Statement of payments to States by the United States, etc.-Continued. DELAWARE. [Extract from AN ACT For the allowance of certain claims reported by the Court of Claims, etc. Approved May 27, 1902.] * * * * * Payment to Baltimore. 1812. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is here- virginia, South by, directed to readjust, and pay, out of any money in Carolina, and the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, all claims of Advances, the States of Virginia, South Carolina, and the city of ete War of Baltimore for and on account of advances and expenditures made by said States and the city of Baltimore in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve to eighteen hundred and fifteen, with Great Britain; and in computing interest on said advances the Secretary of the Treasury shall apply the following rule, as applied by Act of Congress to the claim of the State of Maryland, namely: Interest shall be calculated up to the time of any payment made. To this interest the payment shall be first applied, and if it exceeds the interest due the balance shall be applied to diminish the principal; if the payment fall short of the interest, the balance of interest shall not be added to the principal so as to produce interSecond, interest shall be allowed on such sums only on which the State either paid interest or lost interest by the transfer of an interest-bearing fund, or for such length of time only as the State or city paid or lost interest aforesaid: Provided, That in the settlement of these claims any bonds or other evidences of debt of either of the said States or of said city of Baltimore held by the est. United States on any account whatever shall be credited as offsets to the United States, as of the dates, respectively, at which the accounts will be completely or most nearly balanced, and the balance found due on such date, after deducting the principal and interest on said bonds or other evidences of debt to such date, shall be paid to or by said States and city of Baltimore, and the said bonds or other evidences of debt shall be returned to the States issuing the same. NOTE. Under the terms of this act the State of South Carolina was paid $47,245.77, and interest upon the same at four per cent per annum until paid. By Auditor's certificate No. 19033 of June 13, 1902, in favor of the City of Baltimore for $104,089.03. By Auditor's certificate No. 20159 of September 22, 1902, in favor of the State of Virginia for $5.50. The amounts due City of Baltimore and State of Virginia were paid as allowed by the Auditor for the War Department by warrants of the Treasury Department : City of Baltimore by war warrant No. 6387 of June 14, 1902: State of Virginia by war warrant No. 7002 of April 4, 1903. [33 Stat. L., p. 777.] [Extract from AN ACT For the allowance of certain claims, and for other purposes.] * * * * * Payment to New York, Advances, etc.. War of 1812. Vol. 2, p. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is herePennsylvania, by, directed to resettle and readjust, all claims of the and Delaware. States of New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, for and on account of advances and expenditures made by said States in the war 1812 to 1815 with Great Britain; and in computing interest on said advances the Secretary of the Treasury shall apply the same rule as that which was applied in the settlement of the like claim of the State of Maryland, under the provisions of the Act of Congress, "Approved March 3d, 1857.” 229. Approved February 24, 1905. NOTE. Under the above act New York was paid the sum of $118,585.84; the State of Pennsylvania was paid $236,762.65. (See 34 Stat. L., p. 29.) The claim of the State of Delaware is still pending. WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. REFERENCE TO ACTS FOR PAYMENT OF CLAIMS OF STATES In the year 1787 (1 Stat. L., p. 49) Congress by ordinance provided for the creation of a commission to audit the claims of the several States against the United States on account of payments made for the common defense |