Chapter CDLXXIII. *for the Relief of John Paine.* 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 John Paine.be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of any moneys not otherw
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CHAP. CDLXXIII.— An Act *for the Relief of John Paine.* 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 John Paine.be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated in the treasury, to John Paine the sum of four hundred and ten dollars, which has been found to be due to him by reason of the unjust seizure and detention of twenty thousand five hundred cigars, and which were consumed by accidental fire while in the care and custody of the internal-revenue officers who made the seizure aforesaid. Approved, March 3, 1873.