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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · August 18, 1856 · Chapter CLIV

Chapter CLIV. for the Relief of John H

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Chap. CLIV.— An Act for the Relief of John H. Scranton and James M. Hunt, Owners of the Steamer “Major Tompkins.”August 18, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatPayment to J. H. Scranton and J. M. Hunt. the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John H. Scranton and James M. Hunt, owners of the steamer “Major Tompkins,” the sum of nine thousand six hundred dollars, in full satisfaction for the services rendered, and for the risk, loss, and damages incurred in saving the United States mails and treasure, and in rescuing the passengers and crew which were on board the steamer “Southerner,” at the time of the wreck of that vessel on the uninhabited coast of Washington Territory, in the month of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and for the clothing and subsistence necessarily furnished to said passengers and crew.
Approved, August 18, 1856. Chapter CLV: for the Relief of F. A. Cunningham, Paymaster United States Army. 11 Stat. 473 1856-08-18 Chapter CLV 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 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 155, 156, 157, 158. 1856.473
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