Chapter XV. *for the Relief of certain Musicians and Soldiers stationed at Port Sumter, in South Carolina.* July 24, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to pay,
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Chap. XV.— An Act *for the Relief of certain Musicians and Soldiers stationed at Port Sumter, in South Carolina.* July 24, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to pay, out of any money in theCertain musicians and soldiers at Fort Sumter to be paid for losses of private property. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eleven hundred and fifty dollars to remunerate soldiers and members of the band stationed at Fort Sumter, in South Carolina, for losses of private property incurred in the removal from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, on the evening of December twenty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty; said sum to be distributed as follows, namely:
To the band, four hundred dollars; to company E, first artillery, five hundred dollars; to company H, first artillery, two hundred and fifty dollars; and to be divided among the members of said band and 274THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 16, 17, 18. 1861.said companies suffering losses, or the heirs of such persons as aforesaid, according to the award of the commanding officers of the several commands. Approved, July 24, 1861. Chapter XVI: for the Relief of the Ohio and other Volunteers. 11 Stat. 274 1861-07-24 Chapter XVI 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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*for the Relief of certain Musicians and Soldiers stationed at Port Sumter, in South Carolina.* July 24, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to pay,
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