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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · April 1, 1856 · Chapter X

Chapter X. for the Relief of the Distributees of Colonel William Linn

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Chap. X.— An Act for the Relief of the Distributees of Colonel William Linn.April 1, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatPayment to Mrs. E. A. R. Linn for distributees of Col. Wm. Linn, on her giving a bond. the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby directed and required to settle with the distributees of Colonel William Linn, an officer in the revolutionary army, and to allow them five years’ full pay as a colonel, which is the commutation of half-pay for life, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
The money to be paid to Mrs. Elizabeth A. R. Linn, upon giving satisfactory security to the said accounting officers, to be by her distributed according to the laws of the State of Missouri: *Provided,* That the sura hereby directed to be paid shall be in full of all claims of the descendants or representatives of the said Colonel William Linn under any laws of the United States now or heretofore in force. Approved, April 1, 1856. Chapter XV: for the Relief of Jacob Dodson. 11 Stat. 446 1856-04-18 Chapter XV 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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