Chapter CLII. for the Relief of Logan H
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CHAP. CLII.— An Act for the Relief of Logan H. Roots, late Collector of internal Revenue for the first District of Arkansas.March 3, 1871. *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 Logan H. Roots in settlement of his accounts. officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed, in the settlement of the accounts of Logan H. Roots, late collector of internal revenue for the first district of Arkansas, to credit and allow the sum of three thousand two hundred and eighty-one dollars and twenty-one cents, a deficit on account of Hugh McMurray, a deputy collector, if it shall appear that such deficit did not occur through the fault or negligence of said collector: *Provided,* That in case any part of saidProviso. deficit shall hereafter be recovered from said McMurray or his sureties, the same shall inure to the benefit of the United States only.
Approved, March 3, 1871.