Chapter CCLXIII. *for the relief of Aaron Pucker.*July 7, 1838. *Be it enacted, &c*.,That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Aaron Tucker, of theTo be placed on pension roll. state of Maine, on the roll of invalid pensioners, and that he be allowed a pension of ei
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Chap. CCLXIII.— An Act *for the relief of Aaron Pucker.*July 7, 1838. *Be it enacted, &c*.,That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Aaron Tucker, of theTo be placed on pension roll. state of Maine, on the roll of invalid pensioners, and that he be allowed a pension of eight dollars a month, from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, to continue during his natural life. Approved, July 7, 1838. RESOLUTIONS.
Resolution: for the relief of Vespasian Ellis. Resolution 1838-05-18 6 Stat. 743 3 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 2025-12-05 25 2 private No. 3. Resolution *for the relief of Vespasian Ellis.*May 18, 1838. Whereas Vespasian Ellis and Henry A. Wise, on the eighteenth of August, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, deposited in the Treasury ofPreamble. the United States the sum of four thousand dollars in gold, in compliance with the second section of the act making further provision for the sale of the public lands, approved twenty-fourth of April, eighteenAct of April 24, 1820, ch. 49. hundred and twenty, and received from the Treasurer of the United States forty receipts or certificates, of one hundred dollars each, dated eighteenth of August, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and numbered from forty to seventy-nine inclusive; and whereas, the said Henry A.
Wise, on the thirteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty- 744 TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 3. 1838. seven, assigned and conveyed his title and interest in and to said receipts or certificates for valuable consideration to said Ellis, supposing the same to be assignable; and whereas, the said section of the act aforesaid is so construed by the treasury department that the said receipts or certificates are not available to said Ellis under said assignment. *Be it therefore resolved, &c*., That the several receivers of the landReceivers of the land offices to receive the said receipts, &c. in payment for lands. offices be authorized and required to receive the said receipts or certificates from the said Vespasian Ellis, in payment for any lands which said Ellis may locate, and which are liable to private entry, or from the assignee or assignees of said Ellis when endorsed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office as hereinafter directed, for any such lands they may locate, in the same manner as though said receipts or certificates had been originally assignable. *And be it further resolved*, That the Commissioner of the GeneralCommissioner of the General Land Office to endorse said receipts, &c. as receivable.
Land Office be directed to endorse upon the said receipts or certificates that the same are receivable as aforesaid, from said Vespasian Ellis, or from his assignee or assignees. Approved, May 18, 1838. 25 3 1838 1839 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the third day of December*, 1833, *and ended on the third day of March*, 1839.
Martin Van Buren, President; Richard M. Johnson, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; William R. King, President of the Senate, pro tempore, from the twenty-sixth day of February; James K. Polk, Speaker of the House of Representatives. STATUTE III.
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*for the relief of Aaron Pucker.*July 7, 1838. *Be it enacted, &c*.,That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Aaron Tucker, of theTo be placed on pension roll. state of Maine, on the roll of invalid pensioners, and that he be allowed a pension of ei
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