Chapter CLXXI. for the Relief of Major John W
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CHAP. CLXXI.— An Act for the Relief of Major John W. Todd. Feb. 19, 1873. *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 Major John W. Todd. officers of the Treasury Department be authorized and directed, in the settlement of the accounts of Major John W. Todd, of the Ordnance Department, United States army, to credit him with the sum of three thousand dollars, upon production by said officer of satisfactory proof that said amount was stolen from him by a clerk assigned to duty under him by competent military authority, and that such loss occurred through no fault or negligence on the part of said officer.
Approved, February 19, 1873.