Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-09-17

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cen Hundred and sevcnty-two; and March
thi1t eighteen hundred and seventy three
and All other p seions provided by law,
foufshundred and eighty. thousand dol.
lars. Provided, That the appropriation
aforesaid for Navy pensions, arc the 9th.
er expenditures under that head, shall be
paid from the income of the Navy pen
sion fund, SO far as the same may be suf-
ficient for that purpose: Prayided furth-
er, That the fees for preparing vouchers
and administering oaths, which are now
by law thirty cents in each case, Shall
hereafter be twenty-five cents for the same
and no more.
Approved, June 20, 1874.
-: + / OFFICIAL. IL ~. 80.
Laws6f the United States passed at the
First Session of the Forty Third Con
gress.
GNERAL EATURE-No. 93.]
AN ACT for the creation Of q court for the ad
judication and disposition Of certain mon
eys received into the Treasury under an
award made by the tribunal Of arbitration
constituted by virtue of the drst article Of
tho treaty concluded at Washington the
dred and seventy. one between tie United
States Of America aud tho Queen Of Grca:
Britain.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
Of America in Congress assembled, That
the President Of the United States be, and
he is hereby authorized to nominate and,
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, appoint five suitable;persons, who
shall constitute a court, To be known as
the "Court of Commissioners of the Ala
bama Claims" Each of the judges and
other officers of said court shall take the
oath of office prescribed by law to lie ta-
ken by all officers Of the United States
The President shall designate, by appoint
ment one of the said jud5es to be presi-
ding Judge OF the court; and all vacan-
reason of death, resignation, or inability
said Judges to discharge the duties Of his
ner as vacancies occurring in Offices un-
der the Constitution OF the Tinted States
are filled.
SEC. 2. That the said judges shall meet
and organize said court in the city of
hold its sittings. Thee Judges of said
court shall constitute quorum for the
transaction Of business. and the agree
ment of three shall be necessary to decide
any question arising before said court.
SEC. 3. That the snid he, and it is here
by, authorized to publish notice Of its
sessions, and to make all needtul rules
aud regulations not contravening the
laws of the United States or the provis-
ions of this act, for regulating the forms
and mode of procedure before the said
court, and for carrying into full and com.
p!etc effect the provisions Of this act.-
Such rules and mode Of procedure shall
conform, as far as practicable, to the
mode Of procedure and practice Of the
circuit courts OF the United States: and
the said court is hereby vested with the
same powers now possessed by the cir
cult and district courts of the United
States to compel the attendance and testi
mony of parties, claimants and witnesses
10 preserve order and to punish for con
tempts; and in all claims which shall he
presented before said court the person OF
persons prosecuting such dlaim shall be
deemed the complainant and the United
States shall be deemed the respondent
And said court shall habe power to com.
pei the production q, any books or pa
pers deemed material to the considera,
ton of any claim or Matter pending
therein.
SECTION 4. That each of the said judg.
es shall be paid monthly at the rate Of
six thousand dollars per annum; and
they shall have a clerk, who shall be ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent Of the Senate, to be
paid at the rate of three thousand dollars
per annum and the said court shall have
the authority to appoint one shorthand
reporter, to be paid monthly, at the rate
Of two thousand five hundred dollars per
apnum; and said court shall be further
allowed the necessary actual expenses OF
office rent, furniture, fuel, stationery, and
printing, and other necessary incidental
expenses, to be certified by the presiding
judge of said court, and to be audited
and paid on vouchers under the direction
of the Secretary of State.
SEC. 5. That the President may desig-
nate counsellor at-law, admitted to lrac.
tice in the Supreme Court Of the United
States to appear as counsel on behalf Of
the United States, and represent the inter-
est of the Government in said suit and in
all claims filed for indemnity for losses,
as provided by this act, subject to the su.
pervision and control of the Attorney
General. Such Counsel shall receive for
his services and expenses such reasona-
ble allowance in each claim as may be
approved by the court, to be apportioned
in each claim adjudicated, and paid from
said award upon the certificate OF one of
the judges.
SEC. S. That the marshal of the Uni.
ted States tor the District Of Columbia or
his deputies, shall serve all process is.
sued by said court, preserve order in the
place Of sitting, and execute the orders OF
the said court.
Sec. Z. That the said court shall pro-
coed Immediately after its first meeting
in the city of Washington, with all con.
venicnt dispatch, to arrange and docket
the several claims admissible under this
act, and to consider the evidence which
shall have been or which may be offered
by the respective claimants, and in op
position thereto, allowing such further
time for the production Of such further
evidence as may be required and as il
shall think reasonable and shall thereup
on proceed to determine and award upon
each of said claims according to the pro
visions of this act.
Sec. 8. That the judges of the court
created by this act shall convene in the
city Of Washinton as soon as convenient
ly may be after their appointment; and
the said court shall exist for one yeal
from the datel lof its first converting and
organizing; and should it be found i'm.
practicable 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 du
ration thereof to a period not more than
six months beyond the expiration of the
said one year; and in such case all the
provisions of this act shall be taken and
held to be the same as though the contin.
uance of said court had been originally
fixed by this act at the limit to which il
may be thus extended.
SEC. 8. That all records, documents, or
other papers which now or hereafter, du.
ring the continuance of the conrt, may
come into possession of the Department
Of State, in relation to such claims, and
which shall be found necessary to the
examination and adjudication Of the
same, shall, upon te order or requisitiou
of said court, be delivered to the court
for that purpose, and to be given such