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 876 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess.I1. Ch.285. Rus. 1,6. 1842. Srnurs II. Aug. 31, 1842._ CHAP. CCLXXXV.-dn Jctfor the rclig" q/' Hugh Stewart. Be it enacted, <§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to 1-Iugh Payment for Stewart, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, l°°€l" ‘“,‘§°°d‘ the sum of six thousand six hundred sixty-two dollars and twenty-five A2:. cents, for the loss sustained by him in the necessary performance ofl1is mw. contract made with the Government in August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, for macadamizing a large portion of the Pennsylvania Avenue, in the city of Washington, which loss was not occasioned by any neglect on the part of said contractor, but by events beyond his control. Evidence to be Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Hugh Stewart shall ;;'?,, dence to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and filed the been paid tor, same in the treasury Department, that the respective laborers whom he &·°· employed in his service, under his contract with the Government, shall have received compensation for their labor; and that he shall also have paid for the material used in said work, or until he shall have filed with the Secretary of the Treasury a satisfactory bond that the balances, if any, justly due to such laborers, shall be fully satished by said Stewart. Approved, August 31, 1842. RESOLUTIONS. Ap,-g 14, 1g4g_ No. 1. .0 Resolution to authorize the settlement of the accounts of George Whitman. Resolved, ¢§·c., That the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, Accounts m directed to examine the accounts of George Whitman, late a contractor be examined, on the mail route from Mobile to New Orleans, and to make such allow- &*°· ences to the said George WVhitman, as he would have been entitled to, on a full hearing of all the circumstances of his case, upon an original examination thereofi Armzovnn, April 14, 1842. July 27, 1842. No. 6. Joint Resoluliunfnr the benefit of George Schnabel and Robert Barber, jr. Preamble Whereas it appears that on the sixteenth day of September, eighteen ' hundred and thirty-six, George Schnabel deposited in the treasury of the United States, under the provisions of the second section of the Act of April act making further provision for the sale of public lands, approved 24·182°· °h· 51- the twenty-fourth of April, eighteen hundred and twenty, the sum of two thousand dollars in gold, for which he received from the Treasurer of the United States ten receipts or certificates, of two hundred dollars each, numbered from three hundred and five to three hundred and fourteen inclusive; and that Robert Barber, jr., on the same day and in the same manner, deposited the sum of one thousand dollars, for which he received five like receipt or certificates, of two hundred dollars each, numbered from three hundred and twenty to three hundred and twenty-four, inclusive; and whereas the said section of the act aforesaid is so construed by the treasury department that the said receipts or certificates are not assignable or transferable: therefore, Be it resolved, rfc., That the Commissioner of the General Lund Of? qmail, rs. lice be directed to endorse upon the said receipts or certificates, that the g:;g;¤bl¤;1•;g{= fe- same are receivable from the said George Schnabel and Robert Barber, Public lands, jr., or his or their assignee. or assignees, in payment for any public lands which may be sold at public sale or at private entry; and the several receivers are hereby authorized and required to receive the same for public lands sold as aforesaid. Armovnn, July 27, 1842.
 * `¤¤’"l*h°d nm not receive any benefit from this act until he shall have furnished evi-