Chapter XII. to authorize the Payment of duplicate Checks of disbursing Officers
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CHAP. XII.— An Act to authorize the Payment of duplicate Checks of disbursing Officers.Feb. 2, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatDuplicate checks may be issued by disbursing officers in place of original cheeks lost, &c., after, &c.:to be paid, &c. in place of original checks, when lost, stolen, or destroyed, disbursing officers and agents of the United States are hereby authorized, after the expiration of six mouths from the date of such checks, and within three years from such date, to issue duplicate checks, and the treasurer, assistant treasurers, and designated depositaries of the United States are directed to pay such checks, drawn in pursuance of law by such officers or agents, upon notice and proof of the loss of the original check or checks, under such regulations in regard to their issue and payment, and upon the execution of such bonds, with sureties, to indemnify the United States, as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe:Limit to amount. *Provided,* That this act shall not apply to any check exceeding in amount the sum of one thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. ThatProvision in case the officer issuing the check be dead or not in office. in case the disbursing officer or agent by whom such lost, destroyed, or stolen original check was issued, be dead, or no longer in the service of the United States, it shall be the duty of the proper accounting officer, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, to state an account in favor of the owner of such original check for the amount thereof, and to charge such amount to the account of such officer or agent.
Approved, February 2, 1872.