Chapter 136. For the relief of Copiah County, Mississippi
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CHAP. 136.— An Act For the relief of Copiah County, Mississippi. April 6, 1908. [[H. R. 10075](/us/bill/60/hr/10075).] [[Private, No. 45](/us/pvtl/60/45).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of theCopiah County, Miss.Payment to. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to the board of supervisors of Copiah County, Mississippi, the sum of one hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty cents, in full compensation for costs incurred in defending the suit of The United States against the board of supervisors of Copiah County and The Virginia Bridge and Iron Company in the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of Mississippi, at May term, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, held at Jackson, Mississippi, said suit being instituted to enjoin the board of supervisors of Copiah County from constructing a bridge over Pearl River at Rockport, Mississippi, which injunction was dissolved by the court and costs adjudged against the United States, Approved, April 6, 1908.