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 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 23, 25. 1885. 283 2&—Au{a§t 13 providcgor th? gqaws and gompmsatioizof dperiizn Massoné Jan. 17, 1885. rso sen c 0 ta to statesr ecve 0 owaan -—·——--·-——· g·eg0¤, for the certificates cfutgc electoral vcftc of eightegiip hundr!1 and eighty- fcui, for President and Vice-President of the United States in pursuance of the proggnans of section one hundred and forty-cnc, of the Revised Statutes of the United Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one thousand tive hundred dollars oi so much thereof as may be necessary bc, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not Appropriation. otherwise appropriated to pay the compensation, expenses or mileage Expenses. as the case may bc, of two messengers, one to the State of Iowa and MW sont one to the State of Oregon; to receive from the United States District f°¤' °¤*°¤ °* Judge in each of said States the certi’dcate of the electoral vote of De- §};‘j;°':;d'§,t;°§8f: cember, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for President and Vico-Pres- for pmmym ,,4 ident of the United States deposited with such Judges under the pro- Vice-Pissident or visions of section one hundred and forty, of the Revised Statutes of the 3*** U¤g;d1%g;'*°¤»· United States and called for by the Secretary of State under the provis- T}; Kg dip ions of section one hundred and forty-one-·, of the Revised Statutes of the 1, m_';40, Q_ 23, ° United States. The sum hereby appropriated shall be immediately avair 1792. R. s., chap. able and shall be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State. L •°°· Mb P- 23- Approved, January 17th, 1885. CHAP. 25.-A.u act to provide for the ssccrtsinment of claims of American citizens Jn, 90, ;$5, for smliahm committed by the French prior to the thirty-iirst day of July, eighteen —-i-—— hun and ono. . Bcit enactedbgthe8onateandHouse¢é{’  of tlw United State: of America in Congress assembled, That such citizens of the United  French spons- Statexor their tatives, as had valid claims to indemnity Wg ¤i¤·¤¤¤· upon e French ment arising out of illegal captures, detsntions, ·PP“*“f,;“:,'°u':;fg seizures, condemnation, and coniiscations prior to the ratification of witgn W., y,,,, the convention between the United States and the French Republic concluded on the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred, the - ratiiications of which were exchanged on the thirty-first day of July following, may apply by petition to the Court of Claims, within two years from thepsssagc of this uct, as bcmeinahser provided: Provided, mm. That the provisions of this act shall not extend to such claims as were Certain classes embraced in the convention between the United States and the French ¤f chime Mt in- Republic concluded on the thirtietli day of April, eighteen hundred and °]“'l°‘· three; nor to such claims growing outof the sctsofFranceaswere allowed and paid, in whole or in part, under the provisions of the treaty i between the United States and Spain concluded on the twenty-second day of February, eighteen hundred and nineteen; nor to such claims · ‘ ·' as were allowed, in whole or in part, under the provisions of the treaty » am between the United States and France concluded on the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. Sec. . Thatthe courtisherebyauthorizedtomakeallueedfnlrules cout to mn and regulations, not contwavcning the laws of the land or the provis- ¤••“¤I¤'¤k•- ions of this act, for executing the pmvisions hereof. Sm:. 3. That the court shall examine and determine the validity and com to asap amount of all thskgaiing included within glue dwgcn above map ?;¤• •¤ *¤t '::L}· tion together t ir present owners 'p, an y assi ee, e ""°““ cm l ‘ date oi' the assignment, with the consideration paid themefor: izovidad, xiii) °f That in the course of their proceedings they shall receive all suitable mm ammtestimony cn oath or animation, and all other proper evidence, historic mam! •¤d£ l¤W» and documentary, concerning the same; and they shall decide upon  ° °""' the validity of said claims according to the rules of law, municipal and international, and the treaties of the United States apgicable to the same, ond shall report all such conclusions of fact and w as in their judgment may affect the liability of the United States therefor.