New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-29

citizen, shall be sufficient proof to establish
the fact of such use and occupation by the
army.
House record No. 1914. by Hon. w. NJ.
1883, by Hon. F. II. Hurd, OF Ohio, propose
to reopen the Court Of Claims to claimants
for the proceeds of captured and abandoned
property, without regard to loyalty; and
the FORMER also provides for abolishing the
Southern Claims Commission and referring
to said court all claims for stores and sup
plies taken from citizens of the insurrec-
tionary States, including use and loss of
vessels and boats, rent and occupation of
houses and buildings, and such stores as
lumber, tobacco, sugar, etc without respect
to loyalty of claimant.
The balance Of proceeds of captured and
abandoned property in the treasury is about
90, 00O,O OO Claims for such proceeds have
been filed in the Court of Claims and Treas
ury Department and presented to Congress
for over $50 10000 More than two-thirds
of these claims are barred by statutes of
limitation, and the above bills are intended
to remove the bar.
1t is proposed also by House bills to re-
fund the amount of direct tax collected in
the Southern States, amounting to q, 492,-
ITO, and to remit the balance of said tax un-
collected, amounting to 81, 66l ,776.
House record No. 1904, by Hon. Eppa
Hunton, of Virginia: For the relief of own
ers and purchasers Of lands sold for direct
taxes in the insurrectionary States.
House record No. 1857, by Hon. Eppa
Hunton, of Virginia: For payment of rent
for lands sold for direct taxes and occupied
by the United States.
House record No. 1868, by Hon. Casey
Young, of Tennessee: To pay for all cotton
seized after May 90. 1865.
House record No. 1912, by Hon. Philip
Cook, of Georgia: To authorize the Court
of Claims to take jurisdiction of all claims
relating to captured and abandoned prop
erty.
House record No. $50, by Hon. r. @.
Mills, of Texas: Directing the Secretary
OF the Treasury to pay to owners the value
of all cotton seized after May 80, 1865.
House record No. 1882. by Hon. g. C.
Cabell, of Virginia: Directing the Score
tary of the Treasury to pay to the owners
the value of all cotton and tobacco seized
after April 10, 1865.
House record No. l7gs, Iby Hon. J. F.
Phillips, of Missouri: Provides that the
authority of the Quartermaster General and
Commissary General to pass on claims for
stores and supplies taken and used by the
United States armies engaged in the sup
preston of the rebellion and for use and
occupation of property by said armies shall
cease, and confers jurisdiction over all such
claims on the Circuit Courts Of the United
States in the Southern States.
House record No. 1907, by Hon. o. r.
Singleton, of Mississippi: Provides for trans
ferring claims for stores and supplies from
the Southern Claims Commission to the
Court of Claims.
House record No. 81, by Hon. H. Y. Rid.
die, of Tennessee: Provides that the testi-
m0ny of "any reputable citizen" shall be
admitted by the Court of Claims and War
Department as effectually establishing the
fact of appropriation of property for the
use of the armies of the United States.
House record No. 2627, by Hon. 81. Y.
Riddle, of Tennessee: Provides, in effect,
that in claims before the Southern Claims
Commission and the executive departments
the only evidence Of loyalty to be required
shall be such as enabled Gazaway B. Lamar
to obtain Judgment in the Court of Claims
for $579, 900 for cotton captured at Savsn-
nah by General Sherman, and Thomas s.
Metcaif, Confederate depositary at Angus
ia, Georgia, to obtsin Q like judgment for
$4S7, 900.
House record No. 437, by Hon. J. T. Har-
ris, of Virginia; House record No. 113O, by
Hon. G. C. Cabell, of Virginia; House record
No. 1919, by Hon. j. F. House, of Tonnes
see; House record No. 1913, BY Hon. F.
10T01OIU, VI VoeG ' AESAuAh AO}SC0tVC SCU-
eral classes of pensioners stricken from the
rolls for disloyalty.
House record No. 1856. by Hon. o. r.
Singleton, of Mississippi: For the relief of
disioyal mail contractors whose pay was
stopped during the war.
House record No. 1899, by Hon. w. E
Smith, of Georgia: To pay claims of mail
contractors and postmasters for services in
States in insurrection in 1861.
House record No. 2233, by Hon. j. w.
Throckmorton, of Texas: Appropriating
$780, for relief of disloyal mail contrac-
tors in the Southern States.
House record No. 25. by Hon. j. H: Rea'
gan, of Texas: Repeating joint resolution
prohibiting payment by any officer OF the
government to any person not known to
have been opposed to the rebellion and in
favor of its suppression, and providing fol-
their payment.
House record No. 81, by Hon. ]. T. Har
ris, of Virginia; House record No. ITO, BY
Hon. F. Hereford, of West Virginia, o.
similar import.
House record No. q. BY Hon. j.
Davis, Of North Carolina: Repeating sse