Chapter 197. For the relief of William Gray
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CHAP. 197.— An Act For the relief of William Gray. May 18, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, William Gray.Payment to.That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to issue to William Gray, late a private in Company D, First Regiment of New York (Lincoln) Cavalry, a warrant for the sum of one hundred and seventy-four dollars and forty-three cents, in full for his claim heretofore allowed by the Treasury Department, and for which claim the said Department issued to said William Gray Treasury pay warrant numbered thirty-nine hundred and sixty, dated September twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, which warrant was paid on a forged indorsement of the name of said claimant without his authority or knowledge, and for which he has never received any return or benefit, and said reissued warrant shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 18, 1896.