Chapter LXXXI. for the Relief of John Chasseaud, the Consul of the United States for Syria and Palestine
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Chap. LXXXI.— An Act for the Relief of John Chasseaud, the Consul of the United States for Syria and Palestine. Aug. 3, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Amount due for salary to be paid to John Chasseaud. That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to pay to John Chasseaud, consul of the United States for Syria and Palestine, whatever amount there may be due said Chasseaud for salary while acting as consul aforesaid, and which the Secretary of the Treasury has no authority in law to pay, in consequence of a failure on the part of said Chasseaud to furnish the department of state with the bond and two sureties required by law, although he performed the duties of consul, and was recognized as such by the government of the United States.
Approved, August 3, 1846.