Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-03-29
Rules for the Adjudication Of the Claims
: of Southern LOYalisfs.

| lue lOllUWluS IuleS anu regulations nave
been established by the Commissioners ap.
pointed to pass upon the claims of South
ern Loyalists:
First-Every claim shall be stated in a
petition addressed to "The Commission.
ers of Claims under the act of Congress OF
March 8, 1871, Washington, d. c."
Second-The petition must state the full
names of all the claimants, their present
residence and their residence when, their
claim accrued.
Third-The petition must state who was
the original owner of the claim, who now
are owners thereof or interested therein,
and when and upon what consideration
| such persons became so interested.
Fourth-The facts required hereby to be
set forth in the petition must be stated,
with time and place, clearly, concisely,
fully, as to all material circumstances, and
| not argumentatively.. 81 q -
Fifth-In setting forth the facts which
must be stated in the petition, the claim
ant must distinguish between the facts
which he states of his own knowledge and
those which he states upon information
and belief. He must say as to the first
that he AYERS them of his own knowledge,
| and as to the last that he states them upon
| information and belief
Sixth-The petition must state that the
| claimants are citizens who remained loyal
adherents to the cause and Government of
| the United States during the war, and
were so loyal before and at the time of the
taking or furnishing of the property for
| which the claim is made. -, ~
| gSeventh-The petition must state, with
| as much particularly and exactness as the
claimants knowledge or means of infOr-
| nation will enable him to do, the kind,
quantity, quality and value of the stores or
supplies taken or furnished during the re-
| belliOn, for the use of the army of the
United States for which payment is claim
| ed, and, if taken, the name or names of the
| person or persons taking the prop
| erty, and whether they were officers or
| soldiers of the United States, and to what
company or regiment they belonged, and,
+ if officers, their rank and where they were
then stationed, and the name of the officer
in command of the United States forces in
the district in which the property was
taken, to what place or station the property
was removed and for the use of: what per-
sons, company, regiment or military or
ganization in the service of the United
States it was taken, and whether any
voucher, receipt or other writing was given
therefor by the persons taking the proper
ty. If ayoucher or other writing wasgiven,
the original, or copy of it, must be annex
ed to the petition but il not within the
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where the original paper is, or is believed
to be, and the substance of it must be set
forth. The time and place of the taking
and all the material circumstances thereof
must be particularly stated.
Eighth-If the claim is for the use or loss
ofvessels or boats while employed in the
military service Of the United States, the
petition must describe the vessel or boat,
its place of registry. name, size, kind, con-
dition and value when first taken by the
Government. If the claim is for the use
of boat the petition must state, with as
much exactness as the knowledge or in
formation of the claimant enables him to
do, by whom the boat was taken for the
use of the Government, and when and
where taken, and for what particular use
in the first instance, stating the name of
the person taking, and whether an officer
OF the United States, and his rank and
place In the service of the Government,
and how long it was used, and who had
command, and what was the just value
of such use and whether there was any
agreement as to the price or terms of such
use, and, If so, whether in writing, and if
in writing a copy of it or the substance of
it must be furnished. If the claim is for
the loss of the boat the petition must fur
Their state when and where lost and the
value of the boat when lost.
Ninth-The petition must state whether
the claim has been heretofore presented to
any officer, agent or department of the
government, or to Congress or to any com-
mittee thereof, and whether any decision
or action has been had in regard to the
same, and if any, what. 49,
Tenth-The petition must be signed bv
the claimant or claimants and duly verf- |
fed The yeriication must be in writing,
signed by the claimant or claimants, and
shall be in the following form:
A-B--, and CD, being duly |
sworn, each for himself, deposes and SAYS |
that he is one of the petitioners named in |
the foregoing petition and who signed the |
same; that the matters therein stated are |
true of deponent's own knowledge, except |
as to those matters which are stated on in
formation and belief, and as to those mat |
tiers he believes them to be true. And de- |
ponent further says that he did not volun- |
tarily serve in the Confederate army or |
navy, either as an officer, soldier sailor, or |
in any other capacity, at any time during |
the late rebellion that he never voluntar-;
lily furnished any stores, supplies or other |
material aid to said Confederate army or |
navy, or to the Confederate government, or |
to any officer, department, or adherent of |
the same, in support thereof, and that he |
never voluntarily accepted or exercised the |
functions of any Office whatsoever under,
or yielded voluntary support to the said |
Confederate government.
Eleventh-There must be appended to |
the petition the names and residences of |
the witnesses by whom the claimants ex-
pect to prove the facts alleged, specifying |
separately, first, the names and residences |
of the witnesses who will be relied upon to |
prove loyalty; second, the names and resi-
dences of those to prove the other facts al
legged in the petition.
Twelth-The .postoffice address Of the |
claimants and of their counsel must be APP
pended to the petition. q sa.- go q