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

Chapter CXLVI. for the Relief of the Representatives and Sureties of Robert King, deceased

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Chap. CXLVI.— An Act for the Relief of the Representatives and Sureties of Robert King, deceased.August 18, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the district attorney ofTHIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 147, 148, 149, 150. 1856.471 the United States for the district of East Tennessee be authorized, andSuit on the official bond of Robert King to be dismissed.Claim released.Proviso for a readjustment of his accounts and payment of any balance due. he is hereby directed, to dismiss the suit by him instituted in favor of the United States on the official bond of the late Robert King, former pension agent at Knoxville, Tennessee; and that the claim of the United States founded upon said bond, and sought to be enforced in said suit, be, and the same is hereby, released and discharged: *Provided,* however, That the accounting officer of the Treasury shall first adjust the accounts of Robert King as pension agent, allowing to the defendants for him two per cent, on the moneys paid out by him for all the time he acted as such agent, and for which he was never allowed, and that the defendants shall have first paid the balance, if any, which may be found due to the United States.
Approved, August 18, 1856. Chapter CXLVII: granting a Pension to Benjamin Berry, a Soldier of the Revolution. 11 Stat. 471 1856-08-18 Chapter CXLVII 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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