Chapter XXIII. for the Relief of John H
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CHAP. XXIII.— An Act for the Relief of John H. Ellis, a Paymaster in the United States Army.March 9, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper accountingCredit to be allowed John H. Ellis in settlement of his accounts. officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, required to allow Major John H. Ellis, on settlement of his accounts, a credit of thirty-six hundred and seventy-three dollars and ninety-one cents, being the amount lost in consequence of the larceny of nineteen thousand and ninety-three dollars and ninety-one cents of the public money stolen from the custody of said Ellis, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on the night of the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, if, on examining the accounts of the said Ellis, the paymaster-general shall deem said Ellis justly entitled to said credit, and shall certify his approval thereof.
Approved, March 9, 1868.