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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 9 STAT. · March 3, 1849 · Chapter CLXVII

Chapter CLXVII. for the Relief of John W

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Chap. CLXVII.— An Act for the Relief of John W. Hockett. March 3, 1849. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, $303 52 to be Said John W. Hockett, in full for work done upon the national road under contract with the U. S. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John W. Hockett, of Illinois, late a contractor upon the Cumberland road in the said State, the sum of three hundred and three dollars and fifty-two cents, being the amount in full due and unpaid to him for work done upon the national road, in pursuance with and according to contract with the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1849.
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