Chapter CLXXIV. for the Relief of Peay and Ayliffe
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Chap. CLXXIV.— An Act for the Relief of Peay and Ayliffe.June 21, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to adjust the accounts ofAccounts of Peay and Ayliffe to be adjusted. Peay and Ayliffe, late contractors on mail route, number seven thousand five hundred and three, in the State of Arkansas; and if it appears, from evidence produced by said Peay and Ayliffe, or on the files of the department, that the said contractors, in consequence of the weight of the mails, were compelled between the first July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and fifteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, to perform extra service, not contemplated in, or covered by, their contract, then the accounts of said contractors for such extra service shall be audited and paid, at a fair rate of compensation, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, June 21, 1860.