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 hereby is, authorized and directed to pay
to William Woodbridge and Henry Chipman, late judges of the United States for the
territory of Michigan, for four years’ services in as-certaining, adjusting, and settling
claims to land, and performing other duties in conformity with the act entitled “An
act to provide for the adjustment of titles of land in the town of Detroit and territory
of Michigan, and for other purposes,” approved the twenty-first April, eighteen hundred
and six, and with “An act relative to the plan of Detroit in Michigan territory,”
approved the twenty-eighth May, eighteen hundred and thirty; and that they be allowed
five hundred dollars each per annum, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
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06/16/1848
Secretary
06/16/1848
Passed the Senate
June 16. 1848
Attest
Asbury Dickins—June 16. 1848
Attest
Secretary
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An act to provide compensation to William Woodbridge and Henry Chipman for services and adjusting titles to land in Michigan, and for other purposes.
An act to provide compensation to William Woodbridge and Henry Chipman for services and adjusting titles to land in Michigan, and for other purposes.
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HR. Pub. Lands
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Papers
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