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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 31 STAT. · June 6, 1900 · Chapter 839

Chapter 839. For the relief of Joshua Bishop

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CHAP. 839.— An Act For the relief of Joshua Bishop. June 6, 1900. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Joshua Bishop. Claim of, referred to Court of Claims, etc. That the claim of Joshua Bishop for alleged items of pay due and unpaid to him for services as a lieu-tenant-commander, United States Navy, between the dates of September thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, and March ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims.
Jurisdiction is hereby conferred on said court to try said cause—the statute of limitations shall not apply thereto—and to render final judgment therein, subject to the right of appeal by either party. Approved, June 6, 1900.
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