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 But Congress seems at last aroused to the appeal of their children and grandchildren! Justice is often slow, but sometimes sure. In directing a judicial investigation of these claims, no one can doubt that such as are found valid will be promptly paid. Republics, it is believed, are not unjust or ungrateful!

Congress likewise provides, that no appeal or writ of error shall hereafter be allowed from any judgment or decree in any suit at law, or in equity, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, or in the court of any of the territories of the United States, unless the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, shall exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, save that this provision shall not apply to any case where the validity of any patent, or copyright, treaty or statute, or of an authority exercised under the United States, is brought in question.

So also, Section thirty-six hundred and forty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States has been so amended as to read as follows:

Whenever any original check is lost, stolen, or destroyed, disbursing officers and agents of the United States are authorized, after the expiration of six months, and within three years from the date of such check, to issue a duplicate check; and the Treasurer, assistant treasurers, and designate depositaries [sic] of the United States are directed to pay such duplicate checks, upon notice and proof of the loss of the original checks, under such regulations in regard to their issue and payment, and upon the execution of such bonds, with sureties, to indemnify the United States, as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. This section shall not apply to any check exceeding in amount the sum of $2500.

Congress has wisely created a retired list for common soldiers or non-commissioned officers of the United States army, or marine corps. The act porvidesprovides [sic], that after a service of thirty years, such soldier or non-commissioned officer shall, on application to the President, be placed on the retired list with the rank held by him at the date of his retirement, with seventy-five