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

Chapter CXLVIII. *for the relief of Winslow Lewis.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Winslow Lewis, out of thePayment for rebuilding light-house at Caps Florida. sum appropriated for rebuilding the light-house at Cape Florid

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Chap. CXLVIII.— An Act *for the relief of Winslow Lewis.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Winslow Lewis, out of thePayment for rebuilding light-house at Caps Florida. sum appropriated for rebuilding the light-house at Cape Florida, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one dollars and sixty-eight cents, for his expenses actually incurred in chartering a vessel, employing hands, &c. for the purpose of rebuilding the light-house at Cape Florida; which he was prevented from doing by the hostility of the Seminole Indians, and the suggestion of the superintending agent of the Government.
Approved, March 3, 1839.
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