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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · March 7, 1838 · Chapter XXII

Chapter XXII. *for the relief of John M

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Chap. XXII.— An Act *for the relief of John M. Oliver.*March 7, 1838. *Be it enacted, &c*.,That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to cause a credit to be given to JohnA credit allowed him. M. Oliver, on the books of the treasury, for the sum of nine hundred and ninety-one dollars and thirty-nine cents, in satisfaction of that amount now to his debit on the said books, for an alleged deficiency of work done and executed by the said John M.
Oliver on a section of the Cumberland road. Sec. 2. *And he it further enacted*, That the Solicitor of the TreasurySuit against him to be discontinued. be, and he. is hereby, instructed to discontinue the suit instituted and now depending against the aforesaid John M. Oliver, to recover from him the aforesaid sum of nine hundred and ninety-one dollars and thirty-nine cents. Approved, March 7, 1838.
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