Chapter CLIII. for the Relief of Anton L
137 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-12/chapter-cliii-3762026·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Chap. CLIII.— An Act for the Relief of Anton L. C. Portman.June 16, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treas-862THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 153, 154, 155, 156, 159. 1860.ury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of any money in the treasuryPayment to Anton L. C. Portman as Dutch interpreter. not otherwise appropriated, to Anton L. C. Portman, late clerk to Commodore M.
C. Perry, while in command of the East India squadron, the sum of three thousand dollars, for his services as Dutch interpreter during the negotiation of the treaty between the United States and the empire of Japan, from the preliminary preparations to the final completion of said negotiations. Approved, June 16, 1860.