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due to said Saint Charles College from the United States as the reasonable value of such use and occupation; and that the Secretary of the foment Payment of am Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to said Saint Charles College, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount, if any, so found to be due from the United States; and the acceptance by said Saint Charles College of any sum paid under the provisions of this Act shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of every kind and nature for said use and occupation, and all damages resulting therefrom.

STATE CLAIMS.

State claims.

Payment to Virand Baltimore.

ginia, South Carolina, Advances, etc., war

of

1812.

Interest.

Proviso.
Deductions

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to readjust, and pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, all claims of the States of Virginia, South Carolina, and the city of Baltimore for and on account of advances and expenditures made by said States and the city of Baltimore in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve to eighteen hundred and fifteen, with Great Britain; and in computing interest on said advances the Secretary of the Treasury shall apply the following rule, as applied by Act of Congress to the claim of the State of Maryland, namely: Interest shall be calculated up to the time of any payment made. To this interest the payment shall be first applied, and if it exceeds the interest due the balance shall be applied to diminish the principal; if the payment fall short of the interest, the balance of interest shall not be added to the principal so as to produce interest. Second, interest shall be allowed on such sums only on which the State either paid interest or lost interest by the transfer of an interest-bearing fund, or for such length of time only as the State or city paid or lost interest aforesaid: Provided, That in the settlement of these claims any bonds or other evidences of debt of either of the said States or of said city bonds. of Baltimore held by the United States on any account whatever shall be credited as offsets to the United States, as of the dates, respectively, at which the accounts will be completely or most nearly balanced, and the balance found due on such date, after deducting the principal and interest on said bonds or other evidences of debt to such date, shall be paid to or by said States and city of Baltimore, and the said bonds or other evidences of debt shall be returned to the States issuing the same. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle the mutual account, heretofore stated, between the United States and the State of Florida, under the authority of an Act of Congress, according to the mode of stating the same, found near the foot of the third page of the letter of the Secretary submitting his report, dated December sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, published as Executive Document Numbered Sixty-eight, House of Representatives, Fifty-first Congress, first session, by continuing the computation of interest upon the principal on both sides to the date of settlement, and ascertaining the balance due the said State. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to surrender to the governor of the State of Florida the bonds of said State held by the United States which are included in such statement; and such sum of money is hereby appropriated as is necessary to pay to the State of Florida whatever balance is found due said State: Provided, That in further computing the said mutual account from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety (at which time it was stated by authority of an Act of Congress), no greater rate of interest shall be allowed the State of Florida than said State has paid, is obligated to pay, or has lost in connection with said account.

Florida.

for

Settlement of claim.

Proviso.
Interest.

Nevada.

That the claim of the State of Nevada for costs, charges, and expenses claim for enrolling, properly incurred by the Territory of Nevada for enrolling, subsisting, etc., troops, war of clothing, supplying, arming, equipping, paying, and transporting its 1861, reopened. troops employed in aiding to suppress the insurrection against the

Claims of churches and schools.

German Evangelical Church, Martinsburg, W. Va.

Methodist Episcopal Church, Martinsburg, W. Va.

Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, Martinsburg, W. Va.

Cumberland Female College.

Richmond College.

Proviso.

Proof required.

Stewart College.

Macon City, Mo., Catholic Church.

Saint Charles College.

thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for prior years, and for other purposes."

FOR CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums, the amount appropriated to be accepted in full satisfaction of each claim before payment is made:

To the trustees of the German Evangelical Church, at Martinsburg, West Virginia, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, on account of the destruction of their church building and its furniture on the seventeenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, while the same was in the possession of a portion of the military forces of the United States, and through their carelessness.

To the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Martinsburg, West Virginia, the sum of one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars, for use and occupation of said church by the Federal troops from March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

To Bishop Augustine Vandevyver, trustee of Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, at Martinsburg, West Virginia, the sum of two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, for the use and occupancy of said church by the Army of the United States during the war of the rebellion.

To the Cumberland Female College, of McMinnville, Tennessee, the sum of five thousand dollars, for the use, occupation, and consumption of its property for hospital and other army purposes during the late war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one to eighteen hundred and sixtyfive by the military authority of the United States.

To Richmond College, located at Richmond, Virginia, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to reimburse said college for the occupation of its buildings and grounds by United States troops and officers for the period of eight months, said occupation commencing in April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for injury to and destruction of the buildings, the apparatus, libraries, and other property of said college by said troops and officers: Provided, That no money be so paid except upon accounts of such occupation, injury, and destruction, and the damage caused thereby, duly verified and proven.

To Stewart College (now the Southwestern Presbyterian University), located at Clarksville, Tennessee, not exceeding twenty-five thousand and nineteen dollars and ninety-six cents, for the use and occupation of the building and grounds and for consumption of materials, for injury to its buildings, apparatus, cabinets, and other property injured or destroyed by troops of the United States during the late war, or such sum below that amount as the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, under direction of the Secretary, may find to be duly proven on account of such injury and destruction, use, occupation, and consumption of the building and grounds of said college.

