Chapter 142. for the relief of Richard H
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CHAP. 142.— An Act for the relief of Richard H. Porter, surviving partner and assignee of the late firm of R. H. and James Porter.Feb. 18, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,R. H. and James Porter.Payment to surviving partner of. That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Richard H. Porter surviving partner and assignee of the late firm of R. II. and James Porter the sum of ten thousand one hundred dollars, less the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars heretofore paid them, in full for all claims for damages or compensation for property impressed by order of Colonel Johnston, in command of the United States troops en route for Utah in eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.
Received by the President, February 7, 1887. [Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]