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

Chapter XI. *for the Relief of Calvin Hall, Assignee of William Jones.* August 23, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Secretary of the Treasury pay to Calvin Hall, assignee of William Jones, such a sum of Payment to Calvin

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Chap. XI.— An Act *for the Relief of Calvin Hall, Assignee of William Jones.* August 23, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Secretary of the Treasury pay to Calvin Hall, assignee of William Jones, such a sum of Payment to Calvin Hall, assignee of Wm. Jones.money as shall equal the value of three hundred and two sheep belonging to said Jones, and which were improperly seized and sold by the government officers, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one, for an alleged nonpayment of duties. Approved, August 23, 1856.
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