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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · May 1, 1820 · Chapter LV

Chapter LV. for the relief of John Steele

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Chap. LV.— An Act for the relief of John Steele. May 1, 1820. *Be it enacted, &c., * That, for the discharge of a judgment obtained against John Steele, collector of Philadelphia, on account of his refusalDischarge of a judgment against him as collector, &c. to grant a clearance for the Spanish brig Los Dos Amigos, in which refusal the said collector acted under an instruction from the department of state, a sum, not exceeding three thousand three hundred dollars, be, 242 SIXTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60. 1820. and the same is hereby appropriated; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 1, 1820.
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