Private Law 53–13

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to the legal representatives of James C. Booth, deceased, late melter and refiner of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand eight hundred and forty-one dollars and eighty-seven cents, in lull for the cost value of one thousand nine hundred and eighty ounces and twelve one-hundredths of an ounce of silver bullion, of standard fineness, deposited by him with the Superintendent of the Mint at Philadelphia to make good a deficiency of that amount of bullion in the accounts of the Mint for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, the same being the number of ounces of standard silver bullion contained in three bars missing from said Mint, supposed to have been stolen while in the charge of the melter and refiner, but for which safe storage could not be provided for want of vault capacity in the Mint.