Chapter 427. For the relief of Captain W
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CHAP. 427.— An Act For the relief of Captain W. J. Kountz. March 3, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War be,AV. J. Kountz.Released from charges on contract. and he hereby is, authorized and directed to release and discharge Captain W. J. Kountz from charges aggregating twenty-two thousand eight hundred and forty-five dollars and fifty-one cents, resulting from a contract dated the twelfth day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, between the said Captain W.
J. Kountz and the quartermaster’s department of the United States Army at Saint Paul, Minnesota, for the transportation of troops and supplies on the Yellowstone River. Received by the President, February 19, 1897. [Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]