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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 20 STAT. · June 18, 1878 · Chapter 280

Chapter 280. for the relief of Amos B

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CHAP. 280.— An Act for the relief of Amos B. FergusonJune 18, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,A. B. Ferguson.Payment to. That the Paymaster-General of the United States Army be, and be is hereby, required to cause to be paid, out of any money appropriated, or which may hereafter be appropriated, for the payment of the Army of the United States, to Amos B. Ferguson, late second lieutenant Eightieth New York Infantry Volunteers, (called also Twentieth New York State Militia,) a sum that shall be equal to the pay of a second lieutenant of infantry of the United States Army in active service, from the twenty-second day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to the twenty-sixth day of September, anno Domini, eighteen hundred and sixty four, deducting therefrom any amount that be may have received as pay of a non-commissioned officer or private for the same period of time Approved, June 18, 1878.
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