Chapter CCX. *for carrying into Effect the Convention upon the Subject of Claims between the United States and her Britannic Majesty, of the eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.* March 3, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
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Chap. CCX.— An Act *for carrying into Effect the Convention upon the Subject of Claims between the United States and her Britannic Majesty, of the eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.* March 3, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That, pursuant to the convention Appropriation to pay British claims.aforesaid, the sum of two hundred and seventy-seven thousand one 704 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 211. 1855.hundred and two dollars and eighty-eight cents, having been awarded by the commission to British subjects, claimants under the convention, that sum shall be paid to the duly authorized agent of her Britannic Majesty’s government, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; deducting therefrom, pursuant to the sixth article of the said convention, on account of the expenses of the said commission, such ratable proportion, not exceeding five per cent, of the whole amount awarded to both citizens of the United States and British subjects, as may be sufficient to defray the said expenses.
Approved, March 3, 1855.