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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · Jan. 7, 1824 · Chapter V

Chapter V. for the relief of Thomas W

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Chap. V.— An Act for the relief of Thomas W. Bacot. Jan. 7, 1824. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the Postmaster-General of the United States Payment to him out of the funds of the General Post Office Department.shall be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay Thomas W. Bacot, postmaster at Charleston, South Carolina, three hundred dollars, out of the funds of his department; it being the amount paid by said Bacot, for apprehending and re-delivery of Patrick Smith, who had escaped from the state prison of said state, where he was confined on conviction had in the Circuit Court of the United States at Charleston, for robbing the mail. Approved, January 7, 1824.
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