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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 25 STAT. · March 2, 1889 · Chapter 470

Chapter 470.

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CHAP. 470.— An act for the relief of P. Gough Edelin.March 2, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,P. Gough Edelin. Payment of check to. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to P. Gough Edelin, of Maryland, the sum of forty-two dollars and ninety-six cents, this amount having been advanced by him to Nicy Taliaferro upon revenue check numbered one hundred and nine thousand and sixty-six, for two thousand two hundred and five dollars and six cents, presented to him by her. payment of said check having since been refused at the United States sub-treasury in Baltimore, upon the ground that the said Taliaferro was erroneously pensioned, under *Proviso*.
Delivery of check.certificate three thousand and ninety-four (Navy): *Provided*, That said check, now in the hands of Messrs Dudley and Carpenter, be delivered to the Secretary of the Treasury. Approved, March 2, 1889.
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