Chapter 156.
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CHAP. 156.— An act for the relief of William D. Martin.Mar. 3, 1883. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,William D. Martin.Relief of. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to William D. Martin, of Bedford county, Virginia, the sum of forty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents, being the amount of tax assessed, and penalty imposed for non payment thereof, which was collected from and paid by said Martin to the collector for the fifth district of Virginia, the said tax being imposed upon forty-seven gallons of brandy which were swept away and destroyed by a flood in the James River in November, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and without fault or improper negligence of said Martin.
Approved, March 3, 1883.