Chapter LXIII. for the Relief of Jones and Baker
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Chap. LXIII.— An Act for the Relief of Jones and Baker. June 13, 1848. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, $1100 to be paid Jones and Boker, in full for their claim for eight treasury notes belonging to them, which were stolen, &c. That the Secretary, of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Jones and Boker, of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, the sum of eleven hundred dollars, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full satisfaction of their claim for eight treasury notes, of which they were the lawful owners, and which were abstracted and stolen from the mail at the post-office at Fayetteville, in the State of Arkansas: one of five hundred dollars, five of one hundred dollars each, and two of fifty dollars each; and, for a more particular description of said notes, reference may be had to the report accompanying this bill; and which said notes, after being altered and forged, were by some person unknown presented to and redeemed by the Bank of America, as the fiscal agent of the United States.
Approved, June 13, 1848.