Chapter CXVII. for the Relief of Commodore Hiram Paulding
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Chap. CXVII.— An Act for the Relief of Commodore Hiram Paulding.June 20, 1862. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedPayment to Hiram Paulding for expenses of lawsuit. States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to Commodore Hiram Paulding, of the United States navy, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twelve hundred dollars, or so much thereof as he may be satisfied is necessary to reimburse him for his expenses incurred in defending himself against a suit brought against him for taking Charles McDonald (one of William Walker’s followers) from the steamer “Morgan,” at San Juan del Norte, in Nicaragua, and sending him on board the United States ship “Saratoga,” in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, the said Paulding being at the time flag-officer in command of the home squadron, and acting in the line of his duty.
Approved, June 20, 1862.