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 682 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. Ch. 422-124. 1885. March 3, 1885. CHAP. 422.——An act for the relief of Brannin, Summers and Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Br¤¤¤i¤, Sum- States of Amer·ica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- ‘“°"’ & C°mP““Y· ury be authorized and directed to pay Brannin, Summers and Company, d,,1:§,E°g:sZ;;m?f of Louisville, Kentucky, the sum of nine thousand five hundred and eightyeight dollars and sixty-two cents, in full for duties paid by them in certain proceedings in rem brought by the United States against certain sugars, in the United States court for the district of Kentucky, alleged to have been fraudulently imported through the custom·house at New Orleans. Approved, March 3d, 1885. Match 3, 1335_ CHAP. 423.-An act for the relief of John B. Davis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United John B. Davis. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General is P¤Y¤•=¤* '¢°» f°!' hereby authorized and directed to pay to John B. Davis, late contractor $31 t”°“P°"°“' on mail—r·oute numbered seventy-five hundred and six, State of Arkansas, ` the sum of ten thousand nine hundred and tbrty-three dollars and sixteen cents, in full payment for transporting the United States mails between Memphis, Tennessee, and the mouth of White River, Arkansas, and from thence to Duvall’s Bluff, in Arkansas, in the years eighteen hundred and sixtyeight, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and eighteen hundred and seventy; and the payment is hereby authorized and directed to be made out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3d, 1885. March 3, ]@5_ CHAP. 424.-An act for the relief of William W. Thomas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United wu li ,, m w _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Thomas. Treasury be authorized and directed to pay to William W. Thomas, of P¤¥¤1¤¤°`¤>· {0* Portland, in the State of Maine, the sum of three hundred and nine g°'{£‘:,;°“ 1°“U‘ dollars (being the amount of coupons of United States bonds lost by `him, and now unpaid, namely, coupons due December fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, of fivehundred dollar seventhirty notes, numbered one hundred and thirty-two thousand nine hundred and nine, one hundred and thirty-two thousand nine hundred and eleven, one hundred and rorty-two thousand two hundred and sixty-two, and one hundred and forty-two thousand two hundred and sixty-eight, act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, dated June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; also coupons due January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, of one-thousand-dollar seven-thirty notes, numbered twenty-tour thousand one hundred and ninety-nine, twenty- four thousand two hundred and four, thirty-nine thousand four hundred and six, and sixty-tour thousand one hundred and thirty-six, act of March third,. eighteen hundred and sixty-tive, dated July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-tive; and coupons due January first, eighteen hundred and sixtyeight, of bonds numbered one thousand four hundred and thirty-seven, eighty-six thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and eighty-six thousand eight hundred and twentyseven, for one thousand 1 ollars each. act of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one), upon said Thomas giving u bond of indemnity in m¤;¤¤gjbgf‘gg$_;¤· double are amount to be pam, wan smear musawmy to are sm- ’ tary of the Treasury. Approved, March 3d, 1885.