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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 408 -JUNE 20, 1940 Arthur O. Walsh, Finance Department, $158.32; Major Hugh Whitt, Finance Department, $6; said amounts being public funds for which they are accountable and which comprise minor errors in computations of pay and allowances due former members of the Civilian Conserva- tion Corps, enlisted men of the Regular Army, members of the Officers' Reserve Corps, members of the citizens' military training camps, civilian employees, and commercial firms or individuals from whom collection of the overpayments cannot be effected, and which amounts have been disallowed by the Comptroller General of the Accounting. United States: Provided, That no part of these amounts shall be charged against any person or commercial firm other than the payees. cLtCold. Horatio G SEC. 2. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel Horatio G. Coykendall, Finance Department, the sum of $17.98, public funds for which he is accountable and which were paid to the Christ Overgaard Sawmill for lumber and dis- allowed by the Comptroller General of the United States. DeMaj. enn. M. SEC. 3. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Major Henry M. Denning, Finance Department, the sum of $56.68, public funds for which he is accountable, and which were stolen from the office safe of his agent officer at One Hundred and Forty-fifth Company, Civilian Conservation Corps, Plymouth, Vermont, during the night of November 30-December 1, 1937. Capt. Seward W. SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, Hulse. Payment to. authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Captain Seward W. Hulse, Quarter- master Corps, the amount of $55.44 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for a like amount which was paid by him for advertising for and in the interests of the United States without the prior approval of the Secretary of War as required by Revised Statutes 3828 (44 U. S . C. 324). Capt.JohnS.Knud- SEC. 5. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, sen. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Captain John S. Knudsen, Finance Department, the amount of $321.50, public funds for which he is accountable, which were paid to the Hillcrest Water Company for drinking water and disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States. Long JFrderic W SEC. 6. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, Payment to. authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Captain Frederick W. Long, Junior, Infantry Reserve, the sum of $119, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for a like amount which was paid by him to Captain C. R. Mize, Finance Department, finance officer, district C Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, as reimbursement for public funds lost when the company safe was stolen from Civilian Conservation Corps Company 4495 Tenn. TVA P-15, Harrison, Tennessee, on the night of October 31-November 1, 1938. Was Arthur O. SEC. 7. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Major Arthur O. Walsh, Finance Department, the amount of $67.48, public funds for which he is accountable, which amount has been disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States on account of failure to obtain a cash receipt for a payment made to an enlisted man now deceased. pCetains validated. SEC. 8. That payments heretofore made for salaries and travel expenses incident to the attendance of educational advisers, Civilian Conservation Corps, at aquatic schools for the purpose of receiving instruction in lifesaving, are hereby ratified and validated, and the Comptroller General o the United States is hereby authorized and [54 STAT.

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