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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · Feb. 17, 1836 · Chapter XX

Chapter XX. *for the relief of Lieutenant Washington Seawell.* Feb. 17, 1836. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized To be credited with money lost.and directed to credit Lieutenant Washington Seawell, any sum of money he may prove to the satisfaction of said Secretary, he had in

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Chap. XX.— An Act *for the relief of Lieutenant Washington Seawell.* Feb. 17, 1836. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized To be credited with money lost.and directed to credit Lieutenant Washington Seawell, any sum of money he may prove to the satisfaction of said Secretary, he had in his possession that belonged to the United States, and which he lost, without his fault, by the explosion of the steamboat Lioness, on Red river, on the nineteenth of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-three; not to exceed, in all, the sum of seven hundred and forty-nine dollars and seventy-eight cents.
Approved, February 17, 1836. Chapter XXI: for the relief of Laurentius M. Eiler. 6 Stat. 624 1836-02-17 Chapter XXI 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. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-05 16 2 private
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*for the relief of Lieutenant Washington Seawell.* Feb. 17, 1836. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized To be credited with money lost.and directed to credit Lieutenant Washington Seawell, any sum of money he may prove to the satisfaction of said Secretary, he had in
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