White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-30

An Act to Provide for the Expenses of the Mi
litia, and for the Payment of Claims and
Damages arising out of the Price Raid, in
1864.
Be II enacted by the Legislature Of the State of
Kansas:
SECTION l. That the Secretary of State,
Adjutant General and Attorney General of the
State are hereby declared Board of Commits
sioners, whose duty it shall be to examine, au
dit and allow all just claims properly authenti
Gated, fr services by (the) Militia, supplies
and material and transportation furnished to.
or taken by said Militia or the troops of the
United States, damages to property done by
the same, and and demands Of any character
growing out on (oO any transaction for the use
or benefit of said Militia or the troops of the
United States. during the invasion or attempt
ed invasion of the State by the rebel army I'M
der Price. in the months of October and No
vember, 1864, and the defense of the State
against Indians during said year.
SEC. 3. Each and every claim shall be pre-
scented to said Board before the first of Decem
Der next, under such regulations as may be
prescribed by (said) Board, provided that in
addition to affidavit and corroborative proof of
claim, the account shall be made on the came
form of duplicate voucher as is used by the
Quartermaster and Commissary Departments
of the United States.
SEC. 3. The said Board shall audit all
claims for horses killed in battle, captured BY
the enemy, or unavoidably lost on account of
the said campaign against Price, in the months
and year before named, including also all ne
cessary and just expenses of militia called into
service in the western part Of the State, in the
expeditions against the Indians, under orders
of General Curtis, in the months of July and
Angus C. including also claims for transporta-
ton of troops or supplies of any and every kind
incident to the movements Of the State forces
aforesaid, including a lso damages to fences and
real estate, des:ruc ion or consunntion of
crops and personal property and that eve-y
such claim or demand shall be that of citizens
or actual residents f the State of Kansas at
the time of said use, damage or destruction.
Sec. 4. there shall be four classes Of claims:
LIST, for services rendered; %, for materials
supplied and transportation furnished; 81. for
damages sustained; 4th, for miscellaneous
claims. The classes of claims shall be made
out separate from each other, and be thus cor.
sidered and audited by the Commissioners.
SEC. 5. All accounts for services shall set
r. ul.k
command, and when they served. For mate
rial furnished, they shall state what was fur
nished, the quantity and to whom furnished,
and the market value of the same when fur
nished; and for damages sustained, how the
damages accrued, in what damaged, and the
manner in which they estimate the damage.
For miscellaneous claims, the nature of such
claims.
SEC. 6. After said Commissioners have au
dited and allowed to the claimant so much as,
in their judgment, they shall deem right, they
shall issue a certificate to such claimant, in
the language as follows, to wit-except in ca
ses where persons have mustered on regular
mustered pay-rolls for services rendered as
militia men, in which case those pay-rolls shall
be considered as suitable vouchers, after hav-
ing been properly certified to by the command
ing officer of the regiment, battalion or COM
pany: The Commissioners appoi nsed under an
act describe IT'D do find that there is due to
-, for services rendered, -; for
material furnished, s.. consisting Of;
by damages sustained BY reason of there state
pature,) g.; for miscellaneous claims,
Estate nature,) -. Aseparate certificate
shall be given for each class Of claims allowed
Sci. The Secretary of State shall fur
nish said Commissioners with all books, pa
ners. and such blanks as shall be needed by
said Commissioners for the purposes mentioned
in this act.
SEC. 8. The Commissioners shall keep
careful record of all their ats, all testimony
filed before them, their Awards, the amounts
allowed, and shall complete their labors by the
first of Janaary next, and furnish complete
account of the certificates issued BY them and
to whom issued, and for what amount, and all
such records, testimony and accounts OF the
Commissioners shall be filed With the Auditor 1