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CHAPTER MII. 
MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS. 
TREATY PROVISIONS. 
Tue Treaty goes on to provide, in Articles XII. to 
XVIL 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. 
The stipulation, it will be perceived, does not cover 
