law of nations, and the stipula.
tions of the said convention. And the Atlor-
ney General shall be, and is hereby, authoriz ID
and empowered to appoint the clerk of the At.
torney Generals office, or any other person, to
act as clerk under him in the performance of
the duties prescribed by this act and the At
torney General and the said clerk SHALL before
entering on such duties, severally take an oath
for their faithful performance.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
Attorney General shall be, and he is hereby,
authorized and empowered to make all needful
rules and regulations, not contravenlng the
laws of the land, the provisions Of this act, or
the provisions of the said convention, for carry.
ing the said convention and this act into fl ct.
SEC. 3. .And be ii further enacted, That all
records, documents, or other papers which now
are in, or hereafter may come into, the possess
sion of the Department of State, in relation to
the said claims, shall be delivered to the Attor-
ney General, who shall forthwith, after the pass
ing of this act, proceed to execute the duties
hereby confded to him, and shall give notice in
one or more OF the newspapers published in thu
city of Washington, and in such other newspa'.
pers published elsewhere as he may deem nee
essary, of his appointment TO tdludcate he
said claims, and requiring The claimants to pre-
sent their claims and evidence and shall there
after proc ed, with all convenient despatch, to
arrange and docket the several claims, and to
consider the evidence which shall have been or
may be offered by the respective claimants, al.
lowing such further time for the production Of
additional evidence as he shall consider rea-
sonable and just and shall thereafter adjudi-
cate and determine the said claims, and award
the ratabe proportions of the several claimants
in the SUNS which may have been received,
and which may be hereafter received by the
United States from the Republic of Peru, under
the stipulations of the convention aforesaid.
SEC. A. Andbe il further enacted, That the
compensation of The Attorney General and his
clerk, for their services, in the adjudication of
the said claims, ana carrying the said conven
ton and this act into effect, shall be as follows,
and no more, to wit : two thousand dollars tor
the Attorney General, and one thousand dollars