Statement of the official emoluments of officers of the customs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905 (required by section 2639, Revised Statutes)-Con. Total 243, 890.00 133, 107.09 7,599. 35 96.00 48,050.63 1,455.44 490. 16 19, 154. 71 17, 338.31 471, 181.69 OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 17,338. 31 471, 181.69 November 15, 1905. W. E. ANDREWS, Auditor. Compensation allowed in settlements by Auditor for the Treasury Department: Upon statements in his office. Upon statements from Auditor for State and other Departments.. Compensation allowed in settlements by Auditor for State and other Departments: Services to American vessels ADDIE L. BAILEY. LETTER FROM THE ASSISTANT CLERK OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS TRANSMITTING A COPY OF THE FINDINGS FILED BY THE COURT IN THE CASE OF ADDIE L. BAILEY, SOLE HEIR OF WILLIAM G. WEBBER, DECEASED, AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. DECEMBER 5, 1905.-Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. COURT OF CLAIMS, CLERK'S OFFICE, Washington, December 5, 1905. SIR: Pursuant to the order of the court, I transmit herewith a certified copy of the findings filed by the court in the aforesaid cause, which case was referred to this court by the Committee on War Claims, House of Representatives, under the act of March 3, 1883, known as the Bowman Act. I am, very respectfully, yours, Hon. JOSEPH G. CANNON, JOHN RANDOLPH, Assistant Clerk Court of Claims. Speaker of the House of Representatives. [Court of Claims. Congressional, No. 9710. William G. Webber v. The United States.] This case being a claim for supplies or stores alleged to have been taken by or furnished to the military forces of the United States for their use during the late war for the suppression of the rebellion, the court, on a preliminary inquiry, finds that William G. Webber, the person alleged to have furnished such supplies or stores, or from whom the same are alleged to have been taken, was loyal to the Government of the United States throughout said war. Filed April 7, 1902. BY THE COURT. [Court of Claims. Congressional case No. 9710. Addie L. Bailey, sole heir of William G. Webber, deceased, v. the United States.] STATEMENT OF CASE. The claim in the above-entitled case for supplies or stores alleged to have been taken by or furnished to the military forces of the United States for their use during the late war for the suppression of the rebellion was transmitted to the court by the Committee on War Claims of the House of Representatives on the 23d day of April, On a preliminary inquiry the court, on the 7th day of April, 1902, found that the person alleged to have furnished the supplies or stores, or from whom they were alleged to have been taken, was loyal to the Government of the United States throughout said war. The case was brought to a hearing on its merits on the 16th day of March, 1904. G. W. Z. Black, esq., appeared for claimant, and the Attorney-General, by James A. Tanner, esq., his assistant, and under his direction, appeared for the defense and protection of the interests of the United States. · The claimant in her petition makes the following allegations: That she is the sole heir of William G. Webber, deceased, and is a citizen of the United States, residing in Baltimore, Md., and that her deceased father, William G. Webber, resided in Norfolk County, State of Virginia, during the late war of the rebellion; that at different times during said period the United States forces, by proper authority, took from her decedent quartermaster stores and commissary supplies of the value of $1,666.50 and appropriated the same to the use of the United States Army, as follows: Lumber from two-story frame house and kitchen 22,000 feet of fencing and 300 cedar posts Total (Taken in May, 1864, by Twentieth New York Cavalry.) $931.50 735.00 1,666.50 The court, upon the evidence, and after considering the briefs and arguments of counsel on both sides, makes the following FINDINGS OF FACT. There was taken from the estate of William G. Webber, in Norfolk County, State of Virginia, during the war for the suppression of the rebellion, by the military forces of the United States, for the use of the army, property of the kind above described, which at the time and place of taking was reasonably worth the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars ($450.00), for which no payment appears to have been made. Filed March 20, 1905. A true copy. Test this 20 day of November, 1905. [SEAL.] BY THE COURT. JOHN RANDOLPH, Assistant Clerk Court of Claims. |