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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · March 3, 1839 · Chapter CCXXXIX

Chapter CCXXXIX. *for the relief of Jesse Seymour, or his representatives, and in alteration of an act entitled “An act respecting the late officers and crew of the sloop of war Wasp,” approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixteen.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the limitation contained in the th

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Chap. CCXXXIX.— An Act *for the relief of Jesse Seymour, or his representatives, and in alteration of an act entitled “An act respecting the late officers and crew of the sloop of war Wasp,” approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixteen.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the limitation contained in the third sectionLimitation contained in 3d section of act of April 20, 1816, ch. 65, extended, &c. of said act, of two years, for the presentment of claims under and in virtue thereof, so far forth as the same may relate to, or operate upon, Jesse Seymour, one of the crew of said sloop of war Wasp, or his representatives, be, and the same hereby is, suspended and extended for the term of two years from and after the passage of this act; and within that time the claim of said Seymour or his representatives, by virtue of said act, may be presented, and in all respects proceeded with as though no such limitation had been passed; and the sum which may thereupon be allowed shall be paid out of the navy pension fund.
Approved, March 3, 1839.
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