The daily union., 1846-09-01
PERUVIAN INDEMNITY.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington, August IA, 1886.


Washington, August IA, 1876.
INHE Attorney General of the United States
! Il having been auth orized and empowered by an
act of Congress, approved the 9th August instant,
to adJudicae the claims arising under the convention
concluded between the United States and the repub-
lie of Peru, at Lima, the 18th March, l84l, hereby
Owes NOTICE of his appointment to perform the du.
ties conhded to him by the said act and requires the
claimants to present their claims and the evidence
sustaining them, with all despatch, that he may pro-
| ceed to execute the law.
! The claims provided for by the convention are
described IN the first article as follows "The Peru
wan government, in Order to make full satisfaction
Tor various claims Of citizens of the United States
on account OF seizures, captures, detenons seques
tratons, and confscaton Of their vessels, or for The
damage and destruction of them of their cargoes,
other property, at sea, and in the ports and terrific
ries OF Peru, by order of said government of Peru
or under Its authority has stipulated to pay to h.
United States the sum of three hundred thousand
dollars, which shall be distributed among the claim
ants, IN the manner and according to the rules that
shall be prescribed by the government of the United
States" And by the Gth article it is stipulated
"Ihere shall not be demanded of the government Of
feru any other payment or indemnfcaon, on 40
count of any claim of the citizens of the United
States that was presented to it by Samuel Larned
esq when charge d'affaires of the United States
near Peru. But the claims subsequent to those pre-
sented by Mr.. Larned to the government Of Peru
shall be examined and acted upon hereafter"
AND IN pursuance of the authority and power
gwen to the Attorney General to make all needfu
rules and regulations for carrying the said conven
ton and act into effect, il is hereby
Ordered, That all persons having claims under the
sald convention do file memorial addressed to the
Attorney General, setting forth mnu ely and paruc'
ularly the various facts and circumstances whence
the right to prefer such claim il derived to the claim
ant, to be verified by his affidavit. The claimants
shall also, at the same time file the evidence sus
tainng their claims; and, if any of the evidence bs
In Spanish, translation thereof shall also be filed
ana IN order that the claimants may be nfom,a
OF what is considered essential to be set forth,
averred and established, before their claims can be
received and acted upon, it is further
Ordered, lst. That each claimant shall declare 10
his memorial for and in behalf of whom the claim
preferred, and whether the amount thereof, and o.
any part thereof, u allowed, does now, and at nc
Tune when the said claim arose, did belong solely
ana absolutely to the claimant or TO any other per-
son, ana II TO any other, to what person. And 10
cases OF claims preferred for the benefit of any Other
than the claimant, the memorial to be filed shaL
iur,her set forth and show when and by what means
anu ior what consideration such other has becom,
said claim.
% That the memorial shall also set forth an0
'o whotnor the caitnant, as well az any V@
person for whose benefit the claim is preferred,
now, and at the time,when the said claim aroS
was, citizen ofthe United States, where he is nov
and at the time the said claim arose was domlclS
ted, and if any, what change of domici has sin"
taken place. -
80. That the memorial shall also set forth vhe'p
er the claimant or any other person who may has
been at any time entitled to the amount claimed
any part thereof, hath ever received any, and
any what sum Of money, or other equivalent orr
aennlncauon, by way Of insurance or otherWs
lot loss or injury sustained satisfaction for when
therein asked; and ifany such payment or indenpr h
hcatlon has been made, to set forth when and hOn
whom the same was received.
4th. That the cases will be taken up for decsoIp
IN the order N which they may be filed and doekels0
JOHN Y. MASON, Attorney General
Attest; JoHsT t. REID, Clerk
August l5-law4w