BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled,
THATthe Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay
to Jones and Boker, of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, the sum of eleven
hundred dollars, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in
full satisfaction of their claim for eight treasury notes, of which they were the
lawful owners, and which were abstracted and stolen from the mail at the post office
at Fayetteville, in the State of Arkansas: one of five hundred dollars, five of one
hundred dollars each, and two of fifty dollars each; and for a more particular description
of said notes, reference may be had to the report accompanying this bill; and which
said notes, after being altered and forged, were by some person unknown presented
to, and redeemed by the Bank of America, as the fiscal agent of the United States.
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Secretary
02/10/1848
Passed the Senate,
February 10, 1848.
Attest
Asbury Dickins.February 10, 1848.
Attest
Secretary
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S._73.
An act for the relief of Jones and Boker.
An act for the relief of Jones and Boker.
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Clerk
06/02/1848
In the House of Representatives U. S.
June 2d AD 1848
Resolved. That this Bill do pass.
Attest
Tho. J CampbellJune 2d AD 1848
Resolved. That this Bill do pass.
Attest
Clerk
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1 P. O.
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14–Jos R. Ingersoll [witho?] CW. tom bill ref [?]
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papers
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passed
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12 June 1848 exd by | Mr Green S |
Mr Hampton H. R. |
Partially Printed Document, 2 page(s), Volume 468, RG 46, Entry 427: Records of the United States Senate, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the Senate, Senate Bills and Resolutions Upon Which Further Action Was Taken, 1847-1849, NAB