Chapter CI. *for the relief of Peter Bargy, junior.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to PeterPayment for loss sustained in performance of a certain contract
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Chap. CI.— An Act *for the relief of Peter Bargy, junior.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to PeterPayment for loss sustained in performance of a certain contract. Bargy, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand six hundred forty-five dollars and four cents, for the loss sustained by him in the necessary performance of his contract, made with the Government in August, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, for Macadamizing a large portion of the Pennsylvania avenue, in the city of Washington; which loss was not occasioned by any neglect on the part of said contractor, but by events beyond his control.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the said Bargy shall not receiveNot to receive any benefit from this act until, &c. any benefit from this act, until he shall have furnished evidence to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and filed the same in the treasury department, that the respective laborers whom he employed in his service under his contract with the Government, shall have received compensation for their labor; or until he shall have filed with TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 102, 103, 104, 105. 1839. 761 the Secretary of the Treasury a satisfactory bond that the balances (if any) justly due to such laborers, shall be fully satisfied by the said Bargy. Approved, March 3, 1839.