Chapter CCCXL. *for the Relief of the Heirs at Law and next of Kin of James B
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CHAP. CCCXL.— An Act *for the Relief of the Heirs at Law and next of Kin of James B. Armstrong deceased—* March 3, 1873. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury Payment to the heirs, &c., of James B. Armstrong.be, and he hereby, is directed, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to the heirs at law, and next of kin, of James B. Armstrong, late of Cameron county, Texas, in such proportion, as, under the statute of distribution, or laws of Texas, they may be entitled to the same, the sum of thirteen thousand, three hundred and eighty-five dollars and nine cents in full for all sums due the estate of said deceased, as damages for breach of contract entered into by the said James B.
Armstrong with the United States, on the fourteenth day of June A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty-five, for transportation of men, provisions, munitions of war, &c., upon the Rio Grande, for which sum aforesaid the court of claims reported a bill to Congress on the eighteenth day of December A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty: *Provided,* That Proof that the heirs remained loyal.before any such payment be made proof shall be made satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury that said heirs at law and next of kin or such thereof as shall demand their aliquot shares under and by virtue of this act, remained loyal adherents to the cause and government of the United States during the war of the rebellion: *And provided further* That if Payment to the administrators, if, &c.proofs shall be made satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury, that such heirs at law and next of kin are entitled to said sum, or any part thereof, as aforesaid, and that the administrators of the said James B.
Armstrong, deceased, heretofore, to wit, on the twenty-fifth of January eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, appointed by the probate court of Cameron comity, Texas, have not teen discharged from their said trust as administrators, and have given adequate security for the funds of said 764 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 341, 342, 343. 1873.estate collected by them which are a subsisting and valid security to said heirs and next of kin for the sum which shall be received by them under this act, then the sum to which said heirs and next of kin may be entitled under the provisions of this act may be paid to such adminis trators.
Approved, March 3, 1873.