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 is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out
of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Benjamin Adams and Company,
George Howe and Company, Thomas P. Cushing, Dexter and Almy, Gill Wheelock, and Carter,
and Coolidge, the additional duties paid by them severally, over and above five per
cent. ad valorem imposed by the act of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-three, on certain milled and fulled cloths, known by the name of “plains,
kerseys, and Kendal cottons,” which were imported by them, respectively, under the
act of the fourteenth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, and placed
in the public stores, according to the terms of said act, prior to the third day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three: Provided, That satisfactory proof
shall be furnished to the Secretary of the Treasury that said goods were in the actual
custody of the public Officers on the third day of March aforesaid, and that said
duties have not been returned in debentures on the exportation of said merchandise:
And provided, also, That the whole amount to be thus refunded, as having been overpaid,
shall not exceed two thousand seven hundred and seventy-six dollars.
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Secretary.
04/14/1848
Passed the Senate, June 24, 1848.
Attest
Asbury Dickins—Attest
Secretary.
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S._142.
An act for the relief of Benjamin Adams and Company, and others.
An act for the relief of Benjamin Adams and Company, and others.
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Clerk
08/12/1848
In the House of Representatives, U. S.
August 12 1848
Resolved That this bill do pass
Attest
Tho. J CampbellAugust 12 1848
Resolved That this bill do pass
Attest
Clerk
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Papers.
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