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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 12 STAT. · August 6, 1861 · Chapter LV

Chapter LV. *in Relation to the Office of Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of New York.* August 6, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That there shall be paid to theSalary of attorney of southern distric

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Chap. LV.— An Act *in Relation to the Office of Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of New York.* August 6, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That there shall be paid to theSalary of attorney of southern district of New York. attorney of the United States for the southern district of New York, quarterly, a salary at the rate of six thousand dollars per annum, and such additional sum as shall be necessary, together with the costs and fees now allowed by law to pay such amount as shall be fixed by the SecretaryExpenses of office. of the Interior for the proper expenses of the office, including salaries of assistants and clerks.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the accounts of said attorney,Accounts from April 4th, 1861, to be settled by this act. from and after the fourth day of April last, shall be adjusted and settled in the same manner as the same would have been adjusted and settled had this act been in operation on and after that day. Approved, August 6, 1861. Chapter LVI: to punish certain Crimes against the United States. 11 Stat. 317 1861-08-06 Chapter LVI 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.
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*in Relation to the Office of Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of New York.* August 6, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That there shall be paid to theSalary of attorney of southern distric
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