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1 Case of Carmick and Ramsey. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Reports from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General, with Accompanying Papers, in Answer to a Resolution of the House Asking What Action, If Any, Has Been Taken for the Adjustment of Damages Due Carmick & Ramsey 1859

handle is hein.trials/acmf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 35TH CONGRESS,    HOUSE: OF. REPRESENTATIVES.           Ex. Doc.
2d Session.  t                                         No. 30.
CASE OF CARMICK AND RAMSEY.
MESSAGE*
FROM THE
PRESIDENT*OF THE UNITED STATES,
TRANSITWING
Reports from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General,
with accompanying papers, in answer to a resolution of the House
asking what action, if dny, has been taken for the adjustment of
damages due Carmick & Ramsey.
JANUARY 8, 1859.-Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
To the House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit reports from the Secretary of the Treasury and
Postmaster General, with the accompanying papers, in compliance
with the rebolution of the House adopted December 23, 1858, request-
ing the President of the United States to report  what action, if any,
has been taken under the sixth section of the Post Office appropriation
act, approved August 18, 1856, for the adjustment of the damages
due Carmick.& Ramsey ; and if the said section of said law yet remains
unexecuted, that the President report the reasons therefor.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
WASHINGTON, January 7, 1859.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Comptroller's Ofce, March 11, 1857.
SIR: This will be accompanied by a copy of the 6th section of an
act approved on the 18th of August, 1856, requiring the First Comp-
troller of the Treasury to adjust the idamages due to Edward H.
Carmick and Albert C. Ramsey, by reason of the abrogation of a con-
tract, by the Postmaster General, therein mentioned. The pressing
current business of this office has prevented any action in regard to
this claim until the present time.
Although the damages that may be assessed are charged upon the

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