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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · April 18, 1814 · Chapter LXXII

Chapter LXXII. for the relief of George Hamilton

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Chap. LXXII.— An Act for the relief of George Hamilton. April 18, 1814. *Be it enacted, &c., * To be discharged from imprisonment. That George Hamilton, who is confined in prison in the county of Washington, state of Pennsylvania, on a judgment obtained against him in favor of the United States, be discharged from his imprisonment: Provided, however, That any estate which the said George Hamilton now has, or may hereafter acquire, shall be liable to be taken in the same manner as if he had not been imprisoned and discharged. Approved, April 18, 1814.
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