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18th Congress · 1823–1825
S. 53
A Bill To provide for the extinguishment of the debt due lo the United States, by the Purchasers of Public Lands
Senate
Latest action: Mr. King of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom the subject was referred, reported the following bill, which was read and passed to a sec… · February 18, 1824 Congress.gov lists other entries under this number in the 18th Congress (a later session reused it, or a later printed version of the bill): S. 53 (printed version 2), S. 53 (2nd session). Understand the measure
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Mr. King of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom the subject was referred, reported the following bill, which was read and passed to a second reading.
Recorded February 18, 1824, as the clerk wrote it
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