Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-25
LOYAL Claims.


Having been appointed Special Commits
'ioner to take testimony in the case of
.laims now pending, before, and hereafter
o be presented to the Commissioner of
claims at Washington, D. c., l find it i'm
possible to answer each separate inquiry
constantly being propounded by letter and
otherwise, and therefore announce gener-
lily,
l. That claims not exceeding three thou
and dollars must be presented directly to
me, and will be proceeded with, provided
he claimant shall have first filed his petit
lion with the Clerk of the Commissioners
If Claims at Washington, d. c..
II. That no claim, in excess of three
thousand dollars, can be entertained or
tcted upon by me, until it shall have been
presented to the Commissioner of Claims
It Washington, D. c., and by them refer
red.
All claims of greater amount than three
thousand dollars must be presented direct
ly to the Commissioner of Claims at Wash
ington, D. c. To address them to me is to
throw them away. l can do nothing with
hem.
III. That claimants and their attorneys
may be supplied with suitable blanks by
application 10 Powell, Ginck & Co., 632, +.
St., Washington, D. c. -... ..
These blanks are not prescribed by any
authority, but are well prepared and suited
o the purpose. They will serve as in
,tructions ana answer the many questions
with which am daily perpleXed.
". That the Regulations require the
Special Commissioner to visit such locali-
ties as have sufficient number of claims
to justify the trouble and expense of going
there to take testimony. In other cases
he is authorized to negotiate with claim
ants for the payment of his expenses by
them.
V. That, as various localities will have
20 be visited by me as Special Commission
er, it is desirable that claimants should file
their applications at once, in order TO ena-
ole the taking of testimony to proceed in
conformity to a systemized plan, which
will be announced hereafter.
VI. That the actOf Congress under which
these claims are presented limits the Com
missioners in taking testimony to stores
and supplies taken, or furnished for the use
of the Q7nlY.n 1t does not include such as
damages to real estate, &C., but confines
the testimony to actual supplies. Pastur
age, growing crops, &C., when consumed
by being furnished to, or taken by, the
army for its actual present supplies, and
timber when used for fuel, have been ad-
Judged to come within the meaning of
- suppLiesu Whatever was an actual ne
cessity to sustain the army, such as corn,
wheat, oats, hay, bacon, beef, hogs, cattle,
horses, &c. These are included in sup
plies" and form the legal basis of an APP
plication.
VII. That it is not the duty of the Spec
al Commissioner to act as an GdUiSer fur
hen than to dispose of such cases as are
presented before him, He can not act as
attorney, for claimants i'm nrpnarinp their
eases.
VIII. That the whole proceeding by the
Special Commissioner is at the expense of
he claimant, and the money must be paid
when the work is done, and he can not
even forward the claims to Washington,
D. c., until the necessary postage is adj
'anced. L. G. HOUK,
Special Commissioner.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. Il, 1871.