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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 25 STAT. · March 2, 1889 · Chapter 431

Chapter 431.

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CHAP. 431.— An act for the relief of Mary A. Howse, and Lula H. Howse.March 2, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,John C. Howse. Payment to lien’s at law of. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Mary Alice Howse, and Lula H. Howse, heirs at law of John C. Howse, deceased, late of Rutherford County, Tennessee, ten thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars, being the amount allowed by the Quartermaster-General for quartermaster’s stores taken and used by the Army.
Sec. 2. That the said payment of ten thousand nine hundred andTo be in full. seventy-five dollars shall be a full and complete settlement of all claims against the United States, of every kind and character, arising out of the appropriation and use by the Army of supplies or stores from said claimants. Approved, March 2, 1889.
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