Mr. HENDRICKS. I offer the following amendment as an additional section: Abife: That the 2ndand 3rd sections of the act of conzress approyed July 4.1864, entitled "Aii net to restrict the jurisdietion of the Court of Claims.n ndto provrde or the payment of certain demands for qnnrtermaster'sstores and sublistenccsupplics furnished to the army of the U.S. /’hi so amended that allelainis of local citizens in States not in rebellion at the date of the passage of the act aforesaid for quarter master's and cuininis sary'sstores furnished to, or taken by the Army of the U.S.under and by direction of any of ficer acting at the time under competent authority. may be submitted to the QuarterMGen and CommissaryGeneral, with such prooi aseseh claimant can present of the facts in his case: and it shall be the duty of those officers to causesuch claims to be examined, r an investigation thereof. to report such dos with their action thereon. to the 3rd Auditors, elio Trcwiry 05final mlmdieetion and settlement. hat the provisionsof this act shall 03mm!wand persons only as were loyal at the in ception of their claims and have so continued to the presenttime. I will state that the object of this aniendment is to allow cases to go from the QuarterMGen to the accounting officers in case he rejects the claim; that notwithstanding that rejection it shall go, with his rejection and his report, to the accounting officers. The amendment also provides for cases where the property is taken, not by the commissary or Quartermaster’s dept, but under the order of the officer commanding. I understand that this class of cases are not provided for. The act of 1864 only allows payment where the property has been taken by the proper officer. either of the commissary or quarterinaster's dept; but there are many cases in which the property has been taken by the order of the commanding general, or person commanding at the place, where it was necessary and proper, and the law does not provide for the payment of those claims. this amendment contemplates payment for that class of ! claims; and? cannot see why they should not be paid. I cannot see why the decision of the panied with such proofs os sueh claimantean present 1i QuarterMGen should be filial in regard to a claim, providing the 3rd Auditor and the Comptroller think the claim is right. The amendment proposes that, with the opinion of the QuarterMGen, the claim shall go to the accounting officer to be considered.