Volume 29
Private Law 54–211
To authorize the adjustment and settlement of accounts of John Y. Williams.
Approved February 9, 1897
Statutory text
An Act
To authorize the adjustment and settlement of accounts of John Y. Williams.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to adjust and settle the accounts of John Y. Williams, late superintendent of Indian school at Fort Hall and special disbursing agent, on the principles of equity and justice, and to give him credit for such disbursements as shall be shown to have been actually and honestly made and
Proviso.
Limit.
have accrued to the benefit of the Government or the Indians: Provided, That the total credits allowed under the provisions of this Act shall not be more than nine hundred dollars in excess of the balance now standing against this officer.
Approved, .