Chapter CLXIII. *for the Relief of Purser T
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Chap. CLXIII.— An Act *for the Relief of Purser T. P. McBlair.* July 29, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed, in adjusting the accounts of Purser T. P. McBlair, to allow him the several sums McBlair to be allowed certain sums paid by him as purser of the U. S. steamer Princeton.paid by him as purser of the United States steamer Princeton, to William Taylor, acting boatswain, to John Coale, acting carpenter, and to Armstrong Flomerfelt, acting sailmaker, who were employed on said steamer by the commanding officer thereof by authority from the Secretary of the Navy, and which said sums were disallowed by the accounting officers of the treasury, for the reason that the said persons to whom the payments were made were not included in the number permitted by law, of officers of the grades to which they were respectively appointed.
Approved, July 29, 1854.