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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · August 11, 1842 · Chapter CLIX

Chapter CLIX. *for the relief of Benjamin C

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Chap. CLIX.— An Act *for the relief of Benjamin C. Roberta.* August 11, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay to the personal representative of Benjamin P. Roberts,Payment for house-room and fuel furnished British prisoners, See. deceased, the sum of fifty-two dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; that being the amount due said estate for house room and fuel, furnished by said Roberts to certain British prisoners and their guard during the year eighteen hundred and fifteen.
Approved, August 11, 1842. Chapter CLX: for the relief of James Seaburn. 6 Stat. 857 1842-08-11 Chapter CLX 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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