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INDIANA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 



When to meet 



[May] re- 

 quire 

 oath — 

 [Judg- 

 ment — 



Forfeited 

 claims — 

 How dis- 

 posed 

 of— 



Fund- 

 How used — 



Proviso. 



Conduct — 



On being duly notified, they shall convene, and if they 

 see proper, they shall make their acts a rule of court 

 before some magistrate, according to the statute pro- 

 vided for arbitrated cases — 



They may require the parties in the case to be tried, 

 to be sworn, or affirmed, and hear arguments of parties 

 or counsel, and finaly decide which party is justly en- 

 titled to hold the claim, and which party shall pay costs, 

 or damages — 



It shall be the duty of the County, or district board 

 where the claim is situated, to take possession of any 

 claim confiscated under the provisions of Article Seven, 

 or any unoccupied non resident claim, the claimant of 

 which has neglected to occupy or improve the same, ac- 

 cording to the terms, and within the time specified in 

 the certificate, and sell the same to some other person 

 who will become a settler on it, keeping the money ob- 

 tained for it in their hands [unless hereafter a Treas- 

 urer shall be appointed] for a fund to defray any ex- 

 pense that may be deemed necesary to maintain our just 

 rights or advance the interest of the Union — And if a 

 fund so accumulated shall not be requred for such pur- 

 pose, the board shall use it toward purchasing land for 

 any needy Widows or Orphan children, or needy mem- 

 bers of this Union — 



Provided, that the board having jurisdiction, may ex- 

 tend the time to any claimant holding a certificate from 

 them, on application through the corresponding secre- 

 tary, if the claimant can give them satisfactory reasons 

 therefor, and they may also when they have sold a for- 

 feited claim, if they deem it just & reasonable for good 

 cause shewn, refund to the certificate claimant, the 

 amount he had actualy expended upon it, and retain in 

 the fund only the overplus that the same sold for — 



Any officer of this union, or any member, shall be dis- 

 carded if convicted of gross neglect of duty, or immorral 

 conduct tending to injure the character of the Union — 



