Chapter 483. for the relief of John P
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CHAP. 483.— An Act for the relief of John P. Downing, first paying teller in the subtreasury at Boston, Massachusetts.February 28, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,John P. Downing.Payment to. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to John P. Downing, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand three hundred and three dollars and twenty-eight cents, the said sum of money representing a loss incurred by him, without default or negligence on his part, in the payment of a check drawn by Major G.
C. Goodloe, paymaster in the Marine Corps, payable to the order of Major J. P. Houston, commanding United States Marines, Boston. Massachusetts, with indorsements thereon forged by a trusted subordinate at the Marine Barracks at said Boston: said loss having been made good to the Treasury of the United States through the assistant treasurer at Boston by the said John P. Downing. Approved, February 28, 1891.