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 234 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 887. 1902. thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for prior years, and · for other purposes." mcilgiccpnéocg churches Fon Cuuacmns mn Scnoons. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to dpay, out of any monc in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, c following sums, the amount appropriated to be accepted in full satisfaction of each claim before payment is made: ,c§°’C'·}}$°h m To the trustees of the German Evangelical Church, at Martinsburg, img, w. val West Virginia, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, on account o 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 cfg a portion of the military forces of the United States, and throoxrgh their carelessness. c,,‘§ To the trustees of the Meth 18t Episcopal Church of Martinsburg, W- V~ West Virginia, the sum of one thousand eight hundred and fifty do — lars, for use and occupation of said church by the Federal troops from Mairch, eigihteen hun red and sixty-two, to April, eighteen hundred an sixty- ve. $“"‘"°'°"‘,,",,.,,°‘,,*",‘ To Bisho An ustine Vandev ver trustee of Saint Jose h’s Catholic oh Chu h, 7 hui:. W-Vs Church, at Martgisburg, West Jirginia, the sum of two theusand eight hundred and eighty dollars, for the use and occupancy of said church by the Army 0% the United States durin the war of the rebellion, ¤°¤¤u¤¤l•¤¤!¢¤¤¤ To the Cumberland Female College, og McMinnville, Tennessee, the ` . sum of five thousand dollars, for the use, occupation, and consumption of its property for horgpital and other army purposes during the late war of cig teen hund and sixty-one to cig teen hundred and sixty- five by the milita authority of the United States. R*°*¤¤°¤d °°“°¤°· To Richmond allege, located at Richmond, Virginia, the sum of twenty-five thousand ollars, to reimburse said college for the occupation of its building? and grounds by United States troops and officcrs or the period of cig t months, said occupation commencing in April, eighteen hundred and sixty-tive, and for injury to and destruction of the buildings, the apparatus, libraries, and other property of said colmcjw· umd lege by said troops and officers: Provided, That no money be so paid Mexcempn accounts of such occupation, injury, and destruction, and the age caused thereby, duly verified and proven. ¤¤¤w¤r¤ ¤¤11csc· To Stewart Colle e (now the Southwestern Presbyterian University) located at Clarksvige, Tennessee, not exceeding] twenty-five thousand and nineteen dollars and ninety-six cents, for the use and occu tion of the building and grounds and for consumption of material: for injury to its buildings, apparatus, cabinets, and other property injured or destroyed by troops o 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 iind to be duly proven on account of such injury and destruction. use, occupation, and consumption of the building and grounds of said colle e. Cjgggg Cgggjh M0-. To the person or persons authorized to represent the Catholic Church ` at Macon City, Missouri, the sum of seven hundred and twenty-tive dollars, and the acceptance of said sum paid under the provisions of this Act shall bein ull satisfaction of all claims of every kind and nature for the use and occupation of said church during the civil war. I sam cmués cm- That the Secretary of \ ar bc. and he is hereby, authorized and °ii{»-emgsmm of directed to cause to be investigated by the Quartermastefs Department gl,°p'$,§;{ '““’°"Y°°‘ 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 eolle e buildings and grounds of Saint Charles College, in Saint Charllds County, Missouri, the actual value of such use an occupation, and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury what amount, if any. is equitably