BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled,
THATthe proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized
and required to settle and adjust the claims of Henry Washington, late a deputy surveyor
of the public lands in Florida, for damages sustained by him on account of the abrogation,
by the surveyor general of the district of Florida, of a contract, made by him on
the twenty-sixth of July, eighteen hundred and forty-five, to make certain surveys
of public lands in said district; and such sum or sums of money, if any, as shall
be found due to said Washington on account of loss or damage sustained in consequence
of the abrogation of said contract, and directly resulting therefrom, shall be paid
out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.–^Provided however &c &c^
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04/14/1848
Passed the Senate,
April 14th 1848.–
Attest
Asbury Dickins—Attest
Secretary.–
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An Act
to provide for the settlement of the claim of Henry Washington, late a deputy surveyor of the public lands in Florida.
An Act
to provide for the settlement of the claim of Henry Washington, late a deputy surveyor of the public lands in Florida.
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01/26/1849
In the House of Representatives, U. S.
January 26 1849
Resolved That this Bill do pass with an amendment
Attest
Tho. J CampbellJanuary 26 1849
Resolved That this Bill do pass with an amendment
Attest
Clerk
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ThirtiethCongress.
SecondSession.
Congress of the United States.
In the House of Representatives.
SecondSession.
Congress of the United States.
In the House of Representatives.
Resolved That the Bill from Senate (No. 106) entitled “An Actto provide to the settlement of the claim of Henry Washington, late a deputy surveyor
of the public lands in Florida. do pass with the following
Amendment
Add at the end of the section: “Provided, however, that the damages to be allowed
on such settlement shall not exceed the net profits, had the contract been fully executed
by the said Washington.”
Attest.
Tho. J CampbellAttest.
Clerk
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Amendment.
Amendment.
Partially Printed Document, 4 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