Chapter IV. for the Relief of Alfred E
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CHAP. IV.— An Act for the Relief of Alfred E. Brooks, Postmaster at Ilion, New York.Dec. 20, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of theCredit to be allowed Alfred E. Brooks in settlement of his accounts. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed in adjusting the accounts of Alfred E. Brooks, as postmaster at Ilion, in the county of Herkimer, and State of New York, to give him credit for the sum of eleven hundred and seventy-six dollars and seventeen cents, the amount of postage stamps deposited with him for sale by the United States, and money received by him on sale of postage stamps belonging to the United States, of which he was robbed on the tenth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, while acting in the aforesaid capacity: *Provided,*Proviso.
That the said Secretary shall be satisfied upon due investigation that said Brooks was robbed as aforesaid without fault or negligence on his part. Approved, December 20, 1870.