Chapter 907.
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CHAP. 907.— An act for the relief of certain employees and others of the twelfth United States light-house district.August 4, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Employees, etc., twelfth lighthouse district.Payment to, of claims unsettled because of defalcation. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eighteen thousand four hundred and sixty-five dollars and sixty-five, cents, in payment of certain claims against the United States Government not heretofore paid because of the defalcation and forgeries of John T.
Best, late clerk of the engineer of the twelfth lighthouse district, and due the several claimants as follows: Employees at Point Conception Light, three thousand seven hundred and eighty-four dollars and seventy cents; Miguel Ortego, four hundred and seventy-eight dollars and fourteen cents; Charles Ashton, two hundred and seventy dollars; Pigeon Point Light Station, nine hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-nine cents; sundry small bills, one thousand two hundred dollars and ninety-five cents;
Martin and P. B. Murphy, ten thousand dollars; O. B. Shaw, one thousand seven hundred and forty-eight dollars and eighty-seven cents. Approved, August 4, 1886. Chapter 908: granting a pension to Joshua Armstrong. Chapter 908 24 Stat. 872 1886-08-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-24 43 1 private
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