Volume 6
Private Law 14–CXXVI
for the relief of Paul D. Sutler.
Approved April 27, 1816
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of Paul D. Sutler.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That the claim of Paul D. Butler, for a quantity of corn, potatoes and hay, alleged to have been used and consumed by the militia under the command of Brigadier-General Perkins, at Lower Sandusky, in the state of Ohio, in one thousand eight hundred and twelve, by order of the said commanding general, may be heard and decided on, according to the provisions of an act passed at the present
Act of April 9, 1816, ch. 40.
session of Congress, entitled “An act to authorize the payment for property lost, captured or destroyed, by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes.” And the commissioner under the aforesaid act shall proceed, in every respect therein, as if said militia had been part of the regular army of the United States.
Sec. 2.
And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof, when so ascertained, shall be paid to the said Paul D. Butler, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, .