Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 270.
(Report No. 275.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
February 29, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the
following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of John Percival, captain in the navy of the
United States.

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12 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the accounting officer of the Navy De-
partment, or the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury Depart-
ment, enter in the account of Captain John Percival a
credit equal to the amount there charged against said Per-
cival, for money paid by the purser of the United States
frigate Constitution, on her voyage to the Indian ocean,
and elsewhere, in the years eighteen hundred and forty-four
and eighteen hundred and forty-five, to Doctor J. C. Rein-
hardt, as naturalist; and cancel such account and charge
against said John Percival, for all money charged as afore

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15 said against him, whether paid by the purser, or by himself,
or by his order, to said Reinhardt or Chandler, acting as
naturalist, chaplain, or passed midshipman.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting officer of the Navy De- partment, or the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury Depart- ment, enter in the account of Captain John Percival a credit equal to the amount there charged against said Per- cival, for money paid by the purser of the United States frigate Constitution, on her voyage to the Indian ocean, and elsewhere, in the years eighteen hundred and forty-four and eighteen hundred and forty-five, to Doctor J. C. Rein- hardt, as naturalist; and cancel such account and charge against said John Percival, for all money charged as afore
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13 14 15	said against him, whether paid by the purser, or by himself, or by his order, to said Reinhardt or Chandler, acting as naturalist, chaplain, or passed midshipman.