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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · March 2, 1839 · Chapter LXI

Chapter LXI. *for the relief of Thomas McClelland and James Smith.*March 2, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That Thomas McClelland and James Smith,Sureties of S

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Chap. LXI.— An Act *for the relief of Thomas McClelland and James Smith.*March 2, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That Thomas McClelland and James Smith,Sureties of S. Smith, receiver of public moneys, released from their liabilities.Proviso. sureties of the late Samuel Smith, receiver of public moneys at Saint Stephen’s, in an official bond, bearing date the fifth day of August, eighteen hundred and twelve, be, and they are hereby, released from their said liabilities: *Provided*, That nothing in this act contained shall be held to discharge the estate of the said Samuel Smith from the payment of any balance which may be due the United States for moneys received by him while receiver as aforesaid.
Approved, March 2, 1839.
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