Chapter 173.
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CHAP. 173.— An act for the relief of William H. Robertson and Edward L. Hedden, late collector of customs for the district of the city of New York.February 16, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,William H. Robertson. Allowance in accounts of. That the proper accounting officers be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to allow William H. Robertson, collector of the district of the city of New York, in settlement of his accounts, a credit for the sum of two thousand three hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty-five cents, the same being a sum now charged to the said William H.
Robertson as collector of said district for moneys received at the post-office in the city of New York, and for remittances made by postmasters at other points in the United States, for duties collected on books imported through the mails between the twenty-first day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for which one Douglas Smith, a late clerk in the customhouse at the port of New York, assigned to the duty of verifying such moneys, failed to account, without default or negligence of the said Collector Robertson: and that the proper accounting officers be, and they are hereby, authorized to Edward L.
Hedden. Allowance in accounts of.allow Edward L. Hedden, collector of the district of the city of New York, in settlement of his account a credit for the sum of three thousand and seventy-three dollars and seventy-four cents, the same being now charged to the said Edward L. Hedden as collector of said district, for moneys received at the post-office in the city of New York, and for remittances made by postmasters at other places in the United States, for duties collected on books imported through the mails between the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-five. and the twenty-ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. and for which the said Douglas Smith also has failed to account without default or negligence of the said Collector Hedden.
Approved, February 16, 1889.