Chapter 28. For the relief of the Buffalo River Zinc Mining Company
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CHAP. 28.— An Act For the relief of the Buffalo River Zinc Mining Company.December 30, 1919.[[S. 728](/us/bill/66/s/728).][[Private, No. 14](/us/pvtl/66/14).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,That, the Secretary ofBuffalo River Zinc Mining Company. Payment to. the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Buffalo River Zinc Mining Company, a corporation of Saint Louis, Missouri, the sum of $4,200, being the amount of money paid by the said com-1456pany to the United States of America, on or about the 21st day of July, 1904, as the purchase price of certain public lands in Searcy County, Arkansas, the patents to which have since been canceled at the suit of the United States of America and the said lands having *Proviso*.Investigation and certificate required.been restored to the public domain: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior shall first make an investigation of all the facts concerning said claim, and shall be satisfied of its justness and of the good faith of the said company and its officers, and that the acts of the agent of the company by reason of which the said patents were canceled were done wholly without the knowledge or consent of said company or any of its officers, and shall certify these facts to the Secretary of the Treasury the expense, however, of said investigation, if any, shall be deducted from the amount found to be due said company.
Approved, December 30, 1919.