Chapter 266. For the relief of James Stewart
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CHAP. 266.— An Act For the relief of James Stewart. February 19, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the claim of JamesJames Stewart.Claim referred to Court of Claims. Stewart, who served as first sergeant, second and first lieutenant in the Fourth Artillery and captain in the Eighteenth Infantry of the United States Army in the late war of the rebellion, for a balance of wages alleged to have been earned by him in the suppression of said rebellion and during his entire time of service in said Army, and not paid to him, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims for due investigation; and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon said court to render a judgment, irrespective of the lapse of time, for the amount, if any, found due of the United States upon said claim.
Approved, February 19, 1897.