New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-24
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

r UF TrNAPPROPRIATED GENEVA AWARD.
rI,r srx,rr PASSES THE HOUSE BILL To REEsTAB-
,IsH THE COURT OF COMMISSIONERS OF ALA
RAMA C1ArMs-CLAssEs OF THE CLAIMS.
WASHINGTON. May %. - The House bill
reestablishing the Court Of Commissioners
Of Alabama Claims and for the distribu-
ton of the unappropriated moneys OF the
Geneva Award passed the Senate this afternoon
by \ vote Of IS to IL. Sections one and two of the
hin specify the composition of the court. In section
three II is provided that the court shall convene
and organize in Washington as soon as practicable
after the appointment of the judges The court
shall exist two years, and all claims prov
able under the act shall be verified by,
or in behalf OF. the claimant and
filed within six months from its organization, or
they shall be held to he waived and barred
The if:h section of the bill provides that the first
class Of judgments shall be for claims directly result
ing from damage done on the high seas by Confed-
crate cruisers during the late rebellion, ncludin
vessels and cargoes attacked on the high seas al
though the loss damage occurred within four
miles of the shore, excluding claims which have
been proved pursuant TO section l of said chapter
400 of the laws of the XLIIId Congress. The sec
ond class shall be for claims for the payment OF
premiums for risks. whether paid TO corpora
tons agents or individuals after the sailing OF any
Confederate cruiser Section six provides that IN
examining claims in either class it shall be the duty
of the Court TO deduct any sum received
by any claimant as an indemnify
dividend se+oH ar otherwise so that
the actual loss of such claimant only shall be al
lowed. Section seven provides that the judgments
rendered shall be paid by the Secretary of the
Treasury out of the sum of money paid TO the
United States pursuant to Article Z of the Treaty
and ron y
proprated to claims proved under the provisions Of
said chapter 400, or any act extending the time for
the fling Of claims Hereunder.
Section eight provides that if the sum Of money
so unappropriated shall be insufficient to pay the
judgments of the first class. they shall be paid ac-
cording to tie proportions which they severaly
bear TO the whole amount Of such unappropriated
sum. If such sum shall be sufficient TO
paw the judgments Of the first class
and not sufficient TO pay the judgments
of1he second-ciass the latter judgments shall be
paid according TO the proportions which they
severally bear 10 the residue OF snch unapproprsted
sum after the judgments entered IN the first class
are paid. ,, .,,,.l o..
after All its judgments and decisions have been rem
dered shall transmit 10 the Secretary OF STATE a list
Of such judgments and decisions, stating the class
and amount with interest al per cent from time
the loss accrued to March 81, 1874 certlnrd copy
of which shall be By HIM transmitted 10 the Secre-
tarV OF the treasury, VINO suil tucIcd tVl az S"oH
as may be- and upon such notice aud Ii such man
ner as he shall prescribe, pay the SAID
judgments out of any money IN the treas
Irv not otherwise appropriated, pro-
vided however that such judgments
shall be made in accordance with the PROVISIONS 0t
the preceding section and provided further hat
the whole amount paid on. shall nor exceed the
amount remaining Of the Geneva Award ana inter-
est a. il was when actually covered into the treas
urv and 80 much money a. NAV be Necessary 10
carry out he provisions of this section Is hereby
appropriated out OF any moneys not Otherwise APP
pTOpuated.'