Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R.106.
(No Report.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
January 25, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Grinnell, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of the Red River Railroad Company.

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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 cancel the several bonds given by
the Red River Railroad Company, for the duties on cer-
tain railroad bars of iron, imported for the use of said com-
pany, and which bars were imported at New Orleans in
the months of February and March, eighteen hundred and
thirty-seven; and he is hereby further authorized to enter
the judgments satisfied, which have been obtained by the
United States against said company on their bonds, upon
the defendants paying the costs of said suits: Provided,

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the Treasury, that the said railroad bars have been, and
are now, permanently laid down upon the railroad of the
aforesaid company.

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H R N^o 106
For the releif of the Red River Rail Road Company

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	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 cancel the several bonds given by the Red River Railroad Company, for the duties on cer- tain railroad bars of iron, imported for the use of said com- pany, and which bars were imported at New Orleans in the months of February and March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven; and he is hereby further authorized to enter the judgments satisfied, which have been obtained by the United States against said company on their bonds, upon the defendants paying the costs of said suits: Provided,
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13 14 15 16	That it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the said railroad bars have been, and are now, permanently laid down upon the railroad of the aforesaid company.