Chapter LVI. for the Settlement and Payment of the Claim of Elizabeth S
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CHAP. LVI.— An Act for the Settlement and Payment of the Claim of Elizabeth S. Brewer, Executrix of John Brewer. Jan. 23, 1873. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Claim of Elizabeth Brewer, executrix, to be examined. That the Secretary of the Interior is directed to examine the claim of Elizabeth Brewer, executrix of John Brewer, deceased, for professional services of the said John Brewer in procuring the condemnation of lands for the Washington aqueduct, and any expenditures made by him for the same purpose, and ascertain the sum justly due for such services and expenditures.
And a sufficient sum to pay the amount found due on said claim (but not to exceed the sum of fourteen thousand dollars) is hereby appropriated. Approved, January 23, 1873.