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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 12 STAT. · August 5, 1861 · Chapter LII

Chapter LII. *making Appropriation to pay the Expenses of the Investigating Committees of the House of Representatives and Senate appointed the first Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, and of the Commission authorized to examine and report as to the Compensation of all Officers of the Government.* August 5,

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Chap. LII.— An Act *making Appropriation to pay the Expenses of the Investigating Committees of the House of Representatives and Senate appointed the first Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, and of the Commission authorized to examine and report as to the Compensation of all Officers of the Government.* August 5, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Appropriation for expenses of investigating committees.
That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars, to pay the expenses of the investigating committees of the Senate and House of Representatives appointed at the first session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, and also the expenses of the commission authorized to examine and report as to the How drawn and disbursed.compensation of all officers of the Government; said sum of money to be drawn from the Treasury as part of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, and to be disbursed in the mode provided by law for such expenses.
Approved, August 5, 1861. Chapter LIII: authorizing the Construction of twelve small Side-wheel Steamers. 11 Stat. 316 1861-08-05 Chapter LIII 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 2026-01-23 37 1 public
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Chapter LII
*making Appropriation to pay the Expenses of the Investigating Committees of the House of Representatives and Senate appointed the first Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, and of the Commission authorized to examine and report as to the Compensation of all Officers of the Government.* August 5,
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