The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-08
SPANISH CLAIMS COMMISSION.
Organization Of the Body Effected
and REEPk Ad0ptel.

The r1ernbers Of the Spanish Treaty
Claims Commission assembled in the De
YartIuent OF Justice BUi ding. 1t II o c-cc-l
this morning. and organized. All of the
Commissioners were present as follows:
William r. Chandler. president; Gerrit J.
DiekeHu. James +. Wood, - II. \. Al2uryr
; cpd William l. Chambers Assistant At
toTncy General Ful:or, appointed to rep
resent the Government. before the Com
. mission, aGd William E. Spear, CIe~i> Of
the Commission, were also in attendance
y numbcr Of leading attorneys. repre-
! seRtIng claimants, were admitted to tha
/ session. ana invited to make sugE- sJigas
/ concerning the formulation Of rules gov
/ erEins The procedure OF the Commission
/ in receiving and considering claims.
among these were Il. \. Herbert. eN-Sec-
{ EetaTy Of Navy, ana Judge J. J. McCom-
man.
I The Commission later went into execu-
I tive session. and the following rules were
! announced, as the result of its deli5era-
I tons:
Rule No. !. of the Commission appoint
! ed by the President undo. An act 20 carry
! into effect the stipulations OF Article VII,
/ Of the Treaty between the United States
and Spain. concluded on December 10, 1928,
which act was approved March 2, 1901,
! sion, held at the Department of Justice.
in Washington, on Monday. April S. lsgl,
! at II O'Clock in the forenoon, is as fol-
! lows:
IAN claims of citizens of the United
! States against Spain which the United
. States agreed to adjudicate and settle by
F.. said seventh article must be filed within
! six months from the date of said first
. meeting of the Commission-that is TO
say. before u o'clock midnight On the Sth
/ day of October, 1991-and every claim rot
fled within such time viii be forever
! barred: but the Commission may receive
claims presented within six months after
the termination CT said period # the
claimants shall establish, to the satisfac-
ton of the Commission, good reasons for
not presenting the same earlier.
| Every claim prosecuted before said
Commission shall be presented by petit
ton. setting forth concisely and without
unnecessary repetition the facts upon
! which such claim is based. together with
an itemiZeG schedule setting forth all
damages claimed. Said petition shall also
state the full name, the residence. and
the citizenship Of the claimant, and the
| amount of damages sought to be recoy-
cred. and shan pray judgment upon the
| facts and the law Il shall be signed by
the claimant or his attorney or legal rep
resentatiye, and be verified by the af1da-
Wit OF the claimant. his agent, attorney,
or legal representative II shall be filed
with the clerk of the Commission, and the
prosecution OF the claim shall be deemed
to have been commenced at the date OF
such filing, section g, act OF March ?, 1901 -
At l O'Clock the Commission adjourned.
and the members went in body 10 the
White House to pay their respects to the
President.
Another meeting of the Commission viii
be held tomorrow morning in the Depart
meut of Justice building. when the con
z.deratIon Of rules viii be again taken up.