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CHAPTER m. 

 MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS. 



TREATY PROVISIONS. 



The Treaty goes on to provide, in Articles XIL to 

 XVII. inclusive, that all claims on the part of corpo- 

 rations, companies, or private individuals, citizens of 

 the United States, upon the Government of Great 

 Britain, arising out of acts committed against the 

 persons or property of citizens of the United States, 

 during the period between April 13, 1861, and April 

 9, 1865, inclusive, not being claims growing out of the 

 acts of the vessels referred to in the previous articles 

 of the Treaty ; and all claims, with the like excep- 

 tion, on the part of corporations, companies, or private 

 individuals, subjects of Great Britain, upon the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States, arising out of acts com- 

 mitted against the persons or property of subjects of 

 Great Britain during the same period, shall be refer- 

 red to three Commissioners to be appointed, one by 

 each of the two Governments, and the third by the 

 two Governments conjointly: these Commissioners 

 to meet at Washington, there to hear, examine, and 

 decide upon such claims as may be presented to them 

 by either Government. 

 I The stipulation, it will be perceived, does not cover 



