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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 5 STAT. · May 20, 1836 · Chapter LXXVII

Chapter LXXVII. *explanatory of the act entitled “An act to prevent defalcations on the part of the disbursing agents of the Government, and for other purposes.”* May 20, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Act of Jan. 1828, ch. 2,

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Chap. LXXVII.— An Act *explanatory of the act entitled “An act to prevent defalcations on the part of the disbursing agents of the Government, and for other purposes.”* May 20, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Act of Jan. 1828, ch. 2, not to apply to pensions. That, the act entitled “An act to prevent defalcations on the part of the disbursing agents of the Government, and for other purposes,” approved the twenty-fifth of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, shall not be construed to authorize the pension of any pensioner of the United States to be withheld.
Approved, May 20, 1836. Chapter LXXIX: for the relief of the several corporate cities of the District of Columbia. 5 Stat. 31 1836-05-20 Chapter LXXIX Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-11-29 24 2 public
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*explanatory of the act entitled “An act to prevent defalcations on the part of the disbursing agents of the Government, and for other purposes.”* May 20, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Act of Jan. 1828, ch. 2,
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