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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 12 STAT. · March 2, 1861 · Chapter XCIII

Chapter XCIII. for the Relief of John Y

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Chap. XCIII.— An Act for the Relief of John Y. Sewell.March 2, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That John Y. Sewell, for servicesPayment to John Y. Sewell for services in recovering a lost mail. in the restoration of the United States mail lost from the steamer Southerner on the coast of Washington Territory, and for expenses incurred in obtaining the same from the Indians who had it in their possession, be, and he is hereby, allowed the sum of one thousand dollars in full for his claim therefor, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 2, 1861.
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