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 678 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 186, 187. 1846. the Circuit court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, against Samuel Swartwout, late collector of the port of New York, for the recovery of duties illegally exacted on the importation of certain wheat and flour of American growth or origin, in the years eighteen hundred and thirty-six and eighteen hundred and thirty- seven, a part of which judgment has been heretofore paid. APPROVED, August 10, 1846. Aug. 10, 1846. Cntr. CLXXXV1. -·An Act for the felief of James Er-win, of Arkansas, and ·——·—·;·*‘·‘ others. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the $,,,,6,,,,. of United States of America in Ccmgress assembled, That the Secretary War authorized of Wax be, and he is hereby, directed to investigate, audit, allow, and §°a:g:“'E""fln  pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to losses sustained James Irwin, of Arkansas, a fair and full remuneration for theactual °¤¤°°¤*"*°*· losses he sustained m consequence of a contract he made with the United States in September, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, to supply provisions and transportation for the use of the Creek Indians expected to emigrate from the eastern to the western side of the Mrssissippi River but who did not emigrate. Am ,0 allow Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and pray him and and he is hereby, directed to investigate, audit, allow, and- pay, out of gf m$;1’“°f {lg; any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to James Er- ,0,26, sustained win, and to the heirs or legal representatives of Daniel Greathouse, ¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤’¤¢=*·- deceased, a full and fair remuneration for the actual losses sustained in consequence of a contract made by said Erwin and said Daniel Greathouse, in his lifetime, and the United States, in December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, to supply provisions and transportation for the use of the Seminole Indians expected to emigrate from the eastern to the western side of the Mississippi River, but who failed to P ·s _ emigrate: Provided The amount allowed as damages in consemw 0 quence of the non-usd of the provisions furnished, shall not exceed the dilference between their cost at the place or places where they were to have been delivered, and the amount for which they were alterwards sold. Armzovnn, August 10, 1846. Aug, 10, 1846, Crnr. CLXXXVII.-.»9n Act for the Relief of John Jones, surviving Partner -————-—- of Jolm Jones and Charles Sauder. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Secretary to United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secrej’°f;f;";‘;10¥;;5; tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to ascertain the oi- damages su,. actual amount of damages sustained by John Jones and Charles Souiaiupd 2: @1}- der, contractors with others for constructing a stone wall and em- for exim_ work the year eighteen hundred and thirty, caused by the storm and over-
 * ," QQ; _,f°,,,{,,;,{ bankment around the Peapatch Island, in the State of Delaware, in
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wdiuoundgpu. which the works of the constructors of said wall and embankment pmh hind- were exposed by the failure on the part of the United States to furnish stone sufficient to construct said wall within the time limited in said contract; as well as the amount of extra work done and materials furnished and used, or conveyed to the place of construction by them, in repairing said damages or building said wall and embankment, upon such evidence as is usually received by the accounting officers of the departments in similar cases.