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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · Jan. 10, 1812 · Chapter XIII

Chapter XIII. for the relief of John Burnham

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Chap. XIII.— An Act for the relief of John Burnham. Jan. 10, 1812. *Be it enacted, &c., * That there be paid to John Burnham, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of oneReimbursement of money advanced for his ransom.Act of May 30, 1796, ch. 41, sec. 4. hundred and twenty-six dollars and seventy-two cents, and the interest on the same since the thirtieth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, which, in addition to the sum allowed him by the act of that date, is to be considered as a reimbursement of the money by him advanced for his ransom from captivity in Algiers. Approved, January 10, 1812. 103
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