Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 32 Part 1.djvu/301

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FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 887. 1902. 235 due to said Saint Charles College from the United States as the reasonable value of such use and occupation; and that the Secretary of the f°,*QQ‘,§“§*,‘,’,',Qf°*““‘°""‘ Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to said Saint Charles College, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount, if an , so found to be due from the United States; and the acceptance by saidy Saint Charles College of any sum paid under the provisions of this Act shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of every kind and nature for said use and occupation, and all damages resulting therefrom. &[ATE (_,‘LAIMg_ State claims. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed m§‘,,_Y‘g‘§,§‘§h $*,0};},;: . to readjust, and pay, out of ang money in the Treasury not otherwise ¤·¤AidB¤1¤m¤r¤{ appropriated, al] claims of the tates of Virginia, South Carolina, and ¤:1sh°i°°°S’ ° °" W" t e city of Baltimore for and on account of advances and expenditures made by said States and the city of Baltimore in the war of eighteen hun red and twelve to eighteen hundred and fifteen, with Great Britain; and in computing interest on said advances the Secre· 1¤¤¤¤=¤¢- tary of the Treasury shall apgy the following rule, as applied by Act of Congress to the claim of e State of Maryland, namely: Interest shall be calculated up to the time of any payment made. To this interest the payment shall be first applied, and if it exceeds the interest due the balance shall be applie to diminish the princi al; if the payment fall short of the interest, the balance of interest shall not be added to the principal so as to produce interest. Second, interest shall be allowed on such sums only on which the State either aid interest or lost interest by the transfer of an interest-bearing fund, or for such len th of time only as the State or city paid or lost interest aforesaicg Provided, That in the settlement of these claims any bonds ,!;*é>g1¤<>·u I , or other evidences of debt of either of the said States or of said city ¤¤mn.u° °°° °' of Baltimore held by the United States on any account whatever shall be credited as offsets to the United States, as of the dates, respectively, ' at which the accounts will be completely or most nearly balanced, and the balance found due on such date, after deducting the principal and interest on said bonds or other evidences of debt to such date, shall be paid to or by said States and city of Baltimore, and the said bonds or other evidences of debt shall be returned to the States issuing the same. That the Secretary of the Treasury bo, and he is hereby, authorized §`g>aid¤- W I I and directed to settle the mutual account, heretofore stated, between mm ° °-m` the United States and the State of Florida, under the authority of an Act of Congress, according to the mode of stating the same, found near the foot of the third page of the letter of the Secretary submitting his report, dated December sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, pliéblished as Executive Document umbered Sixty-eight, House of presentatives, Fifty-first Congress, first session, by continuing the computation of interest upon the principal on both si es to the date of settlement, and ascertaining the balance due the said State. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to surrender to the governor of the State of Florida the bonds of said State held by the United States which are included in such statement; and such sum of money is hereby appropriated as is necessary to to the State of Florida whatever balance is found due said State: rovided, That in further §_ computing the said mutual account from the iirst day of January, eighteen undred and ninety (at which time it was stated by authority of an Act of Con ress), no greater rate of interest shall be allowed the State of Florida Sian said State has paid, is obligated to pay, or has lost in 'pjohpnteletion with s:idéa.ccou1;t;\ d f h d m t e claim of the tate o feva a or costs, c arges, an expenses N" - in properly incurred by the Territory of Nevada for enrolling, subsisting, ecgiaiiioiiiisiniiii gi clot ing, supplying, arming, equipping, paying, and transporting its ”3°1"°°’°°°d‘ troops employed in aiding to suppress the insurrection against the