House Committee on Land Frauds, Select - 6th R.S. (1855)

Committee Members
James M. Ardry, Chair Napoleon Bonaparte Charlton William B. Middleton William Read Moore	William Pollock Cyrus Randolph Willliam S. Taylor
Charges
Enquire of the late frauds committed upon the Adjutant General's Office, by the procurement of Certificates of Bounty Warrant, upon false and forged evidence.
Enquire of the frauds committed upon the General Land Office by false and forged Head-right certificates.
Inquire into the circumstances of the destruction of the Archives of the Adjutant General's Office by conflagration.
Note: Appointed by Speaker 11/14/1855, pursuant to resolution by Ardry; Ardry listed as Chairman on committee reports (House Journal, 6th R.S., pp. 38, 48, 422-428, 451-452).

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