Chapter 115. To provide for the adjustment and payment of the claim of Thomas Rhys Smith for work done and materials furnished for the breakwater at Bar Harbor, Maine
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CHAP. 115.— An Act To provide for the adjustment and payment of the claim of Thomas Rhys Smith for work done and materials furnished for the breakwater at Bar Harbor, Maine.June 23, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Thomas Rhys Smith.Claim for work, etc., Bar Harbor, Me., to be adjusted. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to examine and adjust the claim of Thomas Rhys Smith against the Government of the United States for work done and materials furnished for the breakwater at Bar Harbor, Maine, under a contract between said Thomas Rhys Smith and the United States, and determine what amount of work was done and materials furnished thereunder, the amount paid on account thereof, and the balance remaining unpaid, which balance he shall certify to the proper accounting officers for payment in the manner prescribed Payment.by law; .and for the payment of said claim the sum of six thousand three hundred and ninety-one dollars and twelve cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money *Proviso*.Indemnity bond.in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Provided*, That before making any payment the Secretary of War shall exact from said Thomas Rhys Smith a bond in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by him, conditioned to indemnify the United States against any lawful claim of any other party or parties.
Approved, June 23, 1894.