Private Law 11–XIX

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is

Powers to the Secretary in the cases.

hereby authorized and empowered to make the same decision on the case of the ship Eliza Ann of New York, purchased by Ezekiel Hubbel of William Lyman, the acting agent of Joshua Jones and Edward R. Jones of New York, trading under the firm of Joshua Jones and Son; and the case of the ship Mary and Frances of Boston, owned by Nathaniel Goddard, as he would have made had application been made to him previous to the removing of the disability incurred by the said Ezekiel

Proviso.

Hubbel and the said Nathaniel Goddard: Provided however, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to restrict the Secretary of the Treasury from requiring satisfactory proof of the fairness of every act having relation to these transactions.

Sec. 2.

And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding one thousand four hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to render effectual the decision of the Secretary of the Treasury, should it be in favor of the said Ezekiel Hubbel and Nathaniel Goddard, or either of them.