Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 473.
(Report No. 594.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
May 4, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Barrow, from the Committee for the District of Columbia,
reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of J. W. Nye, assignee of P. Bargy and H.
Stewart.

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12 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Second Comptroller of the Treasury
be, and he is hereby, required to adjust and settle the claim
of J. W. Nye, upon principles of equity and justice, and
ascertain the amount of indemnity due to him as assignee
of Peter Bargy and Hugh Stewart, for the loss sustained
by them respectively, in the necessary performance of their
contract made with the government, in eighteen hundred
and thirty-two, for McAdamizing a large portion of Penn-
sylvania avenue in the city of Washington, which loss was
not occasioned by any fault or negligence on the part of

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20 said contractors, but by events beyond their control, and
in consequence of the cholera and extra expenses caused
thereby, and the action of the superintendent of said work
in relation thereto, after deducting the allowances hereto-
fore made in his or their favor; and that the Secretary of
the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required
to cause the same to be paid out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.

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 Second Comptroller of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, required to adjust and settle the claim of J. W. Nye, upon principles of equity and justice, and ascertain the amount of indemnity due to him as assignee of Peter Bargy and Hugh Stewart, for the loss sustained by them respectively, in the necessary performance of their contract made with the government, in eighteen hundred and thirty-two, for McAdamizing a large portion of Penn- sylvania avenue in the city of Washington, which loss was not occasioned by any fault or negligence on the part of
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13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	said contractors, but by events beyond their control, and in consequence of the cholera and extra expenses caused thereby, and the action of the superintendent of said work in relation thereto, after deducting the allowances hereto- fore made in his or their favor; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause the same to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.