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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · August 13, 1856 · Chapter XCVI

Chapter XCVI. for the Relief of Charles Stearns

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Chap. XCVI.— An Act for the Relief of Charles Stearns.August 13, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatCharles Stearns to be paid $5,000. the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Charles Stearns, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, to indemnify him for losses sustained and expenses incurred in defending his title to certain lands claimed by the United States; and also in defending two criminal prosecutions brought against him by direction of the Secretary of War.
Approved, August 13, 1856. Chapter XCVII: to construe the Act entitled, “An Act for the Relief of James M. Goggin,” approved twenty-seventh July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. 11 Stat. 461 1856-08-13 Chapter XCVII 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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