Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-07-03
July 2, 1851,
BOARD OF CLAIMS.
AN ORDINANCE,

BOARD OF CLAIMS. 49,
AN ORDINANCE,
10 proO'de for the appointment Of a Board Of
Claims
Be 1t ordained, de-, That Board of Claims, to
consist of three members, two of whom shall be q
quorum to do business, be elected by the Conven-
tion whose duty it shall be to audit and settle upon
principles of equity and justice, all claims that may
be presented against the State for expenses incurred
towards the arming, equipping, subsistence and
transportation OF our volunteer troops and of mu-
nitons Of war; and for bounty paid said troops, eth
er in the military or naval service of the State, and
other expenses incurred in the defence of the State
prior to the goth of May, 1861, and all County
Claims and other claims Of the character aforesaid
arising since the goth of May 1861, which are not
provided for by law and no County or Corporation
claim shall be entertained by said Board unless the
same shall be certified by the County Trustee or
Chairman of the County Court or by the corporate
authorities of any corporation, the case may be,
whence the claim or claims may come
Be At further ordained, de-, That the members
of the said Board of Claims shall take and subscribe
an oath faithfully and impartially to discharge their
duties; they may employ Clerk, who shall record
the proceedings of the Board; they shall give gen.
eral and public notice Of the times and places of
their sittngs; they shall be authorized to admins
ter oaths and require afidavits to be made when
necessary. The said Board shall report the result
of their labors and proceedings with brief state
ment of the character of each claim allowed, at the
conclusion Of their abors or from time to time as
they may think proper, to this Conventon-either
at the present or any future session. Each member
of the Board shall be allowed six dollars per day,
and the Clerk shall be allowed four dollars per day.
for each day they shall be actually employed.
Be 1t further ordained, &C., That this ordinance
shall rpmain in forca and no Rnord horohy rro,
ded for shall continue in existence till the 18th day
of December next, subject to amendment modi6ca-
ton, or repeal by this Convention. And iscase of
the death, resignation or refusal to serve of any
member of said Board of Claims, during any recess
or after the final adjournment of this Convention,
such vacancy shall be supplied by the appointment
of the Governor.
AN ORDINANCE,
10 amend an ordinance passed at the present .Ses-
sion Of this Conrention entitled ian ordinance
to prOride for a Board of Claims"
Be 1t ordained That the ordinance passed at
the present Session entitled ian ordinance to pro-
vide for Board of Claims" ratified on the sth day
of June 1861, be and the same is hereby so amended
and modified, as to provide that the said Board of
Claims shall report the result of their action on
such claims as they may allow to the General
Assembly, at its next session, and that the General
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such allowed claims and make provision for their
immediate payments and that all such claims as may
not be reported to and passed upon by the General
Assembly shall be reported to the Convention at its
adjourned session in November for the final action
of said Convention
ReaG three times and passed
June 2Sth, 1861.
W. N. EDWARDS,
Test Pres. of the Contention.
WALTER L. STEELE, Seey.
L. C. EDWARDS, Asst Sec'y. ...
RULES OF BOARD OF CLAIMS.
The Board Of Claims was this day organized for
the dispatch of business and has adopted the fol-
lowing rules:
]. Until otherwise directed the Board will hold
its sessions in the Capitol at Raleigh and will be
ready each day to receive hear, and consider claims
after o'clock, A. NJ.
g. Each claim must present distinctly the items
of which it may consist and the price of each lten
When the claim consists both of material and the
labor expended on it. the price of each must be
stated. For example-where clothing or tents
charged for each article, the quality of cloth
the number of yards of each quality, the cost per
yard of each kind and cost of making must he sepa-
rately stated.
g. Claims for articles furnished by others and
paid for by the claimant must be accompanied by
the vouchers for such payments, and the general
statements or accounts of items must refer to such
vouchers by number, or in some other ineligible
manner
A. Every person presenting claim shall make
affidavit before the Board, or Clerk of Court of
Record, one of the Judges of the Supreme or Su-
perior Courts that he is the sole owner of such
claim, Or if others are interested shall state who
they are, and in what proportions.
T. B. When any part of an article shall in material
or manufacture, have been a gift of patriotism it
must with its customary price, had it been
charged; and also by whom, Individually or collec-
lively, such gift was made. II
g. Each claim must be accompanied by plain
statement of its foundation and merits and the law
requisition or authority supporting IT, if any, must
be referred to; and the evidence of it must be an
nexed, if referred to, if otherwise.
T. The statement must be addressed to the Board
and signed by the party or his agent duly consti-
tuted, in writing.
8. When claim is presented through an agent
paid or expecting pay for his services he shall sub
scribe the declaration, IL have reason to believe
that this claim or any part of it is untrue or unjust
Q. When such agent shall present claim, the
principal if not in the army, and out of the State
must subscribe the declaration, endorsed on the
statement II know the contents of this paper"
If the claimant be in the army and on. Of the State
any person as agent may subscribe the same,
ayerring that the statement is true of his own
knowledge.
10. The Board suggests that every claimant
should present his whole claim at the same time,
and not in parcels at different times.
II. Papers once presented to the Board will be
regarded as filed, and under its control
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