Chapter CLXXXII. for the Relief of Thomas W
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Chap. CLXXXII.— An Act for the Relief of Thomas W. Chinn and others. March 3, 1849. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Thomas W. Chinn and others discharged from the payment of one third of a judgment rendered against them upon their paying, or securing the payment, of residue of said judgment.Proviso. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to discharge Thomas W. Chinn and Micajah Courtney and the other sureties of Thomas Gibbs Morgan, late collector for the district of Mississippi, from the payment of one third of the principal and interest of a judgment rendered against them in the Circuit Court of the United States in and for the fifth circuit and district of Louisiana, upon their paying or securing the payment of the residue of said judgment to the satisfaction of said Secretary: *Provided*, The Secretary of the Treasury shall not be authorized to make the compromise of this claim as aforesaid, unless he shall be satisfied that, from the party’s pecuniary ability, said collector and his sureties, the said claim is not collectable;THIRTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 183, 184, 185. 1849.789 and, also, that it is for the interest of the United States such compromise be made. Approved, March 3, 1849.