Volume 50
Private Law 75–320
Authorizing the return of the commission of John Baptiste Ashe as a major in the Continental Army to Martha B. Rogers, nee Ashe.
Approved June 11, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
Authorizing the return of the commission of John Baptiste Ashe as a major in the Continental Army to Martha B. Rogers, nee Ashe.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Comptroller
John Baptiste Ashe.
Commission of, to be delivered to Martha B. Rogers, nee Ashe.
General is authorized and directed to deliver to Martha B. Rogers, nee Ashe, great-granddaughter of the late John Baptiste Ashe, formerly a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army, the commission of the said John Baptiste Ashe as a major in such Continental Army, signed by John Jay, President of the Congress, in 1779, which commission is now a part of the permanent records of the General Accounting Office.
Approved, June 11, 1937.