Chapter CV. for the relief of Colonel William Duane
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Chap. CV.— An Act for the relief of Colonel William Duane. March 3, 1825. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed toAccount to be settled, and allowance to him. settle the claim of Colonel William Duane, and allow him at the rate of three dollars and fifty cents [per copy] for one thousand copies of the System of Infantry Discipline, prepared by him, under assurances given by the Secretary of War, deducting therefrom the price for which said copies were sold at auction by said Duane: *Provided, nevertheless,*Proviso.
That, before the payment of any balance found due to the said Colonel William Duane, the amount or balance of any judgment or judgments obtained against him, by the United States, shall be deducted therefrom. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That the balance, if any is foundAppropriation. in favor of Colonel William Duane, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1825.