Chapter CCXXX. for the Relief of Major N
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Chap. CCXXX.— An Act for the Relief of Major N. S. Brenton, a Paymaster in the United States Army.July 2, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper accounting officers$2,600,000 to be allowed Major N. S. Brenton, in the settlement of his accounts, if, &c. of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to allow Major N. S. Brenton, on the settlement of his accounts, a credit of two million six hundred thousand dollars for money in his hands as paymaster in the army, on board the steamer Ruth, and destroyed by fire on the night of the fourth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, “if on examining the evidence by the paymaster-general, he, the said paymaster-general, shall deem him justly entitled to said credit; but such credit shall not be allowed without the said paymaster-general shall certify his approval thereof.
” Approved, July 2, 1864.