Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-11-27
LOYAL Claimants.

The following is list of elaims pre-
scnted to the Commissioners of Claims
at Washington, D. G., under the follow
ing provisions of the act Of Congress Of
March 8, 1871, viz:
"SEc. .. That the President of the
United States shall be, and he is hereby,
authorized to nominate. and, by and
with the advice and consent Of the Sen
|: ate; appoint board OF commissioners,
to be designated as Commissioners OF
Claims. to consist of three commissioners,
who shalE be eorn Ssieued for two years,
and whose duty it shall be to receive,
examine, and consider the justice and
validity of such claims as shall be brought
before them, of those Citizens who re-
mained Loyal Adherents to the cause
and the Government OF the United States
during the war. for stores or supplies
taken or furnished during the rebellion
for the use of the army Of the United
States in States proclaimed as m insur-
recsion against the United States, incfld-
ing the use and loss of vessels OF boats
while employed in the military service of
the United States. And the said COM
missioners, in considering said claims
shall be satisfied from the testimony Of
witnesses untfer oath, or from sufficient
evidence. which shall accompany each
claim, taken ADder such rules and rcgula-
tions as the commissioners may adopt, of
the loyalty and adherence of the claimant
to the cause and the Government Of the
United States before and at the time of
the taking or furnishing of the property
for which any claim shall be made. and
of the quantity. quaryy, and value of the
property alleged to have been taken or
furnished, and the time, place, and
material circumstances of the taking or
furnishing Of the same"
The figures on the lcft-hand side of
each name represent the rumbcr of the
claim as recorded on the oficial register
of claims, and this number should be
given in all communications respecting
the claim.
The figures on the right hand side of
each hame represent the valuations plac-
ed by the claimant on such property as
was actually taken or furnished for the
use of the army, and, except in few
cases where such items have been err
roneously inserted, the amount claimed
does not include any charges for damage,
destruction, and loss arising out Of the
casualties or operations of war, nor for
unauthorized or unnecessary depreda-
tions committed by the troops, nor for
rent or other compensation for the occu-
patton or use of buildings, grounds, or
other real estate.
In all but few cases the claimants
herein named have declared upon oath
that, from the beginning to the end Of
the late rebellion, their synlpathics were
constantly with the cause Of the Un;t,d
States; that they never, Of their own
free will and accord, did anything, or
offered or sought to do anything, by
word or deed, to injure said cause or
retard its success; and that thev were ut
all times ready and willing to all and
assist the cause of the Union, so far as
their means and the circumstances per-
mitted.
Communications relative to any of the
claims within described should be ad.
dressed as follows:
COMMISSIONERS OF CLAIMS,
Washington, ID. c.
RIRSWEII CD'