Chapter 231. For the relief of legal representative of George E
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CHAP. 231.— An Act For the relief of legal representative of George E. Payne, deceased. June 4, 1920.[[H. R. 3212](/us/bill/66/hr/3212).][[Private, No. 59](/us/pvtl/66/59).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, George E. Payne.Claim of referred to Court of Claims. That the claim of the legal representative of George E. Payne, deceased, of New Orleans, Louisiana, for personal property taken by United States officers, and for the crop of sugar sold by the sequestration commissioners, and the net proceeds transferred by them to the Quartermaster’s Department and used for public good, and for the use and occupancy of the plantation of said deceased, taken by United States Army officers and turned over to the United States Treasury agent, and by said agent leased to William Spear for the year 1864, and for the use and occupancy by the Freedmen’s Bureau-for the year 1865, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims of the United States for adjudication, at the fair and reasonable rental and the value of the property taken and used as aforesaid, on the competent evidence heretofore presented and that may be adduced, any statue of limitations *Proviso*.Loyalty requirement.to the contrary notwithstanding: *Provided, however*, That it be shown to the satisfaction of the court that said George E, Payne did not give any aid or comfort to the late Civil War, but was throughout the war loyal to the Government, of the United States.
Approved, June 4, 1920.