Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-14
OMNIBUS CLAIMS BILL
Senator Scott Placed Before Com
mittee ID Findings.
BERKELEY COUNTY FARES WELL
West Virginia Bills included m the
Bllf Foot Up 3,7eo--undoubt
ediy All Win Be Passed.

For the first time ia three years an
omnibus claims bill is being passed
This measure which passes every
three or four years clears up small
accounts which citizens OF the United
States have against the government.
Many OF them are for damages and
use Of property during the civil war
and have been standing for very many
years. There is always great pressure
brought TO bear to have accounts OF.
all kinds passed and placed in this bin
and when the committee on claims
does report bill 1t has had an im-
mense amount of work to do
When the present bin came from
the house of representatives it con
tanned but few Items from West yir-
ginia
In the past five or six years Senator
Scott has presented many bills in the
senate granting these accounts, These
have gone to the court OF claims and
after action have been returned to the
senate. No finding Is placed in The
omnibus bill unless the court of
| claims has passed on It and it comes
under the requirements laid down by
the committee. Just as soon as the
measure came over from the house
Senator Scott placed before the com
mittee on claims twenty-five findings
of the court OF claims on West vir-
j ginia bills. He appeared before the
committee and personally went over
each one with the chairman of the
| subcommittee appointed for that pur-
i pose. or these twenty-five findings
filed fifteen have been inserted in the
amendments to be offered by the sem
/ ate to this omnibus bill; the remain.
! ing ten We're turned down because
they were for damages done proper
ty. The present claims committee has
absolutely refused TO appropriate any
money for property taken or destroy
ed during the civil war bv federal
troops. He was very sorry that he
could not have all of his findings acted
on favorably but he feels that he fare /
very we'll.
Twenty-six accounts affecting West
Virginia bills have been agreed on by
the committee on claims. These go
into the omnibus bill and undoubtedly
will pass the senate. The total amounr
of money thus to be obtained is sss-
1874.
The claims favorably acted on are
as follows
Fetterman (now West Main Street,
NJ f. church, of Grafton w va
1890
j NJ. E. church, south, Pt Pleasant
I w. Va. $1,000
! NJ. E. church, south. Baibolusville
w. Va. $500.
z. p. Chewing $500.
St. Johns Episcopal church. Char.
leston, $3.50
Zion Protestant Episcopal church
Charles Town, $40.
! NJ. e. church, south. Bunker Hill
$1,000.
/ NJ E. church, south Charles Town,
5000
! NJ. f. church, Webster, s45e
NJ. r. church. south, st. Adams,
$1,000
Presbyterian church. of French, w.
va, s1100.
J.. w. Gardner. 1920.
ST Johns Catholic church. Summer
vile, s1050.
ST. Johns Protestant Episcopal
church, Harpers Ferry, $500
Elk Branch Presbyterian church,
Dnffields, 5000.
4 Presbyterian church, Moorefela-
$3.50.
( Methodist Protestant church, Mid
6leway. $s25.
N. E. church. south, cIarksburg
si4o0
Presbyterian church. Beverly. $500.
ST. Marks Protestant Episcopal
church. St Adams. $1,000.
Presbyterian church. Petersburg.
So 900.
Presbyterian church, clarksburg.
s525.
Presbyterian church. Springfield.
5000.
Berkeley county, w. Va, 1920.
James NJ. Stephenson, PIT Pleasant,
Spa.
Trinity Episcopal church. Martins
burg s134o.
After Ten Years.
AIR. G. w. Appel, former resident
az Shic city h1t now of Homastead