Chapter IV. for the Relief of Julius Eldred, Elisha Eldred, and Francis E
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Chap. IV.— An Act for the Relief of Julius Eldred, Elisha Eldred, and Francis E. Eldred for Expenses and Services in removing the Copper Rock from Lake Superior. Jan. 26, 1847. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Certain expenses of Julius Eldred and others, to be paid. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow and settle upon just and equitable terms the account of Julius Eldred and sons for their time, services, and expenses, in purchasing and removing from the Ontonagon River of Lake Superior to Detroit the mass of native copper, commonly called the copper rock, taken from said Eldred and sons, in eighteen hundred and forty-three, by order of the Secretary of War, and removed to the city of Washington; and that the amount so allowed be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, January 26, 1847.