The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-01
BY AUTHORITY.
Public Acts
Passed during The first session Of the Thirty. first
Congress.


Passed during the first session Of the Thirty. first
Congress.
(PuBLJc--No. 81
AN ACT TO carry into effect the convention between
the United States and the Emperor of Brazil, OF
the twenty seventh day Of January in the wear
one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentafioes Of the United States Of ADaerica ia Con-
grsss assembled, That the President of the United
States, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall appoint one commissioner whose duty
IL shall be to receive, examine, and decide upon all
such claims as may be presented to him, and pro-
vided Tor by the convention between the United
States and the Emperor OF Brazil, concluded at Rio
de Janeiro, the twenty seventh day of January, in
the year one thousand eight hundred and forty
nine according to the merits OF the several cases,
and the principles Of justice and equity, the law Of
nations and the stipulatons of the said convention.
And there shall also be appointed by the President
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
a clerk TO act under the commissioned in the per-
formance of the duties prescribed by this act And
the commissioner and clerk shall, before entering
on their offices, severally take oath well and
faithfully to perform the duties thereof.
SEC. q -And be ii further enacted That the said
commissioner shall be, and he is hereby authorized
to make all needful rules and regulations not con-
travening the laws of the land the provisions THE
said convention or this act for carrying the said
commission into effect
SEC. g. Ind be further enacted, That all records,
documents, or other papers which are in, or
hereafter, during the continuance Of this commits
ment of State, in relation to the said claims shall
be delivered to the commissioner aforesaid.
SEC. a. And be IL further enacted, That the COM
missioner TO be appointed under this act shall forth
with after his appointment attend at the city of
Washington and organize the commission, and pro-
coed to execute the duties hereby confded TO him,
and shall give notice in one or more newspapers
published in the city Of Washington, and in such
other newspapers published elsewhere, as he may
deem necessary, of his appointment TO examine and
decide the said claims, and requiring the claimants
TO produce their claims and evidence; and when
the said claims are presented he shall proceed with
all convenient despatch to consider the same, and
the evidence relating thereto, allowing time for the
production of additional evidence as he shall con-
slider reasonable and just; and thereafter shall de-
eide the same, and award the ratable proportions
Of the several claimants in the sums of money and
interest to be received under the stpulations of the
convention aforesaid; and within year from the
time of the attendance Of the said commissioner in
the city Of Washington, and organizing the COM
missions he shall complete and terminate the duties
of the said commission.
SEC. g. And be il further enacted That the Secre-
tary of the Treasury shall cause the moneys and
interest thereon, payable to the United States in
pursuance Of the said convention, to be duly re-
ceived from the Imperial Government Of Brazil, and
transferred to the United States, in such
he may deem most advantageous and best, and the
nett proceeds thereof to be deposited in the trea
sury, and the same are hereby appropriated to pay
the awards in favor of the claimants herein pro-
vided for
SEC. 6. And be IL further enacted That the
termination oil the commission the commissioner
shall report to the Secretary of State, list of the
awards made by him, a certified copy Of which
shall be transmitted by the Secretary of State 10 the
Secretary of the Treasury, who shall from time to
time, as they may be received, distribute in rate
able proportion among the persons in whose favor
the awards shall have been made, all sums of mo-
ney received into the treasury of the United States
in virtue of the said convention and this act,
according to the proportion which the respective
awards bear to the whole amount received first de-
Quoting such sums of money may be due TO the
United States from persons in whose favor the
awards shall be made. And the said Sc cretary Of
the Treasury shall certificates to be issued in
such form as he shall prescribe, showing the pro-
portion TO which each claimant may be entitled of
the amount TO be received, and the presentation
of the said certificates at the treasury, the nett
proceeds Of the sums to be received under the
vention and this act may be received, the proper
tons thereof shall be paid to the legal holders OF the
said certificates.
SEC. T. 4dnd be IL further enacted, That the COM
pensation of the commissioner and clerk shall be as
follows: To the commissioner at the rate OF three
thousand dollars per annum; and to the clerk at
the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, TO
commence from the time Of the attendance of the
commissioner in the city of Washington and the
organizing of the commission and to be paid out
Of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated; and the President of the United States
shall be and he is hereby authorized 10 make such
provision for the contingent expenses OF the COM
mission as he may deem proper.
SEC 8. Ind be IL further enacted, That 30 soon as
the commission shall be executed and completed,
lating to the claims in the possession Of the COM
missioner clerk, shall be deposited in the Office
of the Secretary Of State.
SEC. g. And be IL further enacted That this act
, shall continue in force year and no longer.
Approved, March %, 1850.