Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-15
NAVY EXTRA.PAY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
Secopd Comptrollers Office, March l, 1854
SIR In addition to the present regulations on the
subject of sxtra pay granted by the acts of August
81 1884, and March 3, 1853, to the officers and men
of the navy who served in the Pacific on the coast
Of California and Mexico, during the lste war with
Mexico the following made necessary by the in
| creasing number of spurious claims. You will en-
force them in all in which the papers shall be
executed after the 10th instant except in Caifor-
mia and Oregon, where the tine may be extended to
the 18th Of April next and when the new reeula-
tons and forms have been sent to individual agents
1r claimants, their applications must comply with
such regulations if the papers were executed after
the date at which, in due course Of mall the regu-
lations were ceived:
l. The claimant will aid 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, II hs employed any.
2 In case the claim purports 10 have been assign
ed, or the power Of attorney rect.s valuable con.
.iieration the amount OF the consideration of such
power of attorney ass gnmcnt must be stated in
dollars and cents, by words writ atlngth in the
body ef the instrument. and not at the top or be-
ginning Of the power. When o consideration il sub
se1ueutly denied by the original claimant the oAus
of proof will be placed upon tie attorney or as
signee.
o. 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 meme the papers accompanying sai 1
Instrument.
!. There having been instances in which genuine
official seals cut from authentic official documents,
have besn pasted upon forged papers, it will he
Qured hat official seals be not merely pasted upon
the iustrun emf, but they must Sc impressed upon
the paper attestai.
s. Whenever the signature to any voucher is made
by an mark, witness thereto, other than the
magistrate notary acting in the case, will be re-
CURED.
g. Claimants not having convenient personal &C
cess to the Navy Agents Office, and who isno-
ant of the sum allowed them, will be furnished
with statement Of the sum only upon their first
filling their oath of identity, with their discharge
annexed Or if the claimant has lost his certif ate
of discharge, let him account for its absence.
7. When payment is claimed by an administrator,
the right of the person to administer according to
the laws of the State in which the letters Of admin.
istration were granted must appear in the papers
from the proper court and the right vested pre-.
viously in others, it must be shown that they have
renounced, or the reason of their non-appointment
must be stated. As letters of administration appear
10 be obtained with extreme facility and as admin.
isrators applying legal representatives of per-
'ons who are alive, and are applying for themselves
great caution should be exercised in administration
cases. end, if need be- additional proof Of DEATH &c,
should be required, though the letters OF admins
traton may be granted in due form. The amount
nt the penalty Of the administrators bond should
b. stated, and payment should not be made unless
it is double the amount of the claim. The ad1ninis.
TRAITOR in his cath of identity, should be required to
describe the person Of the decedent he representa-
That il, his age height, complexion, color of eyes
and hair: stating whether his knowledge vas De
rived fro personal acquaintance, from the infor
mation Of Others.
J. NJ. BRODIIEAD,
Comptroller.
To ALBERT G. ALIEN ESQ