Chapter CLXII. *for the relief of John F
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Chap. CLXII.— An Act *for the relief of John F. Lewis.* June 28, 1836. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That the Secretary of the Treasury refund to John F. Lewis, a sum equal to the increase of duty imposed by the act of theAmount of increased duty to be paid to him.Act of May 19, 1828, ch. 55. nineteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, en-titled “An act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports,” on a quantity of matting imported from China, invoiced at two thousand two hundred and ten dollars, and entered at the custom-house in Philadelphia, on the first of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Treasury shallProviso. not make the payment above directed until he shall have satisfactory proof that the duties have been actually paid, and have not been returned in debentures; that the order for the purchase of the said matting was given previously to the first of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven; and that the said John F.
Lewis had it not in his power to countermand the said order after the passage of the said act of the nineteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight: *And provided, further,* That satisfactory evidence be furnishedProviso. to the Secretary of the Treasury, by the oath of the merchant, or otherwise, that the said John F. Lewis did not realize the ordinary profit on the said importation. Approved, June 28, 1836. Chapter CLXIII: for the relief of Abraham Forbes, a spy in the late war. 6 Stat. 647 1836-06-28 Chapter CLXIII Charles C.
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