Private Law 53–50

That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States be authorized and directed to pay to the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 50, 53–55. 1891. legal representatives of Andrew Cameron, of New Mexico, the sum of one thousand dollars, and to the legal representatives of John Smith, of New Mexico, the sum of one thousand dollars, being in full satisfaction of the judgments obtained by the said Cameron and Smith in the district court of the first judicial district of the Territory of New Mexico, at the August term of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, against Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Brooke, Third Infantry, United States Army, now brigadier-general United States Army, for alleged trespass and false imprisonment: Provided, That the provisions of this bill shall

Proviso.

To be accepted in full of claims against Brig Gen. John R Brooke, U. S. Army.

be accepted by the legal representatives of Andrew Cameron and John Smith as a settlement in full of all claims against John R. Brooke, of the United States Army, within three months from the passage hereof. And the said sums are hereby appropriated for said purposes, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid and received in full discharge and satisfaction of all claims arising out of said judgments.