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Private Law 29–XIV
for the Relief of Joshua Shaw.
Approved February 20, 1847
Statutory text
An Act
for the Relief of Joshua Shaw.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
The Secretary of War to examine the claim
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to examine theTWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 15, 18, 19. 1847.
of Joshua Shaw and to report such amount as may be due him, not exceeding $25,000.
The amount found due to be paid him as full compensation.
claims of Joshua Shaw upon the government of the United States, and report to the proper officers of the treasury, for payment, such amount as may be found due him, upon principles of justice and equity, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars; which amount is hereby directed to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, as a full compensation for the past, and future use of his invention of percussion caps and locks for small arms, and percussion locks and wafer primers to be applied to the firing of cannon.
Approved, .