Jan. 10, 1849.
Chap. XVIII. — An Act for the Relief of John B. Smith and Simeon Darden.
Messrs. Smith and Darden to be paid $100 for their services and expenses incurred
in the arrest of John Weaver, who was convicted of robbing the mail.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay, or cause to be paid,
by the proper disbursing officer, the sum of one hundred dollars, to the said John
B. Smith and Simeon Darden, for labor and expenses incurred by them in the pursuit
and arrest of John Weaver, who was tried and convicted, in the District Court of the
United States for the middle district of Alabama, of the crime of stealing from the
mail of the United States.
Approved, January 10, 1849.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Private Acts, 30th Cong., 2nd sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 753