Chapter 1010. for the relief of Sophia B
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CHAP. 1010.— An Act for the relief of Sophia B. Moore.September 11, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Sophia B. Moore.Court of Claims authorized to rehear claim. That the Court of Claims be, and it is hereby, authorized to grant a rehearing in the ease of Sophia B. Moore versus the United States, number thirty-four hundred and forty-six of said court, with full power and jurisdiction to hear and determine and render judgment for the proceeds of the rosin and turpentine claimed to have been seized by the United States officers at the capture of New Berne, in March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and belonging to William P.
Moore, junior, which rosin and turpentine are claimed to have been taken to Philadelphia, libeled, and sold by the marshal of the eastern district of Pennsylvania, under the direction of the Federal court, and the proceeds thereof deposited in the Treasury of the United States: *Proviso*.Restriction.*Provided,* That this act shall not be construed to have any effect or operation beyond in case herein specially named. Approved, September 11, 1888.