Chapter CLIII. *to authorize the Settlement of the Accounts of Officers of the Army and Navy*
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CHAP. CLIII.— An Act *to authorize the Settlement of the Accounts of Officers of the Army and Navy*. June 23, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, In settling accounts of disbursing officers of War and Navy Departments, certain credits to be allowed when, &c. That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized, in the settlement of the accounts of disbursing officers of the War and Navy Departments arising since the commencement of the rebellion, and prior to the twentieth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to allow such credits for over payments, and for losses of funds, vouchers, and property, as they may deem just and reasonable, when recommended under authority of the Secretaries of War and Navy, by the heads of the military and naval bureaus to which such accounts respectively pertain.
Sec. 2. Accounts of military and naval officers for government property charged to them may be closed when, &c.Provisos.*And be it further enacted*, That the accounts of military and naval officers, whether of the line or staff, for government property charged to them, may be closed by the proper accounting officers whenever, in their judgment, it will be for the interest of the United States so to do: *Provided*, That such accounts originated prior to the twentieth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six : *Provided*, That no settlement shall be made by the officers of the treasury under this act which shallFORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 153, 164, 165. 1870.167 exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, and only of such officers of the army and navy and of the pay department in whose accounts there is no apparent fraud against the United States: *And provided further*, ThatAct to be in force two years. this act shall remain in force for two years from and after its passage and no longer. Approved, June 23, 1870.