Chapter CXCII. for the Relief of A
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CHAP. CXCII.— An Act for the Relief of A. A. Vance, Postmaster at Morristown, New Jersey.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 accounting officersCredit to be allowed A. A. Vance. of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, required to allow A. A. Vance, postmaster at Morristown, New Jersey, a credit of the sum of five hundred dollars on settlement of his accounts at the Post-Office Department, being the amount lost in consequence of the larceny of said sum, stolen on the night of the second of April last from the post-office at Morristown, New Jersey: *Provided,* That, on examining the accountsProviso. of the said A.
A. Vance, the sixth auditor shall deem said A. A. Vance justly entitled to said credit, and shall certify his approval thereof. Approved, March 3, 1871.