Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-14

TRl4suRY DEpARYMEN1


secoud ComptroIler's 0fffe, March /, 1854
SIR In addition to the present regulations on the
subject of sxtra pay" granted by the acts Of August
81, 1852, and March g. 1859, to the officers and men
Of the navy who served in the Pacific on the coast
OF California snd Mexico, during the late war with
Mexico the Following are made necessary by the in
creasing number Of spurious claims. You will en-.
force them in all cases in which the papers shall be
executed after the Goth instant except in cslifor
MIA and Oregon, where the tine may be extended to
the 18th OF April next. and when the new regula.
lions and forms have been sent to individual agent.
" claimants, their applications must comply with
such regulations, if the papers were executed after
the date at which, in due course Of mail, the reeu
lations we're received:
l. The claimant will add to his oath of identity
that he has not previously applied for payment of
his extra pay or, If he has applied, he will state
the circumstances, the time and the name of his
attorney or assignee, If he employed any.
2 In case the claim purports to have been assign
ed, or the power Ct attorney reci<s valuable CON
sideration the amount of the consideration of such
power Of attorney or assignment most be stated in
dollars and cents by words written atl.ngth in thu
body Ct the instrument, and not at the top or be-
o.
sequeDtly denied by the original claimant the orus
of proof will be placed upon the attorney CT as.
signes.
g. The magistrate or notary before whom the
power OF attorney or assignment may be executed
must add to his certificate that no blanks inter.
lineations, nor erasers were in the instrument at
the date of his Authorization th ereof or if there
were any, he must describe them according to facts
He must also name the papers accompanying said
instrument.
4. There having been instances in which genuine
official seals cut from authentic official documents
have bean pasted upon forged papers, it will he re-
quired that official seals be not merely pasted upon
the inssAu ent, but they must Re impressed upon
the paper attestsi.
5. Whenever the signature to any voucher Is made
by an X mark, witness thereto, other than the
magistrate or notary acting in the case will be re-
CURED.
8. Claimants not having convenient personal &C
cess to the Navy Agents Office, and who are igno-
ant of the sum allowed them, will be furnished
with statement Of the sum only upon their first
hlling their oath of identify, with their discharge
annexed; or, if the claimant has lost bis cert late
IF discharge, let him account for its absence.
.. '" uen pdylnen ID Claimed Dy an administrator,
the right of the person to administer according to
hs laws of the State in which the letters of admin
istration were granted must appear in the papers
from the proper court and if the right vested pre-
Fiously in Others it must be shown that they have
senoanced, or the reason of their non-appointment
must be stated. As letters of administration appear
to be obtained with extreme facility, and as admin
strators are applying legal representatives of per
ons who are alive, and are applying for themselves
great caution should be exercised in administration
cases; and if need be- additional proof of DEATH &c.
should be required, though the letters of admins
tration may be granted in due form. The amount
of the penalty of the administrators bond should
DC stated, and payment should not be made unless
it is double the amount of the claim The admins
traitor, in his oath ofidentty should be required to
describe the person of the decsdent he represents
that il, his age, height, complexion, color of eyes
and hair; stating whether his knowledge was de
rived from personal acquaintance or from the nfor
nation Of others.
j. NJ. BRODHEAD,
Comptroller.
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