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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 20 STAT. · May 4, 1878 · Chapter 94

Chapter 94. for the relief of William L

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CHAP. 94.— An Act for the relief of William L. Hickam, of Missouri, guardian of the minor children of Hillary J. Jenkins.May 4, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,William L. Hickam, guardian.Duplicate check to. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, instructed and directed to cause the pension-agent at Saint Louis, Missouri, to issue and deliver to William L. Hickam a dupl icate ch eck, n urn bered sixty one thousand eigh t hundred a nd seventy-two, for the sum of sixteen hundred and sixteen dollars and thirty-three cents, in favor of William L.
Hickam, as guardian of the minor children of Hillary J. Jenkius, for one lost in the mail November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior*Proviso.* is satisfied that the same has not been paid; and that said Hickam give bond, with security approved by the Secretary of the Treasury to hold the United States harmless against the payment of the original draft. Approved, May 4, 1878.
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