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Private Law 25–CCXL
for the relief of Woodburne Potter.
Approved March 3, 1839
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of Woodburne Potter.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That the Secretary of War adjust the claim of
Claim for services as clerk to be adjusted, &c
Woodburne Potter for services as a clerk to General Gaines from the sixth of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, to September eight, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and allow to him therefor such reasonable compensation as he is entitled to, not however to exceed TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 5, 6, 7, 8. 1839. the amount heretofore certified by General Gaines and paid by the disbursing officer, but disallowed by the accounting officers, and charged to the account of General Gaines, under the one hundred and fourth paragraph of the regulations of the quartermaster’s department; that said allowance be carried to the credit of General Gaines on his account, if said debit shall stand against him; but if that shall have been paid by Woodburne Potter, then the amount so allowed shall be paid to said Potter out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, .