Chapter 53.
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CHAP. 53.— An act for the relief of William S. Hansell and Sons.Feb. 22, 1883. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the*,William S. Hansell & Sons.Relief of. sum of nine hundred and one dollars and fifty-seven cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to repay to William S. Hansell and Sons, of Philadelphia, the amount of a certain judgment recovered against them by O.
E. Woods, in the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, affirmed on appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, and the suit defended by the government; the said judgment being for a. royalty agreed to be paid by the government on certain knapsacks furnished by said William S. Hansell and Sons, the terms of their accepted bid having been omitted from the written contract Approved, February 22, 1883.