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shall be construed to deprive the courts of the individual states, of juris-diction, under the laws of the several states, over offences made punish-able by this act.
Approved, March 3, 1825.
Chap. LXVI.- in Act further to amend the act authorizing payment for property
lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of theUnited States , and for other purposes, passed ninth April, one thousand eighthundred and sixteen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That any person having aclaim for a building destroyed by the enemy during the late war, underthe ninth section of the act to which this is an amendment, and of theact to amend the same, passed the third of March, one thousand eighthundred and seventeen, which shall have been presented to the commis-sioner of claims, appointed under the act first aforesaid, at any time beforethe tenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and whichwas not paid under said acts, nor finally rejected by said commissioner,may, within nine months, hereafter, present the same with the evidence tosupport it, to the third auditor of the treasury, for examination and adjust-ment, and if he shall be satisfied the building or buildings for whichdamages are claimed, was, at the time of its destruction, occupied byorder of any agent or officer of the United States , as a place of depositfor military or naval stores, or as barracks for the military forces of theUnited States , he shall proceed to assess the damages, and certify theamount for payment, in the way pointed out in the act first above referredto, which shall be immediately paid out of any money in the treasury nototherwise appropriated: Provided, That if the auditor shall be satisfiedthe evidence before him is insufficient to enable him correctly to decidebetween the United States and the claimant, he may, on giving notice tothe claimant, cause other evidence to be taken: And provided, also, Thatno payment shall be made under the provisions of this act, where theproperty destroyed was occupied under a contract with the owner, and atthe risk of such owner.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount which shall ap-pear to have been paid to the owners, as rent for the use or occupationof their property, shall be deducted from the amount directed to be paidto them under this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in case the whole amount ofclaims presented and allowed, under this act, shall exceed the sum oftwo hundred and fifty thousand dollars, then, and in that case, the claim-ants shall, respectively, receive only their rateable proportion of the sumof two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be liquidated by the saidauditor, in- the adjustment of the amount to be received by such claim-ants respectively.
Approved, March 3, 1825.
Chap. LXXIV .—An Act to authorize the sale of a section of land therein
mentioned.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of theTreasury shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be exposedto public sale, in the same manner other lands of the United States are,the section numbered thirty-four, of the eleventh township and thirdrange of townships offered for sale, at Steubenville, Ohio ; and, if notso sold, the said section shall be liable to entry in the Steubenville landoffice, as other lands are.
Approved, March 3,1825.
Act of April9, 1816, ch. 40.
Act of March3, 1817, ch.
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Course to bepursued bythose havingclaims for buildsings destroyedduring the latewar.
Proviso.
Proviso.
Amount paidfor the usethereof, deduct-ed.
When theclaimants to re-ceive a rate-able proportion.