Chapter 286. For the relief of John S
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CHAP. 286.— An Act For the relief of John S. Burwell, administrator of the estate of A. L. Burwell, deceased. May 30, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, A. L. Burwell.Payment to administratrix.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John S. Burwell, administrator of the estate of A.
L. Burwell, deceased, such sum of money, not exceeding one thousand four hundred and ninety-nine dollars and fifty-six cents, as shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to have been expended by him, or by Thomas and John Peale as agents for him, in the purchase of tobacco stamps *Proviso.*Conditions.used to stamp tobacco held by said agents for him and inventoried according to law: *Provided,* That the said Commissioner is satisfied that said tobacco was manufactured prior to July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and that the internal-revenue tax imposed by law prior to said date had actually been paid thereon.
Approved, May 30, 1896.