Chapter XCVIII. for the Relief of A
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Chap. XCVIII.— An Act for the Relief of A. C. Bryan and others. March 2, 1849. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Payments to be made for horses That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of anyTHIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 99, 116. 1849.771 moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full payment forcaptured in Mexico, to A. C. Bryan, Alfred Argabright, B.
A. Chapman, Chas. E. Mooney, David C. Jones, William D. Radcliffe, and John J. Finch. horses captured in Mexico, to A. C. Bryan, the sum of sixty dollars; to Alfred Argabright, the sum of sixty dollars; to B. A. Chapman, the sum of fifty-five dollars; to Charles E. Mooney, the sum of fifty dollars; to David C. Jones, the sum of sixty dollars; to William D. Radcliffe, the sum of seventy dollars; to John J. Finch, the sum of sixty-five dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the Secretary of the TreasurySecretary of the Treasury to pay the value of any horses captured in Mexico at the surrender of the commands of Majors Gaines and Borland and Captain Heady. shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay the value of any horses and equipments that may have been lost in consequence of their having fallen into the possession of the Mexicans at the surrender of the commands of Major John P.
Gaines, Major Solon Borland, and Captain William J. Heady; the owners satisfactorily proving their loss on that occasion, and also the value of the horses and accoutrements thus captured and lost. Approved, March 2, 1849.