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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · July 3, 1856 · Chapter LII

Chapter LII. authorizing a Settlement of the Accounts of Charles P

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Chap. LII.— An Act authorizing a Settlement of the Accounts of Charles P. Babcock, late Indian Agent at Detroit, in the State of Michigan.July 3, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatAccounts of Charles P. Babcock, adjustment of. the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and required to adjust and pay the accounts of Charles P. Babcock, late Indian Agent at Detroit, in the State of Michigan; and that in making such adjustment, certain vouchers, heretofore presented by him, and now on file, for expenses incurred for premiums in exchanging gold for silver coin, and also for one quarter’s salary for his own services, shall be allowed and paid: *Provided,*Proviso.
That any balance thus found due said Babcock, shall first be applied in liquidation of his indebtedness to the United States, if any there shall be, and the remainder only shall be paid to him: *And provided further,* That the sum allowed to him shall not exceed the sum of four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twenty-two cents. Approved, July 3, 1856. Chapter LIII: to authorize the issue of a Register to the Barque Tropic Bird. 11 Stat. 451 1856-07-03 Chapter LIII 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.
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