Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-09-11
originally fixed by this act at the limit to

! other papers Whlch now or hereafter, dur
| ing tue continuance of the court may come
into possession OF the Department of State,
in relation to such claims, aud which shall
| be found necessary to the examination and
! adjudication of the same, shall, upon the
! order or requisitiOn OF said court, be de-
| livercd to the cour for that purpose, and
| to be given such weight as evidence rs the
court shall think Just.
SEC. 10. That each of the said judges
Shall have authority To administer Oaths
and allirmations, aud TO take the deposit
! ttOns of claimants, parties. and witnesses,
| in all matters pertaining to the presentation
| or examination of said claims aud If any
| person shall knowingly and wilIully swear
| or affirm falsely in such examination or
! deposition to any matter or fact material to
! the Investigation of the claim touching
| which such person is examined, or IL any
| person, whether claimant or witness, shall
50 swear or affirm falsely to tie contents OF
! any memorial, petition, affidavit, deposit
! ton, or other paper containing any matter
! or tact material in the examination Of any
| Claim pending before, or to be presented
! before said court, or shall, in giving teSti-
mony, or in swearing or affirming to any
! deposition, affidavit, or other PAPER, befOte
| any officer authorized TO administer Uaths
| or to take such testimony, SO swear or
affirm falsely TO any matter or thing ma
| terial In the examination Of any claim
pending or to he presented before said
! c,urt, every such person so swearing or
affirming falsely as aforesaid shall he
| deemed guilty Of perjury, the same as IL
such false oath or affirmation had been
! taken in a judicial proceeding in any If the
| courts of the United States, and shall DC
! liable To- indictment aud trial In the district
! or circuit court of the United ) ates for the
district in which such perjury shall have
| been committed, or in the proper courts of
| the u lied States for the Territory or Dis
| trict of Columbia in which such perjury
shall have been cumm'tied, aud shall,
| upon conviction, suffer such punishment
as is provided by the laws Of the United
! States for that uliense.
SEC. IL. That il shall be the duty of said
| court TO receive and examine all claims
admissible under this act that may TIC
presented to il, directly resulting from
| damage caused by the sO-called insurgent
cruisers Alabama, Florida, and their ten
| ders, aud also all claims admissible under
this act directly resulting from damage
caused by the so-called nsurgent cruiser
| Shenandoah after her departure from Mel
| bourne on the eighteenth day Of February,
| eighteen hundred and sixty five. and to
decide upon the amount and validity of
such claims, in conformity with the pro-
| visions hereinafter contained, and accord
ing to the principles of law aud the merits
OF the several cases. All claims shall be
verified 10y oath of the claimant, and filed
in said court within six months next after
the organization thereof, as provided 10
|
| be received, docketed, or considered that
shall have not been so filed within the time
| aforesaid nut every such unrepresented
claim shall be deemed and held TO be final
ly and conclusively waived and barred.
SEC. II. That no Claim shall be admiss-
able or allowed by said court for any loss
or damage for or in respect to which the
party injured, Ms assignees or legal repre-
sentatives, shall have received compensa-
| tion or indemnity from any insurance COM
| pauv, insurer, or otherwise; but if such
compensation or Indemnity so received
| shall not have been equal to the loss or
damage so actually suffered, allowance may
be made for the difference. And in no
| case shall any claim be admitted or allow
| ed for or in respect to unearned freights,
gross freights, prospective profits, irelghts,
gains, or advantages, or for wages of Off
| GERS or scamen for Il longer time than one
year next after the breaking-up of a voy-
age by the acts aforesaid. And no claim
shall he admissible or allowed by said
court by or in behalf of any insurance.
company or insurer, either in its or his own
right, or as assignee, or otherwise, in the
right of person or party insured as aGOre-
said, unless such claimant shall show, TO
the satisfaction of said court that during
the late rebellion the sum of its or his loss
es, in respect to its or his war risks, ex-
ceeded the sum of its or his premiums or
other gains upon or in respect to such war
risks and in case OF any such allowance,
the same shall not be greater than such ex-
cess of loss. Aud no claim shall be ad-
missabe or allowed by said court arising
in favor of any insurauce-company not
lawfully existing at the time of the loss
under the laws of some one of the United
States. And no claim shall be admissible
or allowed by said court arising in favor
of any persOL not entitled, at the time of
his loss, to the protection of the United
States in the premises, nor arising in favor
| a a ~ IN a Ini ut all Jur
ing The late rebellion bear true allegiance
to the United States.
SEC -. That in timating the cOmpen
satuu To claimants, Iterest sinai be al
lowed, at the rate of four per ccnlum per
AMMAN uppn the amount OF actual los, or
damage which shall be ascerained in each
case to have been sustained, from such
cate AZ the court shall, ia each east, decide
that the loss was sustained by the claim
ant: PrOuded, hOWerer, Tna, the amount
nl such Interest shall not he included in or
added TO the amour fur which Judgment
may he rcrderr, uu said claim; out in
each case q report of the amount at such
interest, certified under the seal Of the
court. shall accompany the report Of the
udg mcnt on the claim To- the Secretary of
| tie.
SEC. II. That The said court shall rem ,rt
10 The Secretary OF STATE "a list of the seIer-
al judgments aud decisions made by it, "a
certified copy Of which shall, upon the con
clusion Of the business OF the said court, be
ny MIN transmitted TO the Secretary OF the
Treasury, VINO shall thereafter, uS soon as
may be and upon such uutce and in such
manner as he shall prescribe, pay the said
Judgments, together with interest at the
rate of four per ceutum per annum on the
amount OF such judgments, irom the date
certified, unto the persons, respectively, in
whose favor the same shall have been
made, or to their respective legal represen-
tatives, in full satisfaction and discharge
of said judgments: Provided, That if the
sum of all the judgments rendered by the
said court, together with interest, shall ex-
coed the amount received into the Treasu-
ry of the United States as proceeds of the
sum to he paid by Great Britain, by virtue
of the ; liu decision and award, then the
Secretary OF the Treasury shall distribute,
in ratable proportions, among the parties
I in whose favor judgments shall have been
rendered, or to their legal representatives,
such moneys as have been received into
the Treasury, according to the proportions
which their respective Judgments shall
bear to the whole amount received into
the Treasury as aforesaid, which payments
shall be in full satisfaction and discharge
of such claims and judgments.
SEC. Is. That the Secretary Ofthe Treas
, ury is hereby authorized and required to
pay the said respective judgments of said
court, out of any such money in the Treas
ury not otherwise appropriated; and for
that purpose he Is hereby authorized when
necessary to issue and sell at public sale,
after ten days notice Of the time and place
of sale, at not less than par in coin, a suf-
( ficient amount of coupon or registered
bonds of the United States, in such form as
he may prescribe, of denominations of fif-
ty dollars, or some multiple of that sun,
redeemable in coin of the present standard
value, at the pleasure of the United States
after ten years from the date of their issue
aud bearing interest payable quarterly in
such coin at the rate of five per cenum per
aunum; and upon the payment, from time
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