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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · August 16, 1856 · Chapter CIII

Chapter CIII. for the Relief of West Drinkwater and others

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Chap. CIII.— An Act for the Relief of West Drinkwater and others.August 16, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatPayment to W. Drinkwater and others, or their heirs, and of $33,213.17, being proceeds of a capture made by them in 1815. the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to West Drinkwater, Kingsbury Duncan, Jonathan Clark, Samuel Duncan, and John Duncan, or to such persons as may be legally authorized to receive the same, as their heirs or legal representatives, the sum of thirty-three thousand two hundred and thirteen dollars and seventeen cents, that being the amount paid into the Treasury of the United States, and placed to the account of fines, penalties and forfeitures, in consequence of a suit, The United States *versus* Sloop “ Mary ” and cargo, in the district court of Maine, January and April, eighteen hundred and fifteen; the said sloop having been captured by the aforesaid named persons from the British, and delivered to the proper authorities of the United States in the State of Maine; said sum to be paid to the several persons herein- before named, or to their heirs or legal representatives, in equal parts.
Approved, August 16, 1856. Chapter CIV: for the Relief of Amos B. Eaton, a Commissary of Subsistence in the United States Army. 11 Stat. 463 1856-08-16 Chapter CIV Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 1 private
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