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

Chapter CX. for the Relief of Dempsey Pittman

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Chap. CX.— An Act for the Relief of Dempsey Pittman.August 16, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatSettlement of accounts of Dempsey Pittman.1858, ch. 62.*Post,* p. 534. the proper accounting officers of the treasury, under the direction of the Secretary of War, are hereby authorized and directed to audit and settle the account of Dempsey Pittman against the United States, for his military services in Florida, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and pay him such compensation and allowance as may be found to be justly due him, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Provided,* that the amount shall in no case exceed the pay of a colonel of infantry for five months.
Approved, August 16, 1856. Chapter CXI: granting a Pension to Samuel B. Porter, a Soldier in the late War with Great Britain. 11 Stat. 465 1856-08-16 Chapter CXI 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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