PRIVATE LAWS-CH. 578-DEC. 13, 1944 December 13,1944 1S. 2168] [Private Law 482] Army of the U. 8. Credit in accounts of certain disbursing officers. Col H. M. Denning. Col Raymond B. Hatch Col. F. Richards. Maj. Joseph J Hickey. [CHAPTER 5781 AN ACT For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Army of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of the following disbursing officers of the Army of the United States the amounts set opposite their names: Lieutenant Colonel Theodore B. Apgar, Quartermaster Corps, $3.88; Colonel E. F. Ely (deceased), Finance Department, $351.15; Major J. W. McManus, Finance Department, $9.74; Major E. A. Muth, Finance Department, $127.73; Colonel M. F . W. Oliver, Finance Department, $94.30; Colonel H. R. Priest, Finance Depart- ment, $3.04; Lieutenant Colonel E. F . Rea, Finance Department, $1.50; Special Disbursing Agent Clarence W. Ruland, Junior, $3.36; Colonel John L. Scott, Finance Department, $21.66; Colonel K. E . Webber, Finance Department, $30; the said amounts representing erroneous payments of public funds for which these officers are accountable, as listed in letter of September 19, 1944, of the Secretary of War to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, such erroneous payments having resulted from minor errors in determining amounts due individuals and commercial firms. SEC. 2 . That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Colonel H. M . Denning, Finance Department, the sum of $77, public funds for which he is accountable and which were destroyed by fire while in the custody of Special Agent Franklin C. Newman at a Civilian Conservation Corps camp: Provided, That the said Franklin C. Newman shall not be held pecuniarily liable for said sum of $77 or any part thereof. SEC. 3. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Colonel Raymond B. Hatch, Finance Department, the sum of $646.91, public funds for which he is accountable and which were stolen by a person or persons unknown while in the custody of his agent officer, Major (then Captain) Harold F. Scariano, Corps of Engineers: Provided,That the said Major Harold F. Scariano shall not be held pecuniarily liable for said sum of $646.91 or any part thereof: And provided further, That the said sum of $646.91 shall be considered and accounted for as a charge against the appropriation "Finance Service, Army". SEC. 4 . That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Colonel F. Richards, Finance Department, the sum of $241.56, public funds for which he is accountable and which were paid by him for newspaper advertising for and in behalf of the United States said advertising having been published without the prior approval of the Secretary of War as required by Revised Statutes 3828 (44 U. S . C . 324): Provided, That Major Neil R. McKay, Corps of Engineers, shall not be held pecuniarily liable for said sum of $241.56 or any part thereof. SEC. 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury 1066 [58 STAT.
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