THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 101. 1863. 795 shall be held at Portland, in said State, at the same times now fixed by law for holding terms of the district court for the district of Oregon at that place. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the judge assigned to the Judge of 10th tenth circuit, as constituted by this act, shall receive, in addition to his ‘*“°"°df° salary hereinbefore provided, the sum of one thousand dollars for his mf"], r travelling expenses for each year in which be may actually attend a session of the supreme court of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1863. Can-. CI.-—An Act tocar into E eotthe on ‘3_ the Ripublicqf Peru, signeyat Izimfmn the glad si:r:ty— ree, for the Settlement of Claims. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Uongress assembled, That the President of the United The President States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint *° "i’l·‘°i}“ t" two commissioners, whose duty it shall be, oonjointly with the com- gzniglsiiiguignmissioners appointed by the Government of Peru, to investigate, adjust, Wilt-i•>¤ with and determine the amount of the claims of citizens of the United States H"' against the Government of Peru, and of citizens of Peru against the Government of the United States, pursuant to the terms of n. convention signed at Lima, on the twelfth of January, eighteen hundred and sixty- three. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President., by and with the Solicitor or advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a solicitor or agent, learned ¤K°¤*· in the Spanish language and law, on the part of the United States, whose duty it shall be to prosecute, before the joint commission in the city of Lima, the claims of citizens of the United States embraced in the stipulations of said convention. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President, by and with the S¢¤¤¤i=¤‘y· advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a secretary to the said commissioners on behalf of the United States, versed in the English and Spanish languages. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the re- p,,,, of ,0,,, spective officers for whose appointment provision is made in this act shall missicucrs, be as follows: To the commissioners, in full for their services, four thousand five hundred dollars each; to the solicitor or agent, four thousand solicitor, five hundred dollars, in full for his services. And the said commissioners and agent shall also be allowed, in commutation of travelling and all other personal expenses, ten dollars a day, for the time actually and necessarily occupied in going from the places of their residence to Lima and returning home, under the provisions of the convention. To the secretary of the secretary. commissioners on the part of the United States, there shall be paid two thousand dollars in full for his services, and the same amount in commutation of all travelling and other personal expenses, as is provided in the ease of the commissioners and solicitor. And the sums necessary to pay Appropriation, the foregoing salaries and expenses, as well as the share of the contingent expenses of the commission on the part of the United States, and of the compensation of the umpire chosen under the convention, are hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners on the liules and regupart of the United States, in conjunction with the commissioners on the *g:'e°,‘;;i_ part of Peru, shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to make all need- ,,6,, O? me ,,,,m_ ful rules and regulations for conducting the business of the said commis- missionsion; such rules and regulations not oontravening the Constitution of the United States, the provisions of this act, or the stipulations of the said eonventiou. Smc· 6. And 6e it further enacted, That the Secretary of State is
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