 | William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 452 pages
...applied for. On the.22d of 'March, congress resolved that the officers should be entitled to receive to the amount of five years full pay in money, or securities on interest at siK per cent, per ann, instead of half pay for life. Though this commutation was granted, the fears... | |
 | William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 452 pages
...the.22d of March, congress resolved that the officers should be entitled to receive to the amount of live years full pay in money, or securities on interest at six per cent, per ann, instead of half pay for life. l^hough this commutation was granted, the fear* of ihe army were... | |
 | David Ramsay - History - 1817 - 522 pages
...some time pending, that the offiicers of the army, who preferred a sum in gross to an annuity, should be entitled to receive the amount of five years full pay, in money or securities at six per cent. per annum,, instead of the half pay for life, which had been previously promised them.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 590 pages
...presumed that all his claims were adjusted and settled. On the '22d of March, 1783, Congress resolved, that such officers as are now in service, and shall continue therein to the end of thftwar, shall be entitled to receive the amount of five years full pay in money, or securities, on... | |
 | Frederick Butler - United States - 1821 - 474 pages
...companions in arms promptly, and voted on the '22d, " that the officers should be entitled to receive to the amount of five years full pay in money, or securities on interest at six per cent per annum, instead of half-pay for life." This was satisfactory. On the 24th it was announced in Congress, by... | |
 | Frederick Butler - United States - 1821 - 472 pages
...promptly,land voted on the 22d, " that the officers should be entitled to receive to the amount of five year's full pay in money, or securities on interest at six per cent per annum, instead of half-pay for life." This was satisfactory. * • On the 24th it was announced in Congress,... | |
 | William Waller Hening - Law - 1823 - 652 pages
...officers as are now in Five years service, and shall continue therein to the end of the war, full pay, in shall be entitled to receive the amount of five years...congress shall find most convenient, instead of the half pay promised for fife by the resolution of the twenty-first day of October, one thousand seven... | |
 | United States. Continental Congress - United States - 1823 - 1022 pages
...memorial from the officers of the army, having reported, " That such officers as are now in service, and continue therein to the end of the war, shall be entitled to receive the sum of years full pay, in money or securities on interest at six per cent, per annum, instead of the... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - Indians of North America - 1824 - 524 pages
...a title to the approbation and rewards of their country : " Therefore resolved, that such officer? as are now in service, and shall continue therein...Congress shall find most convenient, instead of the half pay promised for life, by the resolution of the 21st day of October. 1700, the said securities,... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1829 - 870 pages
...upon the part of the American People. It was, that " the officers should be entitled to receive fire " years' full pay in money, or securities on interest at six " per cent, as Congress shall find it most convenient." Was the money paid ' Was the security given ? Did what... | |
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Resolved, That such officers as are now in service, and shall continue therein to the end of the war, shall be entitled to receive the amount of five years' full pay in money, or securities on interest, at six per cent, per annum, as Congress shall find... 
