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 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 340. 1873. 763 To Martha A. F. Terret, three hundred and eighty-seven dollars. Payment of To Bennett Thompson, forty dollars. °Y¤i¤¤¤ ¤u°W€d To Hiram Thompson, one hundred and seventy-five dollars. T0 John W. Veitch, two hundred and forty dollars. in P To Mary A. Walker, three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and fifty vi’€i“i“· cents. To Richard Wallach, trustee of Mrs. Margaret Wallach, four thousand eight hundred and sixt.y·six dollars and sixty-six cents. To Rachel Watkins, seven hundred and fifty-one dollars. To Eve Wenger, seventy-tive dollars. T0 Henry Wenger, five hundred and seven dollars and twenty cents. To Camilla E. Whipple, administratrix of the estate of Edward A. Wlxipple, one thousand one hundred and ninety-three dollars. To Joseph Whittaker, one hundred and eighty dollars. To Isaac Wibert, thirty-six dollars. . To Joseph L. Williams, ninety-five dollars To Daniel Williamson, three hundred dollars. To Sally Ann Witherite, two hundred and twenty-five dollars. To John Wolford, two hundred and eighty-four dollars and fifteen cents. To Samuel Wolverton, ninety dollars. To Jaquelin M. Wood, two thousand nina hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty cents. T0 Charles Woodhouse, one hundred and fifty dollars. To John B. Wy*att, two hundred and sixty dollars. To Andrew Wylie, one thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars. To Abraham Young, one hundred and fifty dollars. To Matthias Zehring, six hundred and eight dollars and twe¤ty-five cents. Approved, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCXL.-An Act jbr the Relief of the Heirs at Law and next of En of March 3, 1873. James B. Armstrong deceased- "`_"`t""` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer-ica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- h ¥°“YE°“**f‘?*·h° ury be, and he hereby, is directed, out of any money in the treasury not Jim, lf" ° otherwise appropriated, to pay to the heirs at law, and next of kin, of Armstrong. James B. Armstrong, late of Cameron county, Texas, in such proportion, as, under the statute of distribution, or laws of Texas, they, may be entitled to the same, the sum of thirteen thousand, three hundred and eighty-five dollars and nine cents in full for all sums due the estate of said deceased, as damages for breach of contract entered into by the said James B. Armstrong with the United States, on the fourteenth day of June A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty-Eve, for transportation of men, provisions, munitions of war, &c., upon the Rio Grande, for which sum aforesaid the court of claims reported a bill to Congress OH the eighteenth day of December A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty: Provided, That hoof that the before any such payment be made proof shall be made satisfactory to the £gj;'j_'°‘““‘“°d Secretary of the Treasury that said heirs at law and next of kin OI such thereof as shall demand their aliquot shares under and by virtue of this act, remained loyal adherents to the cause and government of the United States during the war of the rebellion: And provided further That if Paygnenttotbe proofs shall be made satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury, that ;§i‘§‘;;‘S°"°°"* such heirs at lavg and next of kiu are entitled to said sum, or any part ’ thereof, as aforesaid, and that the administrators of the said James B. Armstrong, deceased, heretofore, to wit, on the twenty-fifth of January eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, appointed by the probate court of Cameron county, Texas, have not been xhscharged from their said trust as administrators, and have given adequate security for the funds of sand