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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 9 STAT. · March 3, 1847 · Chapter CXXII

Chapter CXXII. for the Relief of the Estates of Benjamin Metoyer and Français Gaiennie, deceased

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Chap. CXXII.— An Act for the Relief of the Estates of Benjamin Metoyer and Français Gaiennie, deceased. March 3, 1847. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Secretary of the Treasury to examine and adjust the claim of the United States upon B. Metoyer and F. Gaiennie. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to examine into the circumstances of the estates of Benjamin Metoyer and François Gaiennie, deceased, and to adjust and settle the claim upon the said estates aforesaid, in behalf of the United States, and to discharge such claims upon such terms as he shall think most for the interest of the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1847.
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