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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 9 STAT. · March 3, 1849 · Chapter CLXXVIII

Chapter CLXXVIII. for the Relief of Charles Benns

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Chap. CLXXVIII.— An Act for the Relief of Charles Benns. March 3, 1849. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, $387 20 to be paid Charles Benns, in full satisfaction of his claim against the U. States. That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Charles Benns, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, so much as remains undisturbed in the treasury of the United States, the sum of three hundred and eightyseven dollars and twenty cents; being the nett amount paid into the treasury from the sale of his effects, which had been seized for nonpayment of duties, in full discharge and satisfaction of his claim, specified in the accompanying report.
Approved, March 3, 1849.
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