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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 17 STAT. · Jan. 10, 1873 · Chapter XXIX

Chapter XXIX. for the Relief of Samuel B

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CHAP. XXIX.— An Act for the Relief of Samuel B. Elliott, late acting Purser of the United States Vessel of War “The Flirt.” Jan. 10, 1873. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the proper accountingAllowance to Samuel B. Elliott in settlement of accounts. officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, directed to allow Samuel B. Elliott, late acfing purser of the United States vessel of war “The Flirt,” in the readjustment of his accounts, the sum of five hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-three cents, payable out of any money now or to be appropriated for the payment of officers and seamen of the navy, being the amount due for his services as acting purser, as aforesaid, after deducting the amount paid him as midshipman in the navy for the same period.
Approved, January 10, 1873.
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