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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · Jan. 31, 1837 · Chapter VII

Chapter VII. *for the relief of Robert P

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Chap. VII.— An Act *for the relief of Robert P. Letcher and Thomas P. Moore.* Jan. 31, 1837. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That there be paid out of any money in the Allowance for pay and traveling expenses.treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Robert P. Letcher, the sum of one thousand five hundred and forty-four dollars, and to Thomas P. Moore, the like sum of one thousand five hundred and forty-four dollars, the same being at the rate of eight dollars per day from the second day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, to the twelfth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, both inclusive, being the period occupied by the House of Representatives of the United States of the twenty-third Congress, in deciding the contest for a seat in the said House, as the Representative for the fifth Congressional district of the state of Kentucky, which seat was claimed by each of said parties; and that the allowance for travelling, as fixed by law for a member of Congress, be, and the same is hereby, granted and allowed to the said Robert P.
Letcher, and to the said Thomas P. Moore, for coming to, and returning from, the seat of Government to their residences, respectively, upon the most usual and accustomed route of travel; the amount of which allowance shall be ascertained by the accounting officers, and paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, January 31, 1837. Chapter VIII: for the relief of Norman Holt. 6 Stat. 684 1837-01-31 Chapter VIII Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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