Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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5 ThirtiethCongress,
SecondSession,
BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress Assembled.

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12 That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed and
required to pay to James Moorhead, out of any moneys in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, such amount as shall fully compensate
and remunerate said Moorhead for all damages and losses sus-
tained by reason of the suspension by the government of the erection
of a dam in the Ohio, from a point on Wells island to a point
on the Virginia shore. ^(^The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby

authorized to examine all proofs in support of said claim of James Moorehead, and to make an equitable adjustment of the same, which shall be conclusive upon the rights of said Moorehead.^)^

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01/26/1849
Passed the House of Representatives
January 26^th AD. 1849.
Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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Claims

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H R 5[31]
An Act For the relief of James Moorehead.

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02/28/1849
In the Senate of the U. St[ates]
February 28, 1849
Resolved, That this bill pass with an amendment.
Attest
Asbury Dickins.
Secretar[y]

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March 3^d Hampton

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In Senate of the United States,
February 28, 1849

Resolved, That the Bill from the House of Representatives entitled
“An Actfor the relief of James Moorehead,” do pass, with the following

Amendment:

Line 12. Strike out all after the word “shore,” to the end of the Bill, and insert: But, before any payment is made to said Moorehead, the said Secretary shall cause the witnesses, on the part of said Moorehead, to be cross examined and take testimony on behalf of the Government, should he deem it proper to do so.

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Attest
Asbury Dickins.
Secretary.

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H. R. 531.
Amendment.