To the person or persons authorized to represent the Catholic Church at Macon City, Missouri, the sum of seven hundred and twenty-five dollars, and the acceptance of said sum paid under the provisions of this Act shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of every kind and Lature for the use and occupation of said church during the civil war. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and Investigation of directed to cause to be investigated by the Quartermaster's Department claim for military oc- of the United States Army the circumstances, character, and extent of the alleged use and occupation by the United States military authorities, for Government purposes, during the late war, of the college buildings and grounds of Saint Charles College, in Saint Charles County, Missouri, the actual value of such use and occupation, and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury what amount, if any, is equitably

cupation.

found due.

due to said Saint Charles College from the United States as the reasonable value of such use and occupation; and that the Secretary of the Payment of amor; Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to said Saint Charles College, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount, if any, so found to be due from the United States; and the acceptance by said Saint Charles College of any sum paid under the provisions of this Act shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of every kind and nature for said use and occupation, and all damages resulting therefrom.

ginia, South Carolina, Advances, etc., war

Interest.

Proviso.
Deductions for

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed Payment to Virto readjust, and pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise and Baltimore. appropriated, all claims of the States of Virginia, South Carolina, and of 1812. the city of Baltimore for and on account of advances and expenditures made by said States and the city of Baltimore in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve to eighteen hundred and fifteen, with Great Britain; and in computing interest on said advances the Secretary of the Treasury shall apply the following rule, as applied by Act of Congress to the claim of the State of Maryland, namely: Interest shall be calculated up to the time of any payment made. To this interest the payment shall be first applied, and if it exceeds the interest due the balance shall be applied to diminish the principal; if the payment fall short of the interest, the balance of interest shall not be added to the principal so as to produce interest. Second, interest shall be allowed on such sums only on which the State either paid interest or lost interest by the transfer of an interest-bearing fund, or for such length of time only as the State or city paid or lost interest aforesaid: Provided, That in the settlement of these claims any bonds or other evidences of debt of either of the said States or of said city bonds. of Baltimore held by the United States on any account whatever shall be credited as offsets to the United States, as of the dates, respectively, at which the accounts will be completely or most nearly balanced, and the balance found due on such date, after deducting the principal and interest on said bonds or other evidences of debt to such date, shall be paid to or by said States and city of Baltimore, and the said bonds or other evidences of debt shall be returned to the States issuing the same. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle the mutual account, heretofore stated, between the United States and the State of Florida, under the authority of an Act of Congress, according to the mode of stating the same, found near the foot of the third page of the letter of the Secretary submitting his report, dated December sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, published as Executive Document Numbered Sixty-eight, House of Representatives, Fifty-first Congress, first session, by continuing the computation of interest upon the principal on both sides to the date of settlement, and ascertaining the balance due the said State. Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to surrender to the governor of the State of Florida the bonds of said State held by the United States which are included in such statement; and such sum of money is hereby appropriated as is necessary to pay to the State of Florida whatever balance is found due said State: Provided, That in further computing the said mutual account from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety (at which time it was stated by authority of an Act of Congress), no greater rate of interest shall be allowed the State of Florida than said State has paid, is obligated to pay, or has lost in connection with said account.

Florida,

Settlement of claim.

Proviso.
Interest.

Nevada.
Claim for enrolling,

That the claim of the State of Nevada for costs, charges, and expenses properly incurred by the Territory of Nevada for enrolling, subsisting, etc., troops, war of clothing, supplying, arming, equipping, paying, and transporting its 1861, reopened. troops employed in aiding to suppress the insurrection against the

J. Bayard Henry, administrator of George Rundle and Thomas Leech, composing the firm of Rundle and Leech, nine hundred and eighty dollars.

J. Bayard Henry, administrator of Charles Ross and John Simson, composing the firm of Ross and Simson, seven hundred and eightyfour dollars.

Sara Leaming, administratrix of Thomas Murgatroyd, representing the firm of Thomas Murgatroyd and Sons, nine hundred and eighty dollars.

Uselma C. Smith, administrator of William Jones, surviving partner of Jones and Clark, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.

Henry Pettit, administrator of Andrew Pettit, surviving partner of
Pettit and Bayard, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.

On the ship Rebecca, George Nowell, master, namely: Samuel F.
Coffin and Ida C. Lunt, administrators de bonis non of the estate of
Samuel Coffin, deceased, eleven thousand and sixty-six dollars.
On the schooner Fox, Samuel Stocking, master, namely:
Louisa J. Sebor, administratrix of Jacob Sebor, deceased, four
hundred and ninety dollars.

One

Thomas H. Stevens, administrator of Ebenezer Sage, deceased, thousand three hundred and thirty-nine dollars and forty cents. Herbert L. Camp, administrator of Jozeb Stocking, deceased, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars and sixty-five cents. On the brig Dove, Hezekiah Goodhue, master, namely: Lawrence H. H. Johnson, administrator of William Bartlet, deceased, thirty-two thousand three hundred and twenty-two dollars.

On the brig North Carolina, Richard West, master, namely: Margaret Devereux, executrix of John Devereux, deceased, two thousand three hundred and seventy-nine dollars.

Margaret Devereux, administratrix of George Pollock, deceased, seven thousand and ninety-four dollars.

On the vessel schooner Aurora, William Smith, master, namely: Virgilia B. Brooke, administratrix, and so forth, of estate of John Smith, junior, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Anthony Groverman, administrator de bonis non of estate of Joseph Calman, surviving partner firm of Joseph Calman and Company, two hundred and ninety-four dollars.

Rebecca R. Thompson and Elizabeth Y. Thompson, administratrices de bonis non, cum testamento annexo, of estate of Joseph Young, two hundred and ninety-four dollars.

Mary Clara Johnson and David Stewart, administrators de bonis non of estate of Edward Johnson, two hundred and ninety-four dollars. Nathaniel Morton, administrator de bonis non of estate of Nathaniel Morton, surviving partner firm of Bedford and Morton, two hundred and ninety-four dollars.

David Stewart, administrator de bonis non of estate of Conrad Eiselen, two hundred and ninety-four doliars.

David Stewart, administrator de bonis non, cum testamento annexo, of estate of Paul Bentalou, four hundred and ninety dollars.

William N. Marye, administrator of estate of Richard Gittings, surviving partner firm of Gittings and Smith, two hundred and ninetyfour dollars.

Robert Shriver, administrator de bonis non of estate of Isaac Causten, two hundred and ninety-four dollars.

David Stewart, administrator estate of George Sears, two hundred and ninety-four dollars

John W. Jenkins, administrator of estate of John Hillen, two hundred and ninety-four dollars.

John C. Tilghman, administrator de bonis non estate of Willian Van Wyck, nine hundred and eighty dollars.

Cumberland D. Hollins, administrator de bonis non, cum testamento annexo, of estate of Cumberland Dugan, four hundred and ninety dollars.

John P. Severs, administrator of estates of Robert and George McCandless, two hundred and ninety-four dollars.

Edward Church Noyes, administrator of estate of James Clarke, four hundred and ninety dollars.

On, the vessel schooner Four Sisters, Timothy Wellman, master, namely:

Horace B. Sargeant, administrator of Daniel Sargeant, deceased, the sum of two hundred dollars.

Robert Codman, administrator of William Gray, junior, deceased (subrogated to the rights of Wellman for detention and purchase of the vessel), the sum of two hundred and eighty-three dollars.

George A. Veazie, junior, administrator of Timothy Wellman, deceased, the sum of four hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Philo S. Shelton, administrator of Benjamin Homer, deceased, the sum of two hundred dollars.

David G. Haskins, junior, administrator of David Greene, deceased, the sum of four hundred dollars.

William P. Parker, administrator of William B. Parker, deceased, the sum of three hundred and sixty-five dollars and eight cents.

Henry B. George, administrator of Bradstreet Parker, deceased, the sum of three hundred and sixty-five dollars and eight cents. William D. Pickman, executor of Dudley L. Pickman, deceased, the sum of three hundred and sixty-five dollars and eight cents. William A. Lander, administrator of Pickering Dodge, deceased, the sum of three hundred and sixty-five dollars and eight cents. Robert Stone, surviving executor of Robert Stone, junior, deceased, the sum of seven hundred and thirty dollars and seventeen cents. On the vessel schooner Abagail, John Perkins, master, namely: Joseph T. Little, administrator of Doty Little, deceased, one thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.

George M. Warren, administrator of Stover Perkins, deceased, one thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty-seven cents. Joseph T. Little, administrator of Otis Little, deceased, one thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty-six cents.

On the vessel Good Intent, Nathaniel Gladding, master, namely: William Gladding, administrator be bonis non of Nathaniel Gladding, deceased, three hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents. William O. Gladding, administrator de bonis non of Edward Church, deceased, three hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents.

O. L. Bosworth, administrator de bonis non of Henry Monroe, deceased, three hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents.

On the vessel sloop Henrietta, Samuel Wasson, master, namely: Frederick Saint John Lockwood, administrator of Henry Belden, deceased, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine dollars and eight cents.

Louisa J. Sebor, administratrix of Jacob Sebor, deceased, four hundred and ninety dollars.

On the brig William, Edson Valentine, master, namely: William L. Winslow, administrator of Luther Winslow, junior, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars.

William L. Winslow, administrator, and so forth, of Edson Valentine, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars.

David Greene Haskins, junior, administrator, and so forth, of David Greene, eight hundred and twenty-seven dollars and eighty-six cents. John W. Apthrop, administrator, and so forth, of Caleb Hopkins, eight hundred and twenty-seven dollars and eighty-six cents.