United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/13th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 78
Chap. LXXVIII.—An Act for the relief of the Anacosta Bridge Company.
To be compensated for the destruction of their bridge.Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the war department be, and they are hereby, directed to audit and settle the claim of the Anacosta Bridge Company, on account of the injury sustained by them in the destruction of their bridge over the Eastern Branch of the Potomac, by ascertaining, or causing to be ascertained, the value of the injury thereof, at the time of such destruction, in such manner, and upon such terms, as may embrace the merits of their claim.
Appropriation.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount of such valuation, when so ascertained, shall be paid to the said company, or their agent, legally authorized, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon such company, or owners, releasing to the United States all claim on account of the injury aforesaid, and that the same be applied to the purpose of rebuilding or repairing the said bridge.
Approved, March 3, 1815.