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 `lti]O FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 541, 541a, 549. 1903. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R@7‘€867I»tdb7:Q788 of the United ex’;“g‘,,§ T- B"Y’“· States of America in Congress assembled, That Georgle A. Bartlett, dis- 1>¤1>1i¤~r•¤ check vv- bursing clerk of the Treasury Department, be, and is ereby, instructed to issue a duplicate of said original check, under such regulations in regard to its issuo and payment as have·been prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for the issue of duplicate checks un er the pro- R-s·v“°°·i"“°·P·’"· visions of section thirty-six hundred and forty-six, Revised Statutes of the United States. Approved, February 10, 1903. February 10, 1903. l CKAP. 541a.—An Act For the relief of Clara H. Fulford. [Prime' M' ma] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R esentatbves of the United fQ;f:e§&I";*}f,°;d·0,, States of America in Oemgress assembled, mt the Secretary of the burned zmihs mmm- Treasu be, and is hereby, instructed to redeem, in favor of Mrs. md' Clara  Fulford, widow of D. Fulford, two bonds of the United States, of the denominations of fifty dollars and fifty dollars, and ` ° known as five-twenties, said bonds having been destroyed by hre the ninth day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and to pay to Mrs. Clara H. Fulfor, widow of said D. Fulford, the amount of said bonds, together with accrued interest from July first, eighteen hundred and seventytwo, to the date at the maturity of said bonds. shall also execute,and file with the Secretary of the Treasury a bond with sufficient sureties, to be aplproved by the Secretary of the Treasury, in the penalty of three undred dollars, conditioned to save harmless the United States from loss or liability on account of said bonds or the interest accrued thereon. Approved, February 10, 1903. F°l"'“m'>` 12- lm- CHAP. 549.-An Act For the relief of William M. Bird, James F. Bedding, [pyivam xc_ 46;] Henry F. \Velch, and others. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re ·esentatiz·es of the [Gifted “‘;g"";.f §éd§f,g; States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Hang }*‘-;Ve1ch.<=;=- Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized to examine into the circum- 0,. §.,§,§g;°L';"BY$_? stances of theiperformance and execution by William M. Bird, James of the said D. A. J. Sullivan to construct the same, dated January thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and ascertain what work was done thereun er, and whether for any reason the said parties who performed said work are justly and equitably entitled to be reimbursed the amount by them expended in performing said work over and above the original contract price; and the said Secretary is authorized to take evidence to ascertain the facts in the case, notwithstandin the terms of the contract, and to determine the amount that should fairly and equitablybe allowed said parties, and to pay such sum as he may determine shall be allowed, not to exceed, however, the sum of twenty-two ·*¤"°P"*“°"· thousand seven hundred and four dollars. And a sufficient amount of money is hereby appropriated, out of the funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the amount so found to be fairly and eqmtably due, not exceeding the sum of twenty-two thousand seven hundred and four dollars. Approved, February 12, 1903.
 * ¤°°*¤¤**Yb°¤°· Sec. 2. [hat the said Mrs. Clara H. Fulford, widow of D. Fulford,
 * "},l,§)Q}’;;_,,,.,_ F. Redding, enry F. Welch, and others, as sureties of D. A. J. Sullivan, of ie work in the construction of the new United States postoffice and court-house in Charleston, South Carolina, under the contract