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

Chapter CXXXVII. for the Relief of the Heirs of Jabes B

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Chap. CXXXVII.— An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Jabes B. Rooker, deceased.August 18, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatAccounts of Jabez B. Rooker to be settled and adjusted. the proper accounting officers of the treasury, be directed to settle and adjust the accounts of Jabez B. Rooker, deceased, late clerk to the Commissioner of Public Buildings, and to allow at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum for the time he was actually employed in said service subsequently to thePayment to be made to his surviving children. third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-three; and that the amount so found due, after deducting all sums paid to him for his services during said period, be paid to the surviving children of said Rooker, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, August 18, 1856. Chapter CXXXVIII: for the Relief of John H. Scranton and James M. Hunt. 11 Stat. 468 1856-08-18 Chapter CXXXVIII 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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