Chapter 1609. To amend an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to reimburse the governors of States and Territories for expenses incurred by them in aiding the United States to raise and organize and supply and equip the Volunteer Army of th
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CHAP. 1609.— An Act To amend an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to reimburse the governors of States and Territories for expenses incurred by them in aiding the United States to raise and organize and supply and equip the Volunteer Army of the United States in the existing war with Spain,’ approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,” and so forth, and for other purposes. April 27, 1904. [[S. 1343](/us/bill/58/s/1343).] [[Public, No. 168](/us/pl/58/168).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, States.
Reimbursement for expenses equipping volunteers, etc., Spanish war. Vol. 30, p. 1358, amended. That section six of the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled “An act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to reimburse the governors of States and Territories for expenses incurred by them in aiding the United States to raise and organize and supply and equip the Volunteer Army of the United States in the existing war with Spain,’ approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes,” be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking therefrom the words “nineteen hundred and two” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “nineteen hundred and six,” so that the same shall read:
" “Sec. 6. Time for presenting claims extended. That all claims for reimbursement under this Act of the Act approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall be presented in itemized form to the Treasury Department on or before January first, nineteen hundred and six, or be forever barred.” " Sec. 2. Final settlement of partly disallowed claims. That where the governor of any State or Territory has furnished military transportation, or has purchased or authorized the purchase of supplies, or incurred expenses for services rendered, and which purchases of supplies and expenses for military transportation and services rendered have been certified by the governor of such State or Territory as necessary, just, and reasonable for the organization, maintenance, transportation, and comfort of troops raised by him and accepted into the service of the United States Army in the said war with Spain, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow in the settlement of claims for reimbursement now on file in the office of the Auditor for the War Department, such items or parts thereof as have been disallowed in the consideration of said claims, for the reason that they appear to have been for stores furnished or expenses incurred or transportation furnished after the troops raised Governor’s certificate sufficient proof of expenses incurred. had been mustered into the service of the United States; and the certificate of the governor of any such State or Territory that such expenses were incurred in good faith, for the sole purpose of aiding the United States in the raising, organization, transportation, and equipment of troops, shall be held to be sufficient to authorize the final settlement and payment in full of such claims for reimbursement.
Approved, April 27, 1904.