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Private Law 27–C
for the relief of Nathaniel Mitchell.
Approved July 27, 1842
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of Nathaniel Mitchell.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That the Treasurer of the United States pay to
1842, ch. 197.
Nathaniel Mitchell the sum of nine hundred and thirty-one dollars and sixty cents, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 101, 102, 103, 104. 1842. out of the fund appropriated for the service of the Post Office Department;
Payment to him for amour expended in a certain suit.
being the amount paid by said Mitchell in defending a suit brought against him by William Merriam, for acts done by said Mitchell under orders from the Postmaster-General, in arresting the said Merriam on a charge for violating the Post Office laws of the United States.
Approved, .