Chapter CXXVI. for the relief of Paul D
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Chap. CXXVI.— An Act for the relief of Paul D. Sutler. April 27, 1816. *Be it enacted, &c., * Claim to be settled. That the claim of Paul D. Butler, for a quantity of corn, potatoes and hay, alleged to have been used and consumed by the militia under the command of Brigadier-General Perkins, at Lower Sandusky, in the state of Ohio, in one thousand eight hundred and twelve, by order of the said commanding general, may be heard and decided on, according to the provisions of an act passed at the present Act of April 9, 1816, ch. 40.session of Congress, entitled “An act to authorize the payment for property lost, captured or destroyed, by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes.
” And the commissioner under the aforesaid act shall proceed, in every respect therein, as if said militia had been part of the regular army of the United States. Sec. 2. Appropriation. *And be it further enacted, *That the amount thereof, when so ascertained, shall be paid to the said Paul D. Butler, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 27, 1816.