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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · August 26, 1842 · Chapter CCXV

Chapter CCXV. *for the relief of James Tongue, John Scrivener, and the legal representatives of William Hodson, deceased.* August 26, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hePayment for property destroyed. hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury

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Chap. CCXV.— An Act *for the relief of James Tongue, John Scrivener, and the legal representatives of William Hodson, deceased.* August 26, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hePayment for property destroyed. hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to James Tongue, the sum of eighteen hundred and thirty-seven dollars and seventy-eight cents; and to John ' Scrivener the sum of three thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; and to the legal representatives of William Hodson, deceased, the sum of three thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars and thirty-nine cents; the same being for their buildings, valued at the sums aforesaid, which were occupied by a detachment of militia, and in consequence thereof destroyed by the British, about the month of October, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen.
Approved, August 26, 1842. Chapter CCXVI: for the relief of David Freelove. 6 Stat. 866 1842-08-26 Chapter CCXVI 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 27 2 private
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*for the relief of James Tongue, John Scrivener, and the legal representatives of William Hodson, deceased.* August 26, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hePayment for property destroyed. hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury
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