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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 20 STAT. · November 23, 1877 · Chapter 4

Chapter 4. to remove the political disabilities of Charles W

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CHAP. 4.— An Act to remove the political disabilities of Charles W. Field, of King George County, VirginiaNov. 23, 1877. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of each House concurring therein,)*,Charles W. Field.Political disabilities removed. That the political disabilities imposed upon Charles W. Field, of King George County, Virginia, by the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, on account of his participation in the rebellion, are hereby removed. Approved, November 23, 1877.
(493)RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: authorizing the payment of Rev John Poisal D. D. late Chaplain of the House of Representatives for time of his service as such without taking the oaths prescribed by law. Private Resolution 1 20 Stat. 495 1877-11-17 United States Government Publishing Office 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. Digitization Vendor 2026-03-05 45 1 private [No. 1.] Joint resolution authorizing the payment of Rev John Poisal D. D. late Chaplain of the House of Representatives for time of his service as such without taking the oaths prescribed by law.Nov. 23, 1877. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Rev. John Poisal, D. D. That the Clerk of the House of Representatives be and he is hereby authorized to pay out of the fund appropriated for that purpose, to the Rev John Poisal D. D., late chaplainPayment of salary to. of the House of Representatives, the salary provided for the chaplain of the House by law, from the fifteenth day of October eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, the date of his election, to the seventh day of November eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, the day of his resignation inclusive it appearing by the Journal that he has without taking the oaths required by law entered upon and discharged the duties of said office during that period. Approved, November 17, 1877.
(495)45 2 1877 1878 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the second, session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the second day of December*, 1877, *and, was adjourned without day on Thursday, the twentieth day of June*, 1878. Rutherford B. Hayes, President. William A. Wheeler, Vice-President and President of the Senate. Thomas W, Ferry was chosen President of the Senate *pro tempore* on the twenty-sixth of February, 1878. He was elected to the same position on the seventeenth of April, 1878, and continued to act as such until the end of the session. Samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Milton Sayler was chosen Speaker *pro tempore* on the eighteenth of May, and acted as such from the twentieth until the twenty-fourth of May, 1878.
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