United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 91

3252552United States Statutes at Large, Volume 4 — Public Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress, First Session, Chapter 91United States Congress


June 27, 1834.

Chap. XCI.An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to establish a pension agency in the town of Decatur, in the state of Alabama; and to provide for the paying of certain pensioners in said town of Decatur.

Secretary of War to establish an agency at Decatur.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized to establish a pension agency at Decatur, in the state of Alabama, for the payment of pensioners of the United States, resident in the counties of Jackson, Madison, Limestone, Lauderdale, Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, Blount, Jefferson, Walker, Fayette, and Marion; Provided, That the establishment of such agency can be made without any charge to the United States.

Secretary of the Treasury to make arrangements for payment of pensioners.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to make the necessary arrangements with the branch of the bank of the state of Alabama, established in the said town of Decatur, for the payment of the pensioners herein before described.

Act to take effect August 1.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not take effect until the first day of August next.

Approved, June 27, 1834.