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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · June 30, 1886 · Chapter 591

Chapter 591. for the relief of William Talbert

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CHAP. 591.— An Act for the relief of William Talbert.June 30, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,William Talbert.Claim of, referred to Court of Claims. That the claim of William Talbert, of Montgomery County, Maryland, for the use by the Government of his patented improvement for marine railways, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims, with authority to take jurisdiction thereof, and to award judgment thereon, as the merits of the case may demand, according to its value to the Government during the existence of such patent. Approved, June 30, 1886.
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