Volume 6
Private Law 16–XXXVII
for the relief of Daniel Homans.
Approved February 17, 1836
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of Daniel Homans.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required to adjust the claim of Daniel Homans arising
Claim for damages under a contract to be settled.
under a contract with him to build a marine hospital at Charleston in the State of South Carolina, in consequence of the delay occasioned by the difficulty of fixing a foundation on the lot first selected for that building; and the amount of damages of such delay, found to be justly due said Homans on the adjustment of said claim, is hereby directed to be paid him out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, .