Volume 6
Private Law 16–CV
for the relief of Matthew C. Perry, a master commandant in the Navy of the United States.
Approved March 3, 1835
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of Matthew C. Perry, a master commandant in the Navy of the United States.
Be it enacted, &c.,
Payment for extra services, &c.
That there be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Matthew C. Perry, master commandant in the navy of the United States, a sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars, for extra services and expenses incurred by him, while commanding the United States sloop of war Concord, in obedience to orders, and, more particularly, in the reception, on board his ship, of Mehemet Ali, the Pacha of Egypt, and a numerous suite.
Approved, .