Laws of the United States and Decisions of the Courts Relating to War Claims, Comp. by J.B. Holloway1914 - 248 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page 38
... directed by sec tion two of said chapter , shall be three , each to receive the Compensation . compensation provided by section four of said chapter The presiding justice shall be designated and vacancies filled as therein provided ...
... directed by sec tion two of said chapter , shall be three , each to receive the Compensation . compensation provided by section four of said chapter The presiding justice shall be designated and vacancies filled as therein provided ...
Page 39
... directed by said chapter four hundred and fifty - nine shall be followed and had in regard to all claims provable Claims : under this act ; and it shall be the duty of the said court hereby re - established , in the mode and subject to ...
... directed by said chapter four hundred and fifty - nine shall be followed and had in regard to all claims provable Claims : under this act ; and it shall be the duty of the said court hereby re - established , in the mode and subject to ...
Page 59
... thereof in manner as before directed ; one - fourth part for the officers of the customs , to be distributed as hereinbefore set forth ; and the remainder thereof to the 59 Persons en- titled to a share be witnesses , etc.
... thereof in manner as before directed ; one - fourth part for the officers of the customs , to be distributed as hereinbefore set forth ; and the remainder thereof to the 59 Persons en- titled to a share be witnesses , etc.
Page 62
... directed by the President , and when said insurgents claim to act under the authority of any State or States , and such claim is not disclaimed or repudiated by the persons exercising the functions of government in such State or States ...
... directed by the President , and when said insurgents claim to act under the authority of any State or States , and such claim is not disclaimed or repudiated by the persons exercising the functions of government in such State or States ...
Page 67
... directed by the President ; and whereas such insurrection has since broken out , and yet exists , within the States of Vir- ginia , North Carolina , Tennessee , and Arkansas ; and whereas the insurgents in all the said States claim to ...
... directed by the President ; and whereas such insurrection has since broken out , and yet exists , within the States of Vir- ginia , North Carolina , Tennessee , and Arkansas ; and whereas the insurgents in all the said States claim to ...
Common terms and phrases
12 Stat abandoned or captured abandoned property act of Congress aforesaid agent Alabama Alabama claims allowed America in Congress amount anno Domini appointed arbitrators Army ARTICLE attorney authority award bales bounty Britannic Majesty bureau captured and abandoned charge of desertion citizens claimant collection command commission commissioners Congress assem cotton Court of Claims decree Deposited with United discharge district dollars duty eighteen hundred enlisted entitled An act filed freedmen fund further enacted Government hereby House of Representa Indian hostilities Insurance Company insurrection insurrectionary judgment July 17 June 18 June 30 jurisdiction loyal ment military militia naval Navy Number paid party payment person port President prize money proceedings proceeds proclamation proper Provost Marshal purchase purposes rebel rebellion received regulations Secretary Secretary of War seized Senate and House sold soldier South Carolina suppression Supreme Court sutler Territories thereof tion tives treaty vessels volunteer Washington
Popular passages
Page 20 - Government ; and further engage that every such claim, whether or not the same may have been presented to the notice of, made, preferred, or laid before the said Commission, shall, from and after the conclusion of the proceedings of the said Commission, be considered and treated as finally settled, barred, and thenceforth inadmissible.
Page 15 - Her Majesty's Government, in order to evince its desire of strengthening the friendly relations between the two countries and of making satisfactory provision for the future, agrees that in deciding the questions between the two countries arising out of those claims, the Arbitrators should assume that Her Majesty's Government had undertaken to act upon the principles set forth in these rules.
Page 14 - First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
Page 26 - ... further until the expiration of two years after either of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same...
Page 14 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators, they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the high contracting parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Page 13 - ARTICLE III. The written or printed case of each of the two parties, accompanied by the documents, the official correspondence, and other evidence on which each relies, shall be delivered in duplicate to each of the arbitrators and to the agent of the other party as soon as may be after the organization of the tribunal, but within a period not exceeding six months from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty.
Page 17 - The high contracting parties agree that all claims on the part of corporations, companies, or private individuals, citizens of the United States...
Page 16 - The commissioners shall then forthwith proceed to the investigation of the claims which shall be presented to them. They shall investigate and decide such claims in such order and in such manner as they may think proper, but upon such evidence or information only as shall be furnished by or on behalf of the respective governments.
Page 22 - The Commissioners so named shall meet at Washington at the earliest convenient period after they have been respectively named ; and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration, that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity...
Page 12 - Whereas differences have arisen between the Government of the United States and the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, and still exist, growing out of the acts committed by the several vessels which have given rise to the claims generically known as the