Chapter XVI. for the Relief of S. and H
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CHAP. XVI.— An Act for the Relief of S. and H. Sayles.Feb. 12, 1870. *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,Payment to S. and H. Sayles. and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay the sum of eighty-eight thousand six hundred and eighty-eight dollars and fifteen cents to S. and H. Sayles, of Killingly, Connecticut, in full satisfaction and discharge of all claims and demands whatsoever of said parties upon the government of the United States arising out of a contract made by them in the month of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to furnish clothing for the army of the United States.
J. G. BLAINE, *Speaker of the House of Representatives*. SCHUYLER COLFAX, *Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate*. Endorsed by the President: “Rec’d Feb’y 1st, 1870.” [Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]