Chapter CVII. for the Relief of George H
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CHAP. CVII.— An Act for the Relief of George H. Rupp. April 17, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Payment to George H. Rupp. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to George H. Rupp, of Ohio, or his legal representative, out of any money in the Treasury Department not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred dollars; which payment shall be in full of his claims for loss of United States Paymaster Vrooman’s check, number four thousand seven hundred and thirteen, stolen from the United States mails, but never presented for payment:
Proviso.e*Provided,* That before the payment of the above-named sum, the Secretary of the Treasury shall require from the said George H. Rupp a sufficient bond of indemnity against the future presentation of the abovenamed check. Approved, April 17, 1872.