Chapter CXXX. for the relief of Edward Evans
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Chap. CXXX.— An Act for the relief of Edward Evans. May 21, 1824. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the proper accounting officers of the treasuryThe officers of the treasury department to adjust the claim of Edward Evans. department settle and adjust the claim of Edward Evans, surviving partner of the firm of Owen and Edward Evans, for the manufacture of two thousand and forty-three muskets, manufactured for the United States, under a contract with Tench Cox, entered into on the twenty-fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eight; and to make him such further allowance as shall be equal to that allowed to others, who contracted about the same time to manufacture arms for the United States, and who have had their accounts settled under special acts of Congress; keeping in view the quality of the arms delivered, with the additional labor bestowed, more than would have been necessary to have made muskets equal to the pattern gun; and such allowance, so made, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 21, 1824.