The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-12

seeing This notice. and before the day appointed for the
RICHARD M. YOUNG,
Commissioner OF the General Land Office
Mar 4-lawl3w
War Department, March go, Is49.
Rules in relation 10 dams provided for by act Of Com
gress approved 81 March, lS49, entitled "4dn act to
prOuide for the payment Of horses and other property
lost or destroyed /" the military service Of tie Unaed
States"
"A presented at the office of the Third Auditor of the
Treasury Department. and each must be subsaatated by
such evidence as hereinafter designated with respect TO
cases of the class under which it falls
First Class Of Cases
BY the first section of the law is enacted.
THAT any field, or staff, other officer mounted mill
taman, volunteer, ranger cavalry, engaged ia the mill
ay service OF the United States since the 18th of June,
tanned shall sustain damage. without any neg.
gence his part while in said service, by the loss of
horse in battle by loss of horse wounded in bat
tie, and which has died, shall die said wound be-
ing wounded shall be abandoned by order OF his officer
by death abandonment because The unavoidable dan
gers OF the sea when board United States transport
vessel the United States failed supply
porfalon for the horse, and the compelled 10y
the order of his commanding officer to embark and leave
him, consequence of the United States failing sup
ply sufficient forage or because the rider was dism ounted
and separated from his horse and ordered do duty
foot station detached from his horse when the officer
in the Immediate command ordered shall order the
horse turned out Craze in the woods, praires,
mons because the United States failed, shall fail sup
ply sufficient forage and the loss shall be
quen thereof for the loss of necessary equpage in
sequence Of the loss of his horse aforesaid, shall be al
lowed and paid the value thereof exceed nun
bred dollars; provided that If any payment has been
shall be made to aforesaid for the aud risk
for forage after the death loss, abandonment of his
horse said shall be deducted from the value there
Of unless he satisfied shall satisfy the payma the
time be made shall make the payment, thereafter
show by proof that he was renouned in which case the
deduction shall only extend the time he foot and
provided also II any payment shall have been or shall
hereafter be made to any person on &C
such payment shall be deducted from the value of his
horse Announcements"
To establish CLAIM under this provision the claimant
adduce the evidence OF the officer under whose
mand he served when the loss occurred, if alive Or
dead then OF the next surviving officer, describing the
properly, the value thereof the time OF entering the
vice, the time and manner in which the loss happened
and whether OF not II was sustained without any fault
negligence the claimants part The evidence should
also, in the clamantwa emouned after tue los
when he was remonnted, how long he continued and
explain whether the horse Whereon he RENOVATED had
not been furnished by the United States been owned
another mounted mitianan volunteer to whom payment
for the and risk thereof. for its forage, whilst the
ct The claimant may have been made and If it
mand to which he belonged And ia every instance in
ces of which The consisted and separate value EACH
should be specified.
Second Class Of Cases
The second section of the law
"That any person who has sustained or shall sustain
damage by the capture destruction by onemy, by
the abandonment destruction by the order of the
ter of any horse, mule, wagon cart, boat, sleigh,
harness. while such property was IN the military service of
the United Statcs either by
cept where the risk which the properly would
be exposed agreed be incurred by the owner and
any who has sustained shaf sustain damage by
the death abandonment and loss of any such horse, MULE
while in the service in consequence of the
with sufficient forage and any person who has lost or shall
lose has had shall have destroyed by unavoidable
harness While such properly was in the service Aforesaid
shall be allowed and paid the value thereof the he
entered the ervce' provided it shall appear that such loss
capture abandonment destruction or death was without
any fault or negligence the part of the the
property, and while was actually poyed in the
of the United States"
To establish claim under this provision it will in ad.
to the testimony required under the head of first class
in the service by contract impessmen' produce the
testimony OF the officer agent of the United States who
impressed or for the service of the property
toned in such claim, and also OF the officer under whose
command The same was employed at the time OF the cap
way the property was taken into the OF the United
would be exposed was agreed to be incurred by owner
and whether not regarded horses mules oxen
manner tho loss happened and whether
tanned without any fault or negligence on his part.
The filth section of the law enacts
That in all instances where any minor has been shall
be engaged IN the military service of the United States and
was or shall be provided with horse pments mill
ay by his parento guardian, and has died.
or shall de- without paying Tor said property and the
has been shall be lost, captured destroyed abandoned
m the manner before mentioned said parent guardian
sha be allowed pay therefor making salts factory proof
as in other eases, and the further proof that he entitled
thereto by having furnished the same"
parent gardian of deceased minor will therefore
in addition TO such testimony applicable his claim as
previously described have furnish proof that he provi
ded the minor with the property therein mentioned
the minor died without paying Tor such properly and that
lie, the parent or guardian, entitled payment for by
his having furnished the same.
The sixth section of the law enacs,
"Th,t in all instances where any person other than q
MINOR has been, shall be- engaged in the military ser
vice aforesaid, and has been, shall be, provided
horse or equipments, with military by
any person. the thereof who has riskeu, shall take
tue FISK, OF such horse, equipments, military
mens on himself, and the has shall be lost
captured, destroyed abandoned in the before
mentioned such owner shall be allowed pay therefor, on
making proof, other and the further proof
he is ent.d thereto by having furnished same and
having taken the risk on himself"
Besides the testimony in support of his claim herein
fore required, such thereof will have prove
that he did provide the horse equipments. military ac
himself he is entitled to pay therefor by having
furnished the and taken the risk himself
and this proof should be contained of Tho
who had been provided by him with such horse
equipments, or military accoureinents.
Third Class of Gases.
The seventh section of the law enacts:
Tha in ali cases where horses have been condemned by
board OF officers of their service
consequence OF the Government falling TO sunov torags
all such horses and their equpage shall and paid
whenever the facts shall be proven by legal and satls
factory evidence, whether oral written that such con
demned horse and the equipage TO quar-
ternaster oil the army whether any receipt
given and produced or not"
To establish claim under This provision the claimant
must adduce the evidence of the under
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