Chapter 116. For the relief of J
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CHAP. 116.— An Act For the relief of J. M. Bloom. February 13, 1909. [[S. 1204](/us/bill/60/s/1204).] [[Private, No. 129](/us/pvtl/60/129).] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-GeneralJ. M. Bloom.Payment to. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the account of J. M. Bloom, late postmaster at Clearfield, State of Pennsylvania, to be credited with the sum of one hundred and eighteen dollars and eighteen cents, and that he cause said credit to be certified to the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, being on account of loss of one hundred and twenty-three dollars in postal funds by robbery of said post-office on the tenth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and sixty-six dollars and twelve cents for expenses incurred in the effort to apprehend the burglars, it appearing that said loss was without fault or negligence on the part of said late postmaster; and the sum of one hundred and eighteen dollars andAppropriation. eighteen cents is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay said claim.
Approved, February 13, 1909.