BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled,
THATthe Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay,
out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three thousand
one hundred and seventy five dollars and eleven cents to Thomas Rhodes, in full satisfaction
for the expenses incurred by him in opening and constructing a road from Mobile, in
Alabama, to Pascagoula bay, for the transportation of the mail in the year eighteen
hundred and twenty-eight, in pursuance of an implied authority and contract from the
Post Master General.
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January 5th. 1848
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Asbury Dickins–January 5th. 1848
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An act
for the relief of Thomas Rhodes
An act
for the relief of Thomas Rhodes
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In the House of Representatives U
August 1848
Resolved That this bill
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August 1848
Resolved That this bill
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Partially Printed Document, 2 page(s), Volume 468, RG 46, Entry 427: Records of the United States Senate, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the Senate, Senate Bills and Resolutions Upon Which Further Action Was Taken, 1847-1849, NAB