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,r .. irs!.--Whenever a proprietor, farmer . tenar.t or manag~r Procedur~ of land, throu~Yh which any detachment or corps of the Com- for landhold· "' ers etc pany's tro~ps m~y march,, or on which they_ m~y he c;:ncarnped 811~ 1 ait;i'ug slut!l cnnsH.ler hnnsell entttled to comp<~nsanon for any llljury sitS- mjury fror• tained li·om the march or encampnvnt of the troops he shall im- march or mediately furnish th~ commanclmg olficer of such troops with as encamp- accurate a statement as can be prepared of the nature and extent m ent. of the injurv sustained , when the commanding officer as requin:d .fi · .. . 11 1 1 h 1 d ceru cate to certlly genera y t 1aeon w 1et er or not t 1e amage repre- by mm- sented to have been sustained has been actually committed , toge- manding ther with his opinion respecting the justice and extent of the officer. claim. Stco!ld.-lf the proprietr)l', farmt:r, tenant or manager after C~·rtitic a t e receiving such certificate, ~hall consider himself entitled to com- wtth stat~ pe~sation, he will be at li?erty t_o 1;1 c~sent. the statement of his ~~~i~ to b%. clam1, w1th the commandmg ofhcer s certificate thereon, to the pr<"sentcd t<• Coliector1 of the zila (either in person or by his vakil) within ten C~,IJ ~ctor days from the date of the certificate ; but no claim or this descrip- wubm ten tion shall be received by the CoJ!c-ctorL after the expiration of davs. that period, unless the person prl't"ening it shall a~sign good and satisfactory reason for the delay. The Uollector.L on receiving a Halement of damage and th~ commanding officer's certificate thereon within the prescribed period, o1 aft<Twards if sufficient reason be assigned for the delay, shall !ortbwi t h adopt ~ uch measures as may appear requisite to ascertain whether or not the claim be well founded, and shall repm t his procr·eclings to the Board of Revenue, accompanied b} his opinion on the· merits of the claim, for the consideration and orders ot lthc c~ntral Governmc ntJ.~ [tis, howevf'r, dt:clared that no claim will be received unlcsr. accompanic:-d by the prescribed certificate pi' the commanding office-r fJf the troops by whom the damage may be slated to have heeu committed ; excepting in instances in whtch the claimant can show good and ~ufficient cause lor not having obtained such certificate. In such cases, if the L!ollector 1 shall be satisfieci with the cause <Jssigned by the claimant tor not having obtained the prescribed certificate, he shall transmit the petition and stateme-nt of the claimant to the officer commanding the troops by whom the damage may be slated to have been committed, and shall wait his reply thereto previously to determining whether or not the claim ue entitled to investigation. Procedure