Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-06-19
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Me n saaeted By aas Sessss aasa Hossa
s Representatives Of fAs uaiIsa Ssass
cF d,aerSca In C0Hgyess assembled, Tha
me Presidsnt Of the UnsSed States, b
ana wisA the aavice and consent OF sh
ssasse shall appeana . commissions
whose duty il shall be, eonjoinlly with
eominisaloner appointed By the Govern
MINT Of New Grensda TO investigate, ad
juas, and dsterHins he aneans of sh
claims nf citissgis. uf she United State
against the Government Of New Granada
pursuant 10 the terms OF convention
signed at Washington on the tenth o
SspaembeF, sighseen hundred and ffty
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t hEc, 2. Ind be 1t further enacted, Tha
the President of the United States, b.
ana with the advice and conseot OF Chi
Sanate, shall appoint o secretary to sais
coEapaissloss9 Il hahalf nf thal Uaisal
States, Yarsed IN Tie Engli4h and Span.
ish languages, and the said board il here.
By anthoriFed 70 appoint . clerk. 1z'''@
SEC. ). dsadbe 10 Further enacted, Tia
the compensation Of TIC sespeesiys ol6-
GERS, for whose appointment provision il
made BY this act, shall DO as f0lfows: te
the commissioner, In full for his services
tive thouaaad i've handrsd dollars; to tha
secretary and insepFetsr, in full for his
services, the sum of two thousand dollars
and the President OF the United States
shall be and he is hereby aathoriErd "a
make saeh proaasion for the contingent
expenses of the said commission on the
part Of the Unised States IS shall to him
appear reasonable and proper.
Sac. & afaa BE- It further enacted, That
the said commissioner, On the part of tbs
United States, in, conjunction With the
commissioner OBJ the part of New Graua-
da, shall DO and he Il hereby authorized
to make ali needful rules and regulations
koF conducting she basinass Of their said
commission such rules and regulations
not eontrayening tbs Constitution Of the
United States, the provisions Of fhis acs,
or the provisions Of the said convention.
SEC. 5. ATsd be- a fErelsew enacted, That
the Seer etary Of State is hereby anthoEi-
Eed and required to transmit to the said
commissioner such paper or records re-
lating 10 the said commission as he may
deem proper, or As may Be called for by
the said commissioners, and at the termi-
nation of the commission, all the records,
documents, and al other papers which
have been brought before the commits
sionars, or which may be in possession Of
sheir secretary, shall be deposited in the
Department Of State Procided, That
this section shall not be 50 construed as
TO prevent the commissioner on the part
of New Granada from depositing in she
said Department cartiisd copies or da-
phoates of papers fled on behalf Of his
GoFernrnent instead of originals.
SEC. 6. iad De ii further enacted, That
upon suggestioa by aay claimsnt that a
witness whose teStimony nay be deemed
important 70 him refuses or is unwilling
to testify in regard to his claim, it shall
be competent for said Board of Commits
siOnars TO fssue a commission to some
suitable person to take she testimony of
spch witness, and such witness msy be
compelled to appear and testify before
such commissioners In the same manner
as is now provided By law in the case of
commissions issued from the courts Of
th2 United States.
Sac. 7. ind Be IL further enacted, That
all acknowledgement Of Indebtedness on
the part of the Government Of New Gran
ada to claimants, citizens Of TIE United
States, being establish By the award of
the Board of Commissioners, shall be de-
hveTsa 10 lhe Government of the United
States, and made payable thereto; and
the United States shall thereapon assume
and pay to such claimants, at the Treas
my, upon the certificate OF the Board of
Commissioners, Whatsoever sums uf mon
ey shall have been severally awarded
sheTn, the Geyernment Of the United
States bscoming thereby the creditor Of
the Government OF New Granada, for the
aggregate OF all sums so assumed and
paid, and entitled TO receive 70 that ex-
tent the paymens stipulated and gnaFaa-
teed under the third article Of the Con-
ysntion referred 10 IN the first section Of
this act. 7 ~HA-@' ''-1
SEC. 8, aAd bed further enacted, That
for she compensation Of the oficars aa-
thorixed By ibe third section, and the can
tingsnt expenses of the Commissioner on
tho part oF the United States, and for the
Compensation and expenses Of she umpire
under aha said 0anveation, which ID re-
quired to be betrayed By the United
States, and likewise pay the awards which
mar be mAdes according to the provisions
Of the seweneth section Of this actg each
bnms as may be necessary be AMI they
hereby are appropriated, ont Of any mon
ey in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated. s' @a@7-
sEe. o And be IL further eaaatsd, That
the presldans Of the United States, by
and with the advice and eonsens of the
Senate, shall appoint commissioner,
whose duty 1t SHAH be, conjointly with a
eomnisssoner appoinsed by shs Govern
inent Of Costa Ricas pursuant 10 the
serms Of convention signed at San jose,
on the second day Of July, eighteen hun
dred and sixty. 2. s'..1s'
SIC. 40. And be u further etsaetsd,
That the compensation oEl the commis-
sieaer, fog whose appointmeRt provision
ID made by this act, shaIl be, in full for
bis services, two thousand Ave hundred
doIlarss and che President of she United
States shall heapd b. 10 heSeby anshori-
zed 10 make such praTision fsE the CON
kingesat expenses Of the satd commission
on The pArsof the United States al shall
10 him appssE reasonable and proper.
SEC. IL. And be ID further enacted,
That the said commissioner on the part
Of the UaaisaA stasea. In 0oaJnnstion With
shs eommlssiansg % the. part of Costa
Riea, shaIl hs,and ha Is hereby sathori-
sed to make all needful rufes and kegula-
lions fog conducting 8hs bssiness Of their
said csnamissians swuh szalss and Faguia-
tons nes scusrasaaing ths ConstisusiOn
az the United States the prpvisions loi