Chap. 136.—An ACT to provide for an Investigation of the Claim of George
Peabody & Co. against the Commonwealth.

Approved June 13, 1870.

Whereas, George Peabody & Co., late bankers of London,
have asserted a claim against the commonwealth for one hun-
dred and forty-five thousand dollars of Virginia six per cent.
coupon bonds, lost on board the Arctic in the year eighteen
hundred and fifty-four, which it is desirable should be adjusted
as speedily as possible; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the board of
public works be and they are hereby directed, as speedily as
possible, to investigate the said claim, and ascertain what
amount, if any, is due thereon, and how the same should be
satisfied and discharged; and they will report the result to the
general assembly, together with a full abstract of all evidence
taken by it on the subject.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.