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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 686,687. 1891. 1445 CHAP. 686.-Au act for the relief of Hart County, Kentucky. umn Msgr, Re it enacted 5; the Senate and House of Representatives of the Qmted States of merica in Congress assembled, That the Commis- um c¤u¤¤y,xy. sioner of Internal Revenue with the approval of the Secretar of ,,,1}“,§,‘?§,§‘Q,§“§,‘feQ_““" the Treasury, IB hereby authorized and required on a peal to him made to refund and pay back to the County of Hart, State of Kentucky, out of any money i.n the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, any and all money collected from any and all corporations, or from any other person or party whatsoever, as interna —revenue taxes on dividends or shares of stock owned b said county in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Comtpany, to the extent that such taxes were deducted from any dividen s due and payable to said county, any statute of limitation to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, March 3, 1891. CHAP. 687.-Au act for the allowance of certainclaims for storesand supplies Lhmnaim. taken and used by the U. S. Army, as reported by the Court of Claims under the **7* provisions of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, known as the “Bowman act." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary hmm of dghg of the Trea.sury be, and is hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise applropriated, except as hereinafter provided, to the several persons in this act named the several sums mentioned herein, the same being in full for,` and the receipt of the same to be taken and accepted in each case as a full and final discharge of, the several claims examined, investi ted, _ and reported favorably by the Court of Claims of the UnitedStates under the provisions o the act of March third, eighteen hundred and` eighty-three, entitled "An act to aiford assistance and relief to Con- V0l.ZB,p.485. gress and the- Executive Departments in the investigation of claims and demands against the Government ; Provided, however, That no meat. one of the claims hereinafter mentioned, and contingently approgri- nxmmnon by At: ated for, shall be paid until the Attorney-General shall have certi ed *°*'¤°Y·G°¤°'°‘— to the Secretary of the Treasury that be has caused to be examined the evidence heretofore presented to the Court of Claims in support of said claim, and such other pertinent evidence as he shall be able to rocure, bearing upon the oyalty of the claimant or claimants, and upon the merits and justice of the claim, and iinds upon such evidence no grounds sufficient, in his opinion, to support a motion for a new trial in said case, or until there shall have been filed with said Secretary a duly certified transcript of the proceedings of the Court of Claims denying a motion made by the Attorney-General for a new trial in any one of the claims erein mentioned. The me Attorney-General is hereby directed to cause such examination to be made within nine months from the passage of this act, and to make within said eriod motions for a new tria in all cases in which there shall be, in his opinion, sufficient ground therefor. The court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such Newtrlals. motions for a new trial. As to all said claims in which the Attorney-General shall make a aspen or mmmgs. motion for a new trial, and in which the said motion shall be granted by the Court, the findings of the Court, if favorable to the claimant, shall reported to Congress, as under the provisions of existing law, for future action, and no payment of any such claim shall be made under the provisions of this act. The several persons’ claims and sums are as follows ; To Thomas N. Allison, administrator of James L. Allison, deceased, cmms summa · of Jackson County, Alabama, nine hundred and twenty dollars.