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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 17 STAT. · Dec. 20, 1872 · Chapter XI

Chapter XI. for the Relief of Samuel Hitchcock

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CHAP. XI.— An Act for the Relief of Samuel Hitchcock. Dec. 20, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Payment to Samuel Hitchcock. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be paid to Samuel Hitchcock, of Illinois, who was commissioned and served as a second lieutenant in company B, thirty-sixth regiment of Illinois volunteers, the pay and allowances of a second lieutenant for such time as he actually served as a lieutenant, or was a prisoner in the hands of the enemy after having so served, deducting therefrom whatever pay he received as a sergeant for the same period, and the said payment shall be made from any money appropriated for the pay of the army.
Approved, December 20, 1872.
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