It seems clear to me that the State of Kansas has been granted all the
public land to which it can lay any legal or equitable claim under the
law of 1862.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _October 10, 1888_.
_To the Senate_.
I herewith return without approval Senate bill No. 2201, entitled "An
act for the relief of Laura E. Maddox, widow and executrix, and Robert
Morrison, executor, of Joseph H. Maddox, deceased."
An act of Congress approved July 2, 1864, provided among other things
that the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President,
might authorize agents "to purchase for the United States any products
of States declared in insurrection, at such price as should be agreed on
with the seller, not exceeding the market price thereof at the place of
delivery."
Under the authority of said act the Secretary of the Treasury, with the
approval of the President, prescribed rules and regulations to govern
the transactions thus permitted, and appointed one H.A. Risley an agent
to act for the United States in making such purchases.
On or about the 13th day of November, 1864, said Risley entered into a
written contract with Joseph H. Maddox and two other parties, whereby
the latter agreed to sell and deliver to Risley as such agent, at
Norfolk or New York, 6,000 boxes of tobacco, 350 barrels of turpentine,
and 700 barrels of rosin. It was also agreed that all products
transported under the contract should be consigned to said Risley as
agent and shipped on a Government transport, or, if not so shipped,
should be in the immediate charge of an agent of Risley's, whose
compensation and expenses should be paid by the sellers.
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