Private Law 27–CCLXXXV

That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Hugh

Payment for loss in macadamizing Pennsylvania Avenue.

Stewart, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand six hundred sixty-two dollars and twenty-five cents, for the loss sustained by him in the necessary performance of his contract made with the Government in August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, for macadamizing a large portion of the Pennsylvania Avenue, in the city of Washington, which loss was not occasioned by any neglect on the part of said contractor, but by events beyond his control.

Sec. 2.

And be it further enacted, That the said Hugh Stewart shall

Evidence to be furnished that the labor mid materials have been paid for, &c.

not receive any benefit from this act until he shall have furnished evidence to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and filed the same in the treasury Department, that the respective laborers whom he employed in his service, under his contract with the Government, shall have received compensation for their labor; and that he shall also have paid for the material used in said work, or until he shall have filed with the Secretary of the Treasury a satisfactory bond that the balances, if any, justly due to such laborers, shall be fully satisfied by said Stewart.