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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · July 30, 1856 · Chapter LXXI

Chapter LXXI. for the Relief of the

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Chap. LXXI.— An Act for the Relief of the. Owners and Sharesmen of the Fishing Schooners Wanderer, Mary, Olive Branch, Two Brothers, and Brothers.July 30, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatPayment of certain fishing bounties. the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, to the owners of the fishing schooners hereinafter mentioned the following sums, respectively:
To theOwners of the Sch. Wanderer, of Bristol. owners of the schooner Wanderer, of Bristol, Maine, one hundred and thirty-six dollars, as bounty for eighteen hundred and forty-eight. To theSch. Mary, of Brooksville. owners of the schooner Mary, of Brooksville, Maine, one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and eighty-one cents, as bounty for eighteen hundred and fifty-two. To theSch. Olive Branch, of Sedgewick, Me. owners of the schooner Olive Branch, of Sedge wick, Maine, one hundred and fifty-four dollars and ninety cents, as bounty for eighteen hundred and fifty-two.
To theSch. Two Brothers, of Sedgewick, Me. owners of the schooner Two Brothers, of Sedgewick, Maine, one hundred and twenty-six dollars and thirty-five cents, as bounty for eighteen hundred and fifty-two. To theSch. Brothers, of Lyme, Conn. schooner Brothers, of Lyme, Connecticut, three hundred and sixty dollars, as bounty for eighteen hundred and fifty-three. THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 74, 75, 76. 1856.455 SaidSaid amounts how to be divided. sums to be divided among the owners and sharesmen of said schooners, respectively, as now provided by existing laws.
Approved, July 30, 1856. Chapter LXXIV: directing a Settlement of the Account of David Gordon. 11 Stat. 455 1856-08-01 Chapter LXXIV 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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