Chapter 419. For the relief of Pollard and Wallace
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CHAP. 419.— An Act For the relief of Pollard and Wallace. January 25, 1907.[[S. 6299](/us/bill/34/s/6299).][[Private, No. 384](/us/pvt/34/384).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Pollard and Wallace.Payment to.Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to the firm of Pollard and Wallace, of Champaign, Illinois, six thousand dollars, being the 2311value of the plant leased by them to the Government, and used by the War Department in the construction of a lock and dam and construction work in the Osage River, near Osage City, Missouri, and still retained by the War Department for use in conjunction with the said work on said dam, but rendered useless to said Pollard and Wallace by reason of the failure of the War Department to complete said work by lack of proper appropriation therefor: *Provided,* That as a condition*Proviso.*Conveyance of title. precedent to the payment of said six thousand dollars, the said Pollard and Wallace shall convey to the United States a clear title in said plant, and the ownership thereof shall become vested in the United States upon the payment of said sum, and said sum is hereby appropriated for this purpose, out of any money in the Treasury not other-wise appropriated.
Approved, January 25, 1907.