Chapter 207. To extend the period in which relief may be granted accountable officers of the War and Navy Departments, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 207.— An Act To extend the period in which relief may be granted accountable officers of the War and Navy Departments, and for other purposes. February 11, 1925.[[H. R. 8369](/us/bill/68/hr/8369).][[Public, No. 396](/us/pl/68/396).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * World War service.Vol. 42, p. 497, amended. That the Act approved April 21, 1922 (Forty-second Statutes at Large, page 497, chapter 136), be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows:
" Army and Navy disbursing officers relieved from losses incurred in.Time extended.“That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and hereby is, authorized, through such officers as he may designate, and within four years from the passage of this Act:
(a)to relieve disbursing officers or special disbursing agents of the War and Navy Departments from accountability or responsibility for losses occur-ring between April 6, 1917, and November 18, 1921, of funds, or of accounts, papers, records, vouchers, or data pertaining to said funds, for which said officers or agents were accountable or responsible; and Credits for irregular payments made in good faith.(b) to allow credits, in the settlement of accounts of said officers or agents, for payments made in good faith on public account during said period, notwithstanding failure to comply with requirements *Provisos.*Requirement if over $1,000 involved.of existing law or regulations pursuant thereto: *Provided*, That in cases of losses or payments involving more than $1,000, the Comptroller General shall exercise the authority herein only upon the written recommendation of the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy, which recommendation shall also set forth the facts Freedom from fraud equisite.relative to such loss or payment: *Provided further*, That the Comptroller General in all cases shall certify that the transactions, expenditures, losses, or payments appear to be free from fraud or collusion.” " Approved, February 11, 1925.