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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 12 STAT. · March 3, 1863 · Chapter CXXI

Chapter CXXI. for the Relief of O

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Chap. CXXI.— An Act for the Relief of O. B. and Oliver S. Latham.March 3, 1863. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of thePayment to Obadiah B. and Oliver S. Latham. Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to pay to Obediah B. Latham and Oliver S. Latham, out of moneys heretofore appropriated and remaining unexpended, for the erection and enlargement of the custom-houses at Buffalo and Oswego, in the State of New York, the sum of seventy-four thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-seven cents, in full of their claim for moneys due them for the erection and enlargement of said buildings, and all claims of whatever nature by them for work and materials bestowed on said buildings and all matters connected therewith: *Provided,* That if there is not a sufficient amount remaining unexpended as aforesaid to pay the whole of the said sum, then the said Secretary is hereby authorized and required to pay the bal-920THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 122–125. 1863.ance of said sum out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1863.
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