Chapter CLX. *for the Relief of John S
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Chap. CLX.— An Act *for the Relief of John S. Jones and William H. Russell, surviving partners of the firm of Brown, Russell, and Company.* July 29, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of War The claims of J. S. Jones and W. H. Russell for transportation of military stores, to be settled and allowed.cause to be settled and adjusted the claims for losses of oxen and wagons sustained by the above-named John S.
Jones and William H. Russell, surviving partners of Brown, Russell, and Company, in the transportation of military stores from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe, subsequent to the arrival of the trains containing said stores at the place called San Jose or Big Canon; and also the amounts paid by, or on account of, said persons for forage for the cattle used in said transportation, and for the hire of extra men and teams for the purpose of said transportation, subsequent to the time aforesaid; and that he allow so much of the same as Proviso.may be satisfactorily proven: *Provided,* the whole amount allowed do not exceed thirty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars. *And provided Further proviso.further,* That, in making the proof of the amount paid out by them, or on their account, for forage for the cattle and for extra men and teams used in the transportation aforesaid, it shall be sufficient for the parties aforesaid to make satisfactory proof of the aggregate amount so paid and expended.
And that the said Secretary be authorized to examine the claims of said persons for services rendered in said transportation, and to allow such sum, not exceeding the pay and emoluments of assist ant quartermasters, for the time necessarily employed in said business, not exceeding six months; and that the account so allowed be paid to said persons, or their legal representatives, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 29, 1854.