Chapter LII. for the relief of James Johnson
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Chap. LII.— An Act for the relief of James Johnson. May 4, 1824. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department, in settling the accounts of James Johnson, as paymaster toTo allow him a credit as paymaster during the late war. the mounted regiment commanded by Richard M. Johnson, in the late war with Great Britain, are hereby authorized and directed to allow him a credit of four thousand three hundred and two dollars seventy-five cents, being a balance against the said James Johnson, constituted by the payment of thirty-two and one half cents, to the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, for rations and forage, per day, for the time, during said service, in which the said non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, furnished themselves, instead of the sum of twenty-five cents for such rations and forage per day, authorized by the act of the second of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five,Act of Jan. 2, 1795, ch. 9. making an excess of seven and an half cents per day, to each man, more than the last recited act warranted.
Approved, May 4, 1824.