Chapter 1. to provide for the adjustment of matters connected with certain judicial proceedings in Pennsylvania in which the United States was a party
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CHAP. 1.— An Act to provide for the adjustment of matters connected with certain judicial proceedings in Pennsylvania in which the United States was a party.Dec. 17, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United, States of America in Congress assembled*,William Ward.Payment to. That the Attorney-General is hereby authorized and directed to ascertain what sum, if any, is a fair equivalent for services rendered by William Ward in the court of common pleas of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in defending certain attachments and suits pending therein against the United States revenue-marine steamer William H.
Seward; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the said William Ward, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum as the Attorney-General shall certify to be a fair equivalent for the said services: *Provided,* That the amount allowed shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars. Approved, December 17, 1886.