[SEAL.]
Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at Washington,
the 17th day of February, A.D. 1875, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the ninety-ninth.
U.S. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
_Secretary of State_.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas by the eighth section of the act of Congress entitled "An act
for the creation of a court for the adjudication and disposition of
certain moneys received into the Treasury under an award made by the
tribunal of arbitration constituted by virtue of the first article of
the treaty concluded at Washington the 8th of May, A.D. 1871, between
the United States of America and the Queen of Great Britain," approved
June 23, 1874, it is provided--
That the judges of the court created by this act shall convene in
the city of Washington as soon as conveniently may be after their
appointment; and the said court shall exist for one year from the
date of its first convening and organizing; and should it be found
impracticable to complete the work of the said court before the
expiration of the said one year, the President may by proclamation
extend the time of the duration thereof to a period not more than six
months beyond the expiration of the said one year; and in such case
all the provisions of this act shall be taken and held to be the same
as though the continuance of the said court had been originally fixed
by this act at the limit to which it may be thus extended.
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