Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 38.
(Report No. 41.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
January11, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. J. A.Rockwell, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of S. Morris Waln.

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13 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he
is hereby, authorized to pay to S. Morris Waln, who has
survived Henry Percival, merchants, lately in partnership,
under the firm of S. Morris Waln and company, out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the
amount of duties paid on one hundred and sixty quarter
casks and sixty quarter casks and sixty-two Indian barrels
of Malaga wine, imported in December, eighteen hundred
and thirty-three, in the brig Canning; one hundred and
eighty-nine quarter casks of Malaga wine, imported in May,
eighteen hundred and thirty-three, in the brig Virginia; nine

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35 pipes and one-quarter cask of Madeira wine, imported in
September, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, in the brig
Forrest; ninety-nine casks of Oporto wine, imported in the
brig Elk, via New York, and reshipped, under bond, per
schooner Perseverance, to Philadelphia, in December, eigh-
teen hundred and thirty-three; and seven pipes and seven-
teen hogsheads of Sicily Madeira wine, imported via Bos-
ton, and reshipped, under bond, per brig Echo, to Phila-
delphia, in June, eighteen hundred and thirty-three; which
wines were destroyed in Philadelphia, by fire, while in store,
in the custody of the custom-house: Provided, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be furnished with satisfactory
proof that the goods were so destroyed by fire, and were
not insured: Provided, also, That in relation to any por-
tion of said goods not belonging to said petitioner, or his
late firm, on payment of the amount applicable to the same,
a discharge shall be first executed by the owner or owners
of the same, or his or their authorized agent; except so
far as it shall appear to the Secretary of the Treasury that
said petitioner, or his said firm, had, at the time of the de-
struction of said property, made pecuniary advances on the
security of said goods which are yet due and unpaid.

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H R N^o 38
For the relief of S Morris Waln.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to S. Morris Waln, who has survived Henry Percival, merchants, lately in partnership, under the firm of S. Morris Waln and company, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of duties paid on one hundred and sixty quarter casks and sixty quarter casks and sixty-two Indian barrels of Malaga wine, imported in December, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, in the brig Canning; one hundred and eighty-nine quarter casks of Malaga wine, imported in May, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, in the brig Virginia; nine
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14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35	pipes and one-quarter cask of Madeira wine, imported in September, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, in the brig Forrest; ninety-nine casks of Oporto wine, imported in the brig Elk, via New York, and reshipped, under bond, per schooner Perseverance, to Philadelphia, in December, eigh- teen hundred and thirty-three; and seven pipes and seven- teen hogsheads of Sicily Madeira wine, imported via Bos- ton, and reshipped, under bond, per brig Echo, to Phila- delphia, in June, eighteen hundred and thirty-three; which wines were destroyed in Philadelphia, by fire, while in store, in the custody of the custom-house: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury be furnished with satisfactory proof that the goods were so destroyed by fire, and were not insured: Provided, also, That in relation to any por- tion of said goods not belonging to said petitioner, or his late firm, on payment of the amount applicable to the same, a discharge shall be first executed by the owner or owners of the same, or his or their authorized agent; except so far as it shall appear to the Secretary of the Treasury that said petitioner, or his said firm, had, at the time of the de- struction of said property, made pecuniary advances on the security of said goods which are yet due and unpaid.