Thirtieth Congress,
thi First Session,
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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 of-
ficer, the sum of one hundred dollars, ^(^with interest there-
on from the thirtieth of May, eighteen hundred and forty-seven^)^, 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.
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05/05/1848
Passed the House of Representatives
May 5th A.D. 1848.
AttestTho. J Campbell
Clerk

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An Act
For the relief of John B. Smith a[nd] Simeon Darden.
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Amendment [?]
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12/22/1848
In Senate of the United S[?]
Dec. 22. 1848
Resolved, That this Bill passes [?] an amendment.
AttestAsbury Dicki[ns]
Secretary
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Jany 9th 1849
Hampton

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In Senate of the United States,
December 22. 1848
Resolved, That the Bill from the House of Representatives entitled
An Act
for the relief of John B. Smith and Simeon Darden” do pass with the following
Amendment
After the word “dollars” in the sixth line strike out the words “with interest thereon from the thirtieth of May, eighteen hundred and forty-seven
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AttestAsbury Dickins,
Secretary

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Amendment

Partially Printed Document, 4 page(s), Volume Volume 1, RG 233, Entry 362: Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House, 1847-1849, NAB,