New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-13

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this act, for regulating the forms and
| mode of procedure before the said court
| and for carrying into full and complete ef-
feet the provisions Of this act. Such rules
and mode OF procedure shall conform, az
far as practicable, to the mode of pro
cedure and practice of the circuit courts OF
the United States; and the said court is
possessed by the circuit and district courts
Of the United States to compel the attend
ance and testimony Of parties, claimants
and witnesses to preserve order. and to
punish for cOntempts; and in all claims
which shall be presented before said court
the person or persons prosecuting such
claim shall be deemed the complainant. and
the United States shall be deemed the re-
4 spondent. And said court shall have
power to compel the production Of any
| books or papers deemed material 70 the
consideration OF any claim or natter pend
!! ing therein.
Sec 4. That each Of said judges shall be
! paid monthly. at the rate Of six thousand
dollars pee annum; and they shall have
clerk, who shsll be appointed by the Pres
| idens, by and with the advice and consent
! Of the Senate, te be paid at the rate. of three
I thousand dollars Der annum; and the said
court shall have authority to appoint one
! shorthand reporter, to be paid monthly, at
] the rate of two thousand tive hundred dol
! lars per annup; and the said court shall be
! further allowed the necessary actual ex-
penses of office rent. furniture, fuel, sta
tionary and printing and other necessary
I incidental expenses, to be certified by the
! presiding Judge of said court, and to be
! audited and paid on vouchers under the di
! rection Of the Secretary of State.
! SEC. 5. That the President may desig-
nate counselor at law, admitted to prac
| tice in the Supreme Court of the United
| States to appear as counsel on behalf of the
| United States, aid represent the interest of
| the government in said snit, and IN all
| claims fled for indemnity for losses, as pro-
| yided by this act, subject to the supervision
and control Of toe Attorney General. Such
sounse! shall receive for his services and
expenses such reasonable allowance ia each
claim as may be approved by the court; 20
! be apportioned in each claim adj Indicated,
and paid from said award upon the certif-
cate of one OF che judges.
Sec. g. That tho marshal, Of the United
States, tor tho District Of Columbia, or. his
deputies. shall serve all process issued by
sitting. and execute the orders Of tho said
court.
SEC. Z. That the said court shall proceed
Immediately after its first meeting in the
city Of Washington, with all convenient
! dispatch, to arrange and docket the several
claims admissible under this act, and to
consider tho evidence which shall have been
or which may be offered by the respective
claimants, and in opposition thereto, allow.
! ing such further time tor the production Of
such further evidence a. may DO required,
| and az it shall think reasonable and just,
and shall thereupOn proceed to determine
and award upon each OF said claims accord
ing to the prOvisioas Of this act.
SEC g. That the judges Of the court Gre
ated by this act shall convene in the city OF
Washington as soon as conveniently may be
after their appointment; and the said court
shall exist for one year from the date of it's
| first converting and organizing; and should it
be found impracticable to complete the work
| of the said court before the expiration of
the said one year, the President may. by
proclamation, extend the time Of the dura'
ton thereof to period not more than siA
months beyond the expiration Of the said
one year, and in such case all the provisions
ct this act shall be taken and held 20 be
the same as though the continuance Of the
said court had been originally fixed by this
act at the limit to which it may be thus ex-
l tended.
SEC. That all records. documents or
other papers which now or hereafter,
during the continuance OF the court, may
come into possession of the Department Of
State. in relation to such claims, and which
| shall be found necessary TO the examina-
! ton and adjudication Of the same, shall,
I upon the order or requisiti0n OF said court,
be deliverfa 70 the court for that purpose,
| and to be given such weight as evidence as
| the court may think Just.
l SEC. 10. That each OF the said judges
shall have authority 90 administer Oatbs
| and atfirmations, and to take dispositions
| of claimants, parties and witnesses in all
| matters pertaining to the presentation or
! examnation of said claims; and if any per-
! son shall knowingly and willfully swear or
! affirm falsely in such examination or depo-
| sition to any matter or fact material to the
| investigation Of the claim touching which
| such person is examined, or If any person,
} whether claimant OF witness. shall So swear
| Or affirm falsely to the contents of any me
| mortal, petition. affidavit. deposition or
| other paper con tanning any matter or fact
I material in the examination OF any claim
pending before, or to 10 presented before
/ said court, or shall, in giving testimony, or
I in swearing OF affirming to any deposition,
| affidavit, OK other paper, before any officer
| authorized 60 administer Oaths or TO take
! such testimony. so swear or affirm falsely
to any matter or thing material in the ex-
! animation Of any claim pending OF to be
presented before said court, every
| such person SO swearing or affirming
I falsely as aforesaid shall be deemed guilty
OF peri ury, the same as II such false oath
/ or affirmation had been taken ina judicial
! proceeding in any of the courts OF the
! United States, and shall be liable to indict-
} ment and trial in the district or circuit court
| of the United States for the district IN which
| such perjury shall have been committed, or
| in the proper courts of the United States
| for the Territory or District OF Columbia in
which such perjury shall have been com
| Mitted, and shall, upon conviction, suffer
| such punishment as is provided by the laws
| of the United States for that Otfense.
SEC. II. That it shall be the duty Of said
court 20 receive and examine all claims
! admissible undeE this act that may be pre-
| sented 20 it, directly resulting from dam
age caused by the so-called insurgent
cruisers Alabama. Florida, and their ten
ders, and also all claims admissible under
this act directly resulting from damage
! caused by the sO-called insurgent cruiser
Shenandoah after her departure from Mel
bourne on the eighteenth day Of February,
eighteen hundred and sxty-iv and to de
eide upon the amount and validity of such
| claims, in conformity with the provisions
hereinafter contained, and according to the
principles of law and the merits of the sew
eral cases. All claims shall be verified by
oath of the claimant, and filed in said court
| within six months next after the Organiza-
| ton thereof, as provided in section eight of
thi. act; and no claim shall be received,
docketed or considered that shall have not
! been so filed within the time aforesaid; but
every such unrepresented claim shall be
| deemed and held to be finally and cOnclu.
| sively waived and barred.
! SEC r. That no claim shall be admissa-