Volume 6
Private Law 16–CCCXXVIII
for the relief of James Sutherland and Rebecca his wife, formerly Rebecca Parkerson.
Approved July 2, 1836
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of James Sutherland and Rebecca his wife, formerly Rebecca Parkerson.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That the proper accounting officers shall ascertain
Seven years’ half pay of a lieutenant to be allowed.
the amount due to the said Rebecca, the only child of James Parkerson, who was a lieutenant in the continental line during the revolutionary war, and who died in the service, for the seven years’ half pay of a lieutenant, promised by a resolution of the Congress of the United States, and when ascertained, that they pay said sum to the said James Sutherland and Rebecca his wife, in full compensation for said seven years’ half pay, as promised by said resolution.
Sec. 2.
And be it further enacted, That the sum found to be due be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, .