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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · March 7, 1838 · Chapter XXI

Chapter XXI. *for the relief of Eli Horton.*March 7, 1838. *Be it enacted, &c*.,That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Eli Horton, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,Patent fee to be refunded. thirty dollars, being the amount he paid into the treasury for a patent which he has not tak

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Chap. XXI.— An Act *for the relief of Eli Horton.*March 7, 1838. *Be it enacted, &c*.,That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Eli Horton, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,Patent fee to be refunded. thirty dollars, being the amount he paid into the treasury for a patent which he has not taken out and abandons his intention to do so. Approved, March 7, 1838.
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