Chapter CII. for the Relief of Don B
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Chap. CII.— An Act for the Relief of Don B. Juan Domereq, a Spanish Subject. Feb. 14, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to examine and investigate the claim of Don B. Juan Domereq, a Spanish subject, for a quantity of tobacco belongingSettlement of claim of Don B. Juan Domercq. to him, and taken and used for purposes of defence, by order of Colonel Childs, at the siege of Puebla, in Mexico, in the year Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and to allow and pay said Domereq for so much of said tobacco, not exceeding in quantity seven hundred and twenty-one bales, and at a price not exceeding twenty-four dollars the bale, as shall be proved, to the satisfaction of’ said secretary, to have been destroyed or lost in consequence of said tobacco having been taken and used as aforesaid.
And the said Secretary of War shall also allow 856 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 113, 114, 115, 116. 1855. and pay said Domereq damages for the injury done to eight hundred and twenty-three bales of tobacco returned to him after being used in barricading the streets, &c., of Puebla: *Provided,* Said damage shall be proved to the satisfaction of the said secretary, and provided the amount allowed shall not exceed one dollar per bale. Sec. 2. Payment authorized, and to be in full of all claims. *And be it further enacted, *That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay to said Domereq such sum as shall be allowed him, upon such investigation, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full satisfaction of any claim upon the government of the United States.
Approved, February 14, 1855.