Chapter CLXI. *for the settlement of the accounts of Silas Deane.* August 11, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, directed to audit and settle the ac-countsCertain accounts to be Bellied. of Silas Deane arising under a contract with t
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Chap. CLXI.— An Act *for the settlement of the accounts of Silas Deane.* August 11, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, directed to audit and settle the ac-countsCertain accounts to be Bellied. of Silas Deane arising under a contract with the committee of secrecy of Congress, dated the nineteenth of February, seventeen hundred and seventy-six, and under his appointments as commercial and political agent, and afterwards as commissioner in France: *Provided*,Proviso.
That the commission of five per cent, specified in said contract, be allowed on the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, only; and that on all purchases or supplies furnished by Mr. Deane beyond that sum, a commission of two and a half per centum, and no more, be allowed; and further, that no commissions be allowed on any purchases or sup-plies made or contracted for by him, subsequent to the twenty-eighth 858 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 162, 163, 164. 1842. day of December, seventeen hundred and seventy-six, the day on which he commenced the discharge of his duties as an ambassador:
Proviso.*And provided further*, That the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars, ordered to be paid said Deane for his attendance on Congress, by a resolution of that body of the twenty-sixth of August, seventeen hundred and seventy-nine, be allowed as payable in paper money, and not in specie; and the sum found due shall be paid to the heirs at law of the said Deane, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Proviso.*Provided*, That the said sum shall not exceed the sum found due to the said Silas Deane by a report of the Treasury Department to the Senate made in pursuance of a resolution of the twenty-sixth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.
Approved, August 11, 1842. Chapter CLXII: for the relief of George W. Paschal. 6 Stat. 858 1842-08-11 Chapter CLXII 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 settlement of the accounts of Silas Deane.* August 11, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, directed to audit and settle the ac-countsCertain accounts to be Bellied. of Silas Deane arising under a contract with t
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