Chapter CXLVIII. *authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to audit and settle the accounts between the United States and David Gelston, formerly collector if the port of New York.* August 11, 1842
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Chap. CXLVIII.— An Act *authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to audit and settle the accounts between the United States and David Gelston, formerly collector if the port of New York.* August 11, 1842. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he isAccounts to be settled, dec. hereby, authorized and directed to audit and to settle, upon principles of justice and equity, the accounts of David Gelston, who is now deceased, and who was the collector of the port of New York, from Anno Domini eighteen hundred and one, to the year eighteen hundred and twenty, when he resigned his office; and if the said Secretary shall, upon said settlement, find any balance due from the United States to the estate of the said David Gelston, he shall allow the same to the legal representatives of the said David Gelston towards the payment of the balance now standing on the books of the treasury department against him: *Provided*,Proviso.
That the sum allowed shall not exceed, in any event, the sum of thirty-six thousand one hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty cents; that being now the sum supposed to be due to the Government from the estate of the said David Gelston. Approved, August 11, 1842. Chapter CXLIX: for the relief of Thankful Reynolds. 6 Stat. 854 1842-08-11 Chapter CXLIX Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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Chapter CXLVIII
*authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to audit and settle the accounts between the United States and David Gelston, formerly collector if the port of New York.* August 11, 1842
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