Chapter CXLV. for the relief of William Tharp
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Chap. CXLV.— An Act for the relief of William Tharp. May 22, 1826. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the proper accounting officers of the treasury Account to be settled.be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to settle the claims of William Tharp, late a suttler in the army of the United States, from eighteen hundred and six to eighteen hundred and thirteen, inclusive, for debts due to him from deceased and deserted non-commissioned officers and soldiers, and which have not heretofore been paid, upon the same principles of justice and equity, as are extended to suttlers under Proviso.the existing army regulations: *Provided,* That the said accounting officers shall, in said settlement, be the judges of the validity and equity of the accounts rendered by said Tharp in lieu of the certificates from a board of officers, as is the practice under existing army regulations:
Proviso.*And provided also,* That no larger sum shall, in any case, be awarded to said Tharp, on account of his claims against a deceased or deserted soldier, either as principal or interest, than appears, from the muster and pay rolls, to have been actually and justly due to such non-commissioned officer and soldier, from the United States. Sec. 2. Appropriation. *And be it further enacted, *That the sums awarded to the said Tharp, under the foregoing section, be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 22, 1826.