MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.
On the 29th of July, 1882, an act of Congress was passed, 22 Stat. 723, ch. 359; providing "that the Secretary of the Treasury, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remit, refund and pay back, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the following named citizens of
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