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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · August 23, 1856 · Chapter IX

Chapter IX. *for the Relief of John Otis.* August 23, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to John Otis the sum of nine hundred and seventeen John Otis to be paid $917.60.dollars and fitly c

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Chap. IX.— An Act *for the Relief of John Otis.* August 23, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to John Otis the sum of nine hundred and seventeen John Otis to be paid $917.60.dollars and fitly cents, in full compensation for services rendered in taking care of the sick and wounded at the battle of Sandy Creek, and for quarters and material furnished the wounded prisoners at said battle, in the year eighteen hundred and fourteen. Approved, August 23, 1856.
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