Chapter 200.
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CHAP. 200.—An act for the relief of William H. Davis *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,William H. Davis.Wharf and warehouse property, at San Diego, taken and used by United States troops.Secretary of War to make investigation and report to Congress. That the Secretary of War be, and ho is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be investigated by the Quartermaster’s Department of the United States Army the alleged taking by the United States authorities, for the use of the United States troops, during the years eighteen hundred and sixty-one and eighteen hundred and sixty-two, of a certain wharf and warehouse property, formerly situated in San Diego, California, alleged to have been the property of William H.
Davis, of Oakland, California, and to have been used by troops of the United States for fuel: such investigation to extend to the title of the property and the incumbrances thereon, 654 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CH. 200, 201, 202. 1881. the status of the owner, whether loyal or not, the value of the property destroyed, the circumstances of the destruction, and by whose direction, authority or permission it was destroyed, and the reasons for the neglect to give notice to the War Department at or soon after the destruction occurred; and when such investigation shall be completed the Secretary of War shall report the result thereof, with his recommendation thereon, to Congress for action in the premises.
Approved, March 3, 1881.