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ance shall not have been demanded by an administrator ap pointed as aforesaid, the claims which shall have been presented and proved before the accounting officers will be paid in equal proportion, the expense of the advertisement having been first defrayed out of the sum due to the deceased person at the time of his death.

2. Payment of arrearages claimed under a will, will only be made after satisfactory proof of the will is adduced to the ac counting officers. Wills of persons in actual service must be in writing, and attested by an officer, if the testator were not himself an officer. The executor will be required to produce the original will, or a copy duly authenticated.

3. Heirship, or consent of heirs, may be shown by the fact being inserted in the letters of administration, or must be proved by the affidavit of two disinterested persons, taken before an of ficer empowered to administer oaths.

4. Payment may be made immediately to the heirs of the deceased, when it shall be shown that the cost of obtaining administration at the proper place would exceed one-third part of the balance due.

5. The penalty of the administration bond should be shown by the certificate of administration, or otherwise.

Form of Application for Payment for Horses, or other Property Lost or Destroyed.

STATE OF

County of
On this

me, a

88.

day of, A. D. 18-, personally appeared before within and for said county, duly authorized to administer oaths, a resident of said county, to me well known, who being by me duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the dentical who was a in the company commanded by in the regiment of commanded by; that ho entered the service of the United States on or about the day of A. D. 18—, and was regularly mustered into said service, and mounted upon a horse of the following description, viz., which said horse was appraised in due form of the value of $- that he continued mounted upon the said horse until the 18, when the said horse was lost

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in consequence of, and in the manner following, viz.: That at the time of the loss aforesaid he was under the imme

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And further, that he has not received from any officer or agent of the United States any horse, or other property in lieu of the horse lost as aforesaid, nor has he received any compensation for the same; the same having been lost without any fault or neg ligence on his part.

[Claimant's Signature.]

Sworn to and subscribed, before me, this A. D. 18-.

day of

[Officer's Signature.]

NOTE. If the property was hired by the government, the fact should be stated, giving also the name, official rank and position of the person who made the contract; or if impressed for the use of the army, a description of the property, also the name, official position, etc., of the person seizing the same.

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A. D. 18-, before me, a

On this —, within and for said county, duly authorized by law to adminster oaths, personally came a resident of said county, to me well known to be a credible witness, who, being by me duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the identical

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who was the Captain commanding the company —, in the regiment commanded by Colonel in the service of the United States, in . the war with was a in the said company, having been regularly enrolled and mustered into the service, that at the time he was mustered. he was mounted on a horse of the following description, viz. : duly appraised and valued at $scribed was lost on the day of in the manner following, viz.:

which said horse was that the horse above de

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was remounted A. D. 18, and con

A. D. 18-.

without any fault or negligence on the part of the claimant. And deponent further states, that the said after said loss, on the tinued so remounted until the day of And deponent further states, that the horse upon which the said was remounted after said loss, was not furnished by the United States, nor any of their officers or agents, nor been owned by another mounted militiaman or volunteer, to whom payment for the loss and risk thereof, or for its forage while in possession of the said could have been made except -

And deponent further states, that the horse upon which the said was remounted, was purchased by him of one paid for the same.

and the sum of $

And deponent further states, that the said

discharged on

day of - 18-.

was honorably

Subscribed and sworn to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.

[Officer's Signature.]

Power of Attorney.

Know all men by these presents that I,

of

named in the foregoing declaration and affidavit, do hereby constitue and appoint my true and lawful attorney, au

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thorizing him to file this my claim for payment, for the military service of the United States and to do all acts necessary and proper in the premises; to receive and receipt for a draft payable to my order for such sum as may be found due upon examination and settlement of my claim.

Witness my hand and seal this
Signed, sealed in presence of
[Two Witnesses.]

STATE OF

day of

A. D. 18-.

[L. S.]

County of

88.

On this

day of

before me the above named

A. D. 18-, personally appeared

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to me known, and acknow

ledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned.

[Officer's Signature.]

CONSTITUTION

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

We the People of the United States, in order to form a more per fect Union, establish justice insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this CONSTITUTION for the United States of America

ARTICLE I.

SECTION 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

SEC. 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature.

No persou shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.

Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other persons. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, bu each State shall have at least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New-Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New

Jorsey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Vir ginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three

When vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill Buch vacancies.

The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and ther officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment.

SEC. 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.

Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year, and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year, so that one third may be chosen every second year; and if vacancies happen by resignation, or otherwise, during the recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies.

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

The Vice-President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice-President, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States.

The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; And no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present.

Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than o removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any ffice of honor, trust or profit under the United States; but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law.

SEC. 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.

The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.

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