Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

1 BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 THATthe accounting officers of the Treasury

4 be, and are hereby authorized to settle the

5 account of Joseph Nourse, in con=

6 formity with the award and decree

7 of the district court of the United

8 States for the district of Columbia, as

9 affirmed by the Supreme Court of the

10 United States, and that any balance

11 which may be found due him on said

12 decree, ^[^with interest thereon at the rate

13 of six per cent per annum from the

14 date of said affirmance,^]^ be paid to

his legal representatives out of any

money in the treasury not otherwise

appropriated.

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Passed the Senate
January 28. 1848
Attest
Asbury Dickens.
Secretary

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Claims

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S_64
An act to authorize the settlement of the account of Joseph Nourse, deceased.

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05/26/1848
In the House of Representatives U. S.
May 26^th AD 1848.
Resolved. That this Bill fo pass with an amendment.
Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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with an amendt.

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Speaker 1

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Jan 29

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HR Cls

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Quest. on reconsideration

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Claims
concur

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papers

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27 June 1848 ex^d by Mr. Rusk S

"Hampton H. R

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ThirtiethCongress.
FirstSession.
Congress of the United States.
In the House of Representatives.

Resolved That the Bill from Senate (No. 64) entitled “An Actto authorize the Settlement of the account of Joseph Nourse, deceas^d. do pass with the following

Amendment
Strike out in lines ten and eleven, the following words, viz. “With interest thereon at the rate of six percent per annum from the sate of said affirmance.”

Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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Amendmts

1	BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-
2	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3	THATthe accounting officers of the Treasury
4	be, and are hereby authorized to settle the
5	account of Joseph Nourse, in con=
6	formity with the award and decree
7	of the district court of the United
8	States for the district of Columbia, as
9	affirmed by the Supreme Court of the
10	United States, and that any balance
11	which may be found due him on said
12	decree, ^[^with interest thereon at the rate
13	of six per cent per annum from the
14	date of said affirmance,^]^ be paid to
	his legal representatives out of any
	money in the treasury not otherwise
	appropriated.