Chapter LXXIII. for the relief of John H
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Chap. LXXIII.— An Act for the relief of John H. Piatt. May 8, 1820. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the proper accounting officers of the treasury1824, ch. 144. department be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to settleAccounts to be settled. the accounts of John H. Piatt, including his accounts for transportation, on just and equitable principles, giving all due weight and consideration to the settlements and allowances already made, and to the assurances and decisions of the war department: *Provided,* That theProviso. sum allowed under the said assurances, shall not exceed the amount now claimed by the United States, and for which suits have been commenced against the said John H.
Piatt. Approved, May 8, 1820.