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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · July 7, 1838 · Chapter CCXX

Chapter CCXX. *for the relief of Joseph Prescott.*July 7, 1838. *Be it enacted, &c*.,That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be,Allowed five years’ full pay of a surgeon. and they are hereby, required to adjust and settle the account of Doctor Joseph Prescott, late a surgeon of the army of the United

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Chap. CCXX.— An Act *for the relief of Joseph Prescott.*July 7, 1838. *Be it enacted, &c*.,That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be,Allowed five years’ full pay of a surgeon. and they are hereby, required to adjust and settle the account of Doctor Joseph Prescott, late a surgeon of the army of the United States on continental establishment, and allow him five years’ full pay of a surgeon of the army, in commutation of the half pay for life promised by the resolutions of Congress; and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 7, 1838.
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