Chapter XV. for the Relief of Dunning R
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Chap. XV.— An Act for the Relief of Dunning R. McNair. Feb. 27, 1851. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, $425 to be refunded to D. R. McNair. That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, required to pay to Dunning R. McNair, out of any money in the treasury appropriated to the post-office department, the sum of four hundred and twenty-five dollars, the amount of fines improperly imposed on said McNair, while he was mail contractor on route one thousand one hundred and fifteen, from Bedford Proviso.to Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania: *Provided, however*, That if the said McNair shall accept the said sum of four hundred and twenty-five dollars, under the provisions of this act, he shall be forever barred from claiming any other or further sum from this government on account of said service under said contract.
Approved, February 27, 1851.