Chapter 174. for the relief of the sureties of John McNellis
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CHAP. 174.— An Act for the relief of the sureties of John McNellis.June 08, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,J. McNellis.Sureties on bonds of, released. That Jeremiah Collins and Martin Hynds, sureties upon a certain bond of John McNellis, of Grundy County, Illinois, to the United States, bearing date May first, eighteen 540 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 174, 175, 176, 177, 178. 1878. hundred and seventy one, and Phillip Collins and Harrison Enix, sureties upon a certain other bond of said John McNellis, to the United States, dated April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, be, and said sureties are hereby, released and discharged from any and all liability, or payment of money, under or by virtue of said bonds, or either of them, and from the payment of any judgment or judgments entered upon said bonds or either of them; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is hereby authorized and directed to cancel and release the two certain judgments heretofore entered upon said bonds, respectively, in the United States circuit court for the northern district of Illinois (against said McNellis and said sureties or any of them), as against the said sureties, or either or any of them.
Approved, June 8, 1878.