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592 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 74. 1864. fore tiled therein, and such further testimony as either party may take and nie pursuant to the rules of said court; and it; upon the further hearing of said cause, it shall appear that the said petitioner is the equitable owner of said lease, and in justice and equity entitled to the rents (if any) due thereon from the United States, the said court shall he authorized to render judgment therefor in his favor, notwithstanding any technical deb N<>_Y¤¤¤¤y to fect in the assignment of said lease: Provided, That no money shall be bguzmgggga paid out of the treasury upon any judgment which shall be rendered in favor of the petitioner in said cause, until he shall have filed with the Secretary of the Treasury a bond, with ample security, in such sum as will fully indemnity the United States against any demand which may be set up and established by, or on behalf of, the heirs or representatives of the said Daniel Satiaraus, deceased, under, or by virtue of, said contract or lease. Approved, July 2. 1864.