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 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 251. 1870. 285 For compensation of attorneys to attend taking testimony, witnesses, C°“"* °f and commissioners, three thousand five hundred dollars. °ki§`:;Q,,,,,,, of For stationery, books, fuel, labor, and other contingent and miscella- taking testineous expenses, three thousand dollars. m°“Y· For reporting the decisions of the court, clerical hire, labor in preparing Reporting ds. and superintending the printing of the fifth volume of the report[s] of <=lSi°¤¤· the court of claims, to be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars. For payment of judgments which may be rendered by the court in _ Payment ot favor of claimants, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no ·l“(I€“°°:‘;;m or pardon or amnesty granted by the President, whether general or special, amnem by the by proclamation or otherwise, nor any acceptance of such pardon or P'°Sld°“*»,&9· amnesty, nor oath taken, or other act performed in pursuance or as a }g,b:n;dgfQi?:,3:t condition thereof, shall be admissible in evidence on the part of any m the court or claimant in the court of claims as evidence in support of any claim against fl*Q‘{f “’ °°§b‘ the United States, or to establish the standing of any claimant in said ifcmiitgmn mg court, or his right to bring or maintain suit therein ; nor shall any such mr be considpardon, amnesty, acceptance, oath, or other act as aforesaid, heretofbre g}°gpl;,{,i;’?e°°“" Offered or put in evidence on behalf of any claimant in said court, be used court, Sw. or considered by. said court, or by the appellate court on appeal from said court, in deciding upon the claim of said claimant, or any appeal therefrom, as any part of the proof to sustain the claim of the claimant, or to entitle him to maintain his action in said court of claims, or on appeal therefrom ; but the proof of loyalty required by the twelfth section of the act of proof of {Oy- March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled "An act to amend tllty to be made, an act to establish a court for the investigation of claims against the ;¥§gp;:,Eé`§,°éc_ United States," approved February twenty-four, eighteen hundred and 1863,eh.92,h12. fifty-tive, and by the third section of the act entitled "An act to provide Vg5f- P- 767- tor the collection of abandoned ro iert and for the revention of frauds · '°h' ml l) l yr P Wol. x. p. 612. in insurrectionary districts within the United States," approved March 1868,ch,120,§3. twelve, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and by the third section of the V,°,}ég";hp‘7§2°‘ act entitled "An act to provide for appeals from the court of claims, and v01, iv, I}, rs, for other purposes," approved June twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, shall be made by proof of the matters required by said sections, respectively, irrespective of the effect of any executive proclamation, pardon, amnesty, or other act of condonation or oblivion. And in all _ Casesln which cases where judgment shall have been heretofore rendered in the court of ·{)‘;g§T§;;,:;‘;1'° claims in favor of any claimant on any other proof of loyalty than such on other P,-00;,,5 as is above required and provided, and which is hereby declared to have l<>>El¤§_•>¤ Qvpad been and to be the true intent and meaning of said respective acts, the b° §u,f;';;S° Supreme Court shall, on appeal, have no further jurisdiction of the cause, tlhurtfcr want and shall dismiss the same for want of jurisdiction : And provided further, or That whenever any pardon shall have heretolore been granted by the acégprnncg President of the United States to any person bringing suit in the court of fh¤r¢§tZ vl;ith~ claims for the proceeds of abandoned or captured property under the said ;g:;0n°{mKgin act approved March twelve, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and the suit in court oF acts amendatory of the same, and such pardon shall recite, in substance, that such person took part in the late rebellion against the government ot dence Oy {mmm the United States, or was guilty of any act of rebellion against or disloyalty. disloyalty to the United States, and such pardon shall have been accepted in writing, by the person to whom the same issued, lwithout. an express disclaimer of and protestation against such fact of guilt. contained rn such acceptance, such pardon and acceptance shall be taken and deemed in such suit in the said court of claims, and on appeal htherefrom, conclusive evidencc that such person did take part in and give aid andlcomfort to the late rebellion, and did not maintain true allegiance or consistently adhere On proof of to the United States; and on proof of such pardon and apceptapp1e,twhicl;` such Kzurdon-and roof ma be heard summaril on motion or otherwise, ie Juris xenon o nccep ance, Ju. ihe oourtin the case shall ceaise, and the court shall forthwith dismiss the ;QS;fQ§'Lg’:S;i:° suit of such claimant. M-