The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-02-12
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AN ACT
To Provide for the Adjustment and Payment of
Claims
AN ACT

Claims.
Be it enacted By the Governor and Legisla-
tire assembly of the Territory Of Kansas:
SECTION l. That THEE Commissioners
shall be appointed as follows One by
the Legislative Council, one by the House
of Representatives, and one by the Gov
ernor of this Territory, whose duty it shall
be to audit and certify all claims for the
loss of property taken or destroyed, and
damages resulting therefrom, during the
disorder which prevailed in this Terrific
~ from November LIST, 1856, to Decem-
Der LIST, 1856.
Sec. 2. Said Commissioners shall have
power to fix the times and places, when
and where there sessions shall be held,
and may adjourn from time to time at
and from place to place at their discretion.
The presence of two of said Commission
ers shall constitute quorum for the trans
action of business. Said Commissioners
shall prescribe and publish such rules and
regulations concerning the taking of tes-
timony as they may deem expedient, not
conflicting with the laws of the Territory.
They shall have power to send for per-
sons and papers, preserve order, issue SUBJ
penas, and enforce the attendance of wit
nesses in the same manner and with the
like effect as the District Courts; Provi-
ded, That parties seeking to prove
their claims shall pay officers and wit
ness fees in the same manner as required
by law in suits in said District Courts.
SEC. 8. Before entering upon the dis
charge of their duties, said Commission
ers and their officers shall each take and
subscribe an oath before some competent
officer, to support the Constitution of the
United States, and the provisions of the
Act organizing the Territory of Kansas,
and that they will faithfully and impair
TALLY perform the duties enjoined by this
Act, which oath shall be filed with the
Secretary of the Territory.
Sec. 4. Said Commissioners may ap-
point one or more clerks, whose duty il
shall be to keep true and proper record
of the proceedings before the Commission.
ers, preserve all papers and testimony flee
in relation to claims, and perform suct
other acts pertaining to that Office as the
Commissioners may direct. They shall
be allowed for their services four dollar
per day, and ten cents for every mile
necessarily travelled.
SEC. 5. The compensation Of said Com
missioners shall be five dollars per da!
each, for every day actually engaged il
the discharge of the duties imposed b.
this Act, and ten cents per mile for ever.
mile necessarily travelled in the discharg
of said duties, and their actual expendi
lures for stationery, postage and room rem
shall be certified by them and audited b,
the Auditor of tho Territory, and warrant
be drawn therefor on the Territorial Treas
urer. Warrants shall, in like manner, b
drawn for said commissioners and thei
clerk or clerks for such sums as may be
come due to them form time to time fo
their services.
! SEC. 6. Authority is hereby given
said Commissioners to fill any vacanc
that may occur in their number by dealt
resignation, or otherwise and to admir-
lister oaths connected with the dutis
herein specified. And any person VII
shall swear falsely on any such investigi
i ton. whether a claimant or witness, sha
be deemed guilty of perjury.
! SEC. Z. 1t shall be the duty of the sal
commissioners to receive and examine Il
evidence, heretofore taken BY the con