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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 12 STAT. · May 22, 1860 · Chapter LII

Chapter LII. for the Relief of George B

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Chap. LII.— An Act for the Relief of George B. Bacon, late acting Purser of the Sloop-of-War Portsmouth.May 22, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, directed to allow to GeorgeGeorge B. Bacon to be allowed pay of purser, in settlement of his account. B. Bacon, late acting purser of the sloop-of-war Portsmouth, in the settlement of his accounts, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount properly payable to a purser of a sloop-of-war, for his services as acting purser as aforesaid, during the period he acted as purser, deducting therefrom the amount paid to said Bacon, for the same period, as commander’s clerk.
Approved, May 22, 1860.
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