408 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 84, 85. 1862. . XXX|V,- "de or the Settlement 0 the Accounts o John .
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reywesentatives of the United Accounts of States of America in Congress assembled, That in all settlements of ac- ¢lQ*‘k of ***5 $*1* eounts for fees, emoluments, and allowances by the clerk of the circuit
and criminal courts of the District of Columbia, the accounting otiieers
t.rietot'Columbia, of the 'Freasnry shall not hold said clerk responsible for any fees or h°"*°b"°°u°d‘ charges not actually collected by him from the parties liable therefor, whenever the failure to make such collection shall be shown to result from the insolvency, non-residence, or other inability of the parties liable therefor; and the aiiidavit of said clerk that he has in vain used due diligence to collect said fees, accompanied by a certificate of the district Uneoliected attorney that he believes that the money cannot, by due diligence, be
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said clerk of all fees and charges not actually collected by him; and said clerk shall thereupon be entitled to a credit in all settlements of his accounts heretofore made, in which he is charged for said uncollected fees, and said former settlements are hereby opened for the purpose of giving him said credit upon his aiiidavit and the certidcate of the district attorney being produced to the proper accounting officers, in support of the credit so claimed by him. Clerk to_ be Sec. 2. And be it fu·rt/wr enacted, That the clerk_of' said circuit and
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- 5250 criminal courts of the District of Columbia shall be credited in all settle-
Ong gm co]- ments of account (made heretofore or which may be made hereafter) out lwed. for wVi•>· of the fees collected by him, or due to him, a salary of twenty-five hun-
- i;*Qu‘3f’;:u‘;f_ dred dollars per annum for his services as clerk of said criminal court
during the period in which he has received no compensation for his said services; and in all settlements made, or to be made, he shall be allowed out of his said fees collected by or due to him, in either of said courts, Former an- his proper and legal allowances, and all proper expenses ; and it shall be gmgg *° l’° *°· the duty of the proper accounting officers to restate all former settlements ` of said accounts and settle the same in conformity with the provisions of this act. Rélml of i¤· Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in- °°°°m°°t iw"' consistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. APPROVED, May 26, 1862. MU 96, 1869- Can. LXXXV. —An Act to amend an Ad entitled "An Act making Appropria¢ions_jbr `_—`—'_" the Scmke of the Post Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtzeth 1862, cb 5B_ ey" June, eighteen hundred and sz2r:y—¢hree," appmved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred Ante, p. 38], wld curt_y—two, Be it enacted by the Senate and Mme of Representatives of the United tw; 3mi_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the provision of the first m,,,,1c;,,,kS to be section of the act entitled "An act. making appropriations for the service page Mm wht of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth uof June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three," approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, which appropriates the sum of eight thousand eight hundred dollars "for compensation of twenty-five addi- £18zi·?·£2_ tional clerks in the Post Office Department, authorized by the ‘Act to ’ promote the ehiciency of the dead letter 0Hice,’ approved January twenty- tirst, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, from the date of their appointment to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," be and the same is hereby so amended, that the said sum of eight thousand eight hundred dollars shall be payable out of the appropriation made out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the revenue of the Post Office Department for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, contained in the
