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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · Feb. 20, 1856 · Chapter I

Chapter I. *to relieve the Commissioner of Pensions from the Performance of certain clerical Duties.* Feb. 20, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Commissioner of Pensions is hereby authorized, with the approval of th

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Chap. I.— 1 An Act *to relieve the Commissioner of Pensions from the Performance of certain clerical Duties.* Feb. 20, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Commissioner of Pensions is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Secretary of theAppointment of a person to sign bounty land certificates or warrants. Interior, to appoint such person as may from time to time be thought proper to sign the name of said Commissioner of Pensions to certificates or warrants for bounty land; and all such certificates or warrants so signed shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as if signed by said commissioner.
Approved, February 20, 1856. Chapter IV: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to change the Names of Vessels in certain Cases. 11 Stat. 1 1856-03-05 Chapter IV 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 2 public
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*to relieve the Commissioner of Pensions from the Performance of certain clerical Duties.* Feb. 20, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Commissioner of Pensions is hereby authorized, with the approval of th
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