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 FORTYEHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 449, 450, 451, 452. 1874. 607 entered and robbed of public moneys and property to the amount of . four hundred and twenty dollars; and whereas such robbery was oii fcctod without fault or uogligoncé 011 the part: of the postmaster, Peter S. Patton; cmd whereas said Patton has paid to the United States the amount and value of said moneys and property so stolcn,.aud expended in tho pursuit and arrest of the burglars rho further sum of one hundred dollars: Therefore — ‘ Bo itemactcd by the Senate and Houseof Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to tho said Palm- S. S €5;{Q;;“° ?°·P°°°" Patton, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,` the sum of four hundred and twenty dollars, so reimburse the said Putcob for the payments and expenses so by him made and incurred, Approved, June 22; 1874. ` CHAP. 450.-Au not to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to settle and pay Juno 22, 1874. the accounts of William Pelham, late suryeyor-general of New Mexico. “‘_*—"'“"‘ Be it emwted by the Senate and House of Repvesentativea of the United States of Amermm in Congress assembled, That the- Secretary of the In- 0Y¤¤¤¤ f°* °°!¤· terior be, and he is·hcreby,·a.ul;horized and required ·t70 settle and pay }‘:;”€Qf}m‘g Y'}; whatever amount may be found duo and owing by the Government to mum; md Y...a’4, William Pelham as surveyor-general jof tho Territory; and that tho sum of tivo hundred and eighteen dollars and ninety Gents, or so much tbcrcof as may be necessary, bo, and the same is hereby, appropriated for said purpose out of any money in tho Treasury not otherwise uppropriated. . Approved, J unc 22, 1874. r CHAP. 45;.—A¤ act for tlis relief of James A. Mn0n11n1a, lata collector of the (mb Juno 22, 1874, . district of  ·‘··i‘·—‘ "" ~. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. in Congresm aacomblcd,· That the proper accounting Cwditin ¤w¤<>¤¤f¤ ofliccrs of the Treasury bo, and they are hereby, authorized and directed ]‘:fhJ°m°“ A· M°C“*‘ to credit the account of J amos A. McCulla.b, late collector of the fifth ‘ district of Missouri, with a sum not exceeding seven thousand eight hundred and fourteen dollars and nineteen cents, the same being the amount: alleged to be uncollectod on assessment lists transferred by him to his  ucccssor in offico, and which were destroyed by llro while in tho hands of his said successor: Provided, That such credits shall not be Prvvisvallowed until it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that duo diligence was used by said McOullah to make collection of said taxes while said lists remained in his hands, and that they were not collected by him; it being the intention of this uct to relieve said Mc0ullah- from complying with the strict requirements of existing regulations relative to tho abatement of uucollcctod mms. ‘ Approved, J uno 22, 1874. . CHAP. 452.-··An not for the relief of John D. Young of Kentucky J und 22, 1874. Bc it enacted by the Senate and .l—I0usc‘of Representatives of the United J b _ States of America in Congress aasembledL That the sum of one thousand DP{?g’;;‘“ *° ° “ a.¤d nine dollars be and ·tho same is oreby appropriated out of amy‘ money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to pay to Jolm D. Young the difference between the sum of Twenty Evo hundred and mno dollars, ordered to be paid to him by a resolution of the House of Rop-