The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-18

rt Mr. Cadet procure statement OF the amount OF hi
deb 10 government Let him have eonjectural state
msnt made Of the value Of the tobacco
ls AT The wsr price.
"a. Al the peace price,
And LEI these be reported 10 me. J.TfLER.
Mr. Hsguer viii make the statement early as possible
Endorsed I" Instructions of The President OF the Uniee
States September, 1871
The statement Of the and peace prices was made 4
accordance with the direction Of the President by the audi
lo on the 2Oh of September ie4l Ga the 23d of Sep
lember the President issued further Instructions endorsed
Additional Instructions OF the President of The United
States, 23d September, lo4l.'
sTha President las examined the claim Of Charles
Cas,t under the special passed for his relief; and De
hsying il be menorious claim directs the accounting
officers re-exaine the aud il they cannot admit the
claim TO report the specially him. with their reasons
for their dsalowance II is desirable that their action
should be had as soon as practicable"
These additional Instructions the Senate will observe,
were given after the action of tho auditor rejecting the cam
and after the petition of Cs had been brought before the
Senate Of the United States The committee had examined
the reasoning and report Of The auditor they had The whole
subject before them which he had acted and they
were discharged their motion from any further con-
sideron Of IT. But, years afterwards, the gentleman who
had been of the United States, and made report
from which the Senate disented 1884 became President
Of the United States for moment do mean to nsn-
any unworthy motives, but certainly, IN my view, Il
dangerous innovation on the ast ofthe Executive on
the duties belonging 10 the accounting ofeersundertook
investigate the particular merits II this individual case
and gave TO It construction under the bull which passed.
similar to his previous construction from which tue oehae
had dssened and passed the bill IN different language In
obedience that construction the account stated The
President required that debt due by Cae the govern
ent should be cancelled the books OF the treasury and
the ocers under his direction obliged TO allow HE ac-
count The Third Auditor rejected IT, giving his rea ons Tor
doing the face Of the direction Of the President OF The
United states The Comptroller however, dssenled from
given by the Attorney General shall read THAT opinion,
have remarks TO make upon IT. The case is, In
this coDnexion Important because its principles govern This
thaS and nh
hear read the examination Of the testimony by the Auditor
you have the examination of the testimony both IN that ease
and in this read the additional report OF the AUDITOR made
under the order Of the President on the 2sh OF September
1871:
sRerence is made, the first instances to the report OF
the Third Auditor dated 30h December 1885, and concur
red by the Second Comptroller wherein they have de-
cided that part of the claim allowable by them upon
the principles Of the Of Gong of the 9Th April 1916,
and Sd March, 1871 agreeably which they Were by the
aforesaid acts for MIR Catetts relief directed 10 settle IT,
and wherein assigned for that decision
"Mr Catlctt had before presenting the Senate the
petition giving the for his relief sought ESQ far
regards his tobacco Nottngham) redress by petition
presented the House of REPRESENTATIVES, and to the
port Of the Committee of Claims thereon, concluding with
resolution for its rejection printed in the third volume of
The Reports OF Committees, House of Representatives. first
made The papers had been referred by the committee to
this Office for infomaon and OF the Third Auditors reply
noticed in the report, copy is placed herewith. The sub
sequen petition appears to be much COMPREHENSIVE IN
its and to have been its presentation to the Sen
ate referred TO the Committee Finance by whom, on
The 18Th of May, 1884, report made, accompanied by
BILL on which there appears TO have been no final action
at that session."
win no, trouble the Senate by reading the whole Of
II then goes that the bill rejected IL was
subsequently, reconsdered and then laid upon the table, and
no further action was had upon il, Another bill was nitro
duced on the 22d of January, 1886 II considered in
Committee Of the Whole the 18th Of March, and ordered
lie the table, The consideration of it resumed
the aih of june 1886, when was amended by striking
and substituting the words pon the principles Of the acts
Of Congress Of the 9Th of April 1876 and the Sd of March
1911" IL thus became law Then the report proceeds
The acts Of 1916 and 1917 had be executed by COM
missioner and Who by the twelfth section of the former OF
those acts required establish under the direction,
with the Of the Presden, of the United States suc
rules therein pointed and for the rules esab
shed various others prescribed by the President fol
the government Of the commissioner and wherein the Pre-
dens constructions ofsundry provisions Of the appear
reference made TO the third volume Of State Papers, first
session, Sixteenth Congress- number forty House OF
Representatives
he duties of the commissioner commenced on the fire.
July, 1916, and terminated the ninth Of April, 1877
soen after which the business then in hs Office, and moi
kaay acted by him, WAS with his records and files
transferred by law TO this office. On the first November
1876, only four months after the commissioned entered on
his Office, he prevented by the President from making
any decisions under the ninth section of the law of April
1916 beng the cton which made provision for the pay
nent for damages by The destruction Of buildings by the
enemy while the same were occupied military deposte
under the authority of an officer agent Of the United
Staies and thereafter award made by th'
commissioner under that section. At the following SECS
son OF Congress, the President thereto,
signed the for his suspcnding proceedings rea
i've 10 the claims under the in question: It's having
received construction giving scope Of great and
sertain extent The message and the report of the com
muec TO whom referred printed IN the first vol
ume Of State Papers second session. Fourteenth Congress
and numbered and eleven The committee in that
port havc declared decided OPINION from conversation
with the commissioner generally upon the provisions of h'
act that he had given and still disposed TO give 70 h
law of construction contemplated by Con
gross the time Of its passage, and not warranted by III
object
An exulahatorv r,nort ~ The co,oi..on., nav ,Isf
be seen IN the same volume, numbered fifteen. As regards
claims under the ninth Of amendatory Of th
81 March, 1917, referred in the for MIR. Cates
he limiting the duty OF the commissioner TO Che careful
examining sind investigating the same, and reporting III,
scb IN such (esch) csse Congress- that such provision
might b. made for the relief OF he respective claimants
should be deemed just and proper ln conformity there
with, reports of the facts under thu
aforesaid ninth section from reported L
Congress by the commission prior the 9th April 1878
but no provision for the relief Of the claimants
till the % March, Is23 when a law was passed proydin
that any person having claim for building destroyed 10y
the enemy during the late war under the Of the 81
April 1915 and tire amebdatory of the Sd March IL
which bad been presented the Commissioner before ID
10Th OF April, 1875 and paid undr said acts nor hna
rejected by him, might, within months thereafter pre-
cent the same with the evidence support H. TO tho Thr
Auditor for examination and directing him
he should be satisfied that the hading buildings 70
which damages clrmcd at the time of it's dstrc
ton occupied by order Of any sgen officer Of the Unite
States ns plac. Of depose for military naval stores
barracks for the military forces Of the United Smies
proceed 20 ascss the damages and certify the amount 70
payment in The way therein mentioned.
THAT ibw authorizing payment for the buildings ony
no allowance tor persoua property destroyed therein