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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · Feb. 23, 1859 · Chapter XLVIII

Chapter XLVIII. *for the Relief of Samuel A

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Chap. XLVIII.— An Act *for the Relief of Samuel A. Fairchilds.* Feb. 23, 1859. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury Accounts of Samuel A. Fairchilds to be audited and settled.be, and he is hereby, directed to audit and settle the accounts of Samuel A. Fairchilds, for expenses and services in arresting and bringing to trial certain persons charged with robbing the mails of the United States, and to pay to the said Samuel A.
Fairchilds, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, whatever sum the said Fairchild may show, by proper evidence, he expended in arresting and securing the said parties and delivering them to the authorities of the United States THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 49, 50, 51, 52, 53. 1859. 563also to pay him a fair compensation for his services in the premises: *Provided,* That the whole amount paid him under this bill shall not exceed Payment not to exceed $802.50.the sum of eight hundred and two dollars and fifty cents.
Approved, February 23, 1859.
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