March 2, 1849.
Chap. XCVIII. — An Act for the Relief of A. C. Bryan and others.
Payments to be made for horses captured in Mexico, to A. C. Bryan, Alfred Argabright,
B. A. Chapman, Chas. E. Mooney, David C. Jones, William D. Radcliffe, and John J.
Finch.
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 be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of any
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moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full payment for horses captured
in Mexico, to A. C. Bryan, the sum of sixty dollars; to Alfred Argabright, the sum
of sixty dollars; to B. A. Chapman, the sum of fifty-five dollars; to Charles E. Mooney,
the sum of fifty dollars; to David C. Jones, the sum of sixty dollars; to William
D. Radcliffe, the sum of seventy dollars; to John J. Finch, the sum of sixty-five
dollars.
Secretary of the Treasury to pay the value of any horses captured in Mexico at the
surrender of the commands of Majors Gaines and Borland and Captain Heady.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed
to pay the value of any horses and equipments that may have been lost in consequence
of their having fallen into the possession of the Mexicans at the surrender of the
commands of Major John P. Gaines, Major Solon Borland, and Captain William J. Heady;
the owners satisfactorily proving their loss on that occasion, and also the value
of the horses and accoutrements thus captured and lost.
Approved, March 2, 1849.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Private Acts, 30th Cong., 2nd sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 770-